
Pancakes on the Santa Fe Plaza
After being on hold for two years the July 4th celebration of pancakes on the plaza will return this year. Most of the major events
After being on hold for two years the July 4th celebration of pancakes on the plaza will return this year. Most of the major events
On April 28th Santa Fe’s connection to Igor Stravinsky came together when the Santa Fe Symphony performed the composer’s Symphony of Psalms at the Cathedral
The invention of the daguerreotype in Europe in the early 1830s, followed by the advent of photography in 1839, gave way to the concept of
George Cowan came to New Mexico during World War II and worked with the Manhattan Project as a chemist to build the first atomic bomb.
After World War II the population of Santa Fe doubled in size to almost 50,000 people. Returning soldiers took advantage of the G.I. Bill. The
In 1821 the Santa Fe Trail, which began in Franklin, Missouri, opened up trade with the United States. This era through 1848 became known as
Santa Fe’s Project Tibet began in 1980 with the leadership of Paljor Thondup. He came to Santa Fe to attend the College of Santa Fe.
In Albuquerque you can find two different names for Route 66. Oddly enough, one of those paths runs directly north-south while the other runs east
The Memorial Day holiday began after the Civil War in 1868 to honor more than 600,000 men who died in that war. According to the
The images of Spanish soldiers and Franciscan friars at the El Camino Real State Monument were created by Jose Cisneros. His art there depicts an
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