During its heyday business flourished from Chicago to Santa Monica along Route 66. In 1956 the legendary route’s identity and existence began to decline with
New Mexico is the Volcano State. It has the most diverse and largest number of volcanoes in North America. The greatest concentration of craters created
Only in New Mexico will you find Paleoamerican culture. Dating back 11,000 years, America’s prehistoric culture was discovered near Clovis in the 1930s. Speaking of
William Becknell: Father of the Santa Fe Trail In 1821 Mexico had gained independence from Spain. It was then that commercial trade opened with the
The earliest record of the written word in this country began in New Mexico. It was in the year 1610 that Captain Gaspar Perez de
J. Paul Taylor devoted his life to education, first as a teacher and then for the last 13 years of his educational career as the
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in a national landslide in 1932. His victory was due to the enthusiastic support of people
In the early 1930s the process of capturing images known as the daguerreotype was invented in Europe. That creation was followed by the advent of
La Llorona, the wailing woman, is an important part of New Mexico cultural folklore. The legend may have originated in 1520 with the Spanish conquest
In New Mexico the tápalo, (mourning shroud) was the requisite garment for women to wear for one full year after the passing of a loved one.
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