Santa Fe History
Santa Fe Holiday Drama: Las Pastores
Throughout the years Santa Fe continues to boast the elements of an era long gone in other parts of the nation during the holiday season.
December 14, 2023
Throughout the years Santa Fe continues to boast the elements of an era long gone in other parts of the nation during the holiday season.
Today is the Catholic feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Throughout the world celebrations venerating Guadalupe are taking place. Considered the Madonna of the
Farolitos, the small paper bag lanterns that dot the landscape and their electronic counterparts on public buildings magically appear in December throughout the city. It’s
The roads of Santa Fe were historically named according to their destinations—Agua Fría, Cerrillos, Galisteo, Pecos and Taos. Camino de Chimayó once lead as the
According to a recent study by researchers at Harvard University, the Native population in North America was estimated between 2 and 18 million prior to
Founded in 1891, the St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum was under the direction of Sister Theodogin Farn and Sister Catherine Mallon. Sister Vincent O’Keefe and Sister
When New Mexico became a territory in 1850 an influx or prospectors began to arrive. Almost immediately, they found a small amount of gold at
The image of Zozobra in 1942 was a political comment that would not be appropriate today. That year Zozobra had squinty eyes to resemble a
Through the 19th century it was not uncommon for men to take child brides in New Mexico. I first heard of this phenomenon when visiting
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Teddy Roosevelt was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898. He left that post to organize the 1st Volunteer Army Calvary,