San Ildelfonso is the second largest of the Tewa Pueblos with Okhay Owingeh being the largest. Santa Clara Pueblo borders San Ildelfonso. The neighboring pueblos
The anthropologist and archaeologist, Edgar L. Hewett accomplishmented many things while living in New Mexico. In 1906 he spearheaded the American Antiquities Act, in 1907
Albuquerque’s Home Circle Club The Home Circle Club started in Albuquerque in 1914. Lula S. Black, who had settled in Albuquerque in 1880, became its
Santa Fe has a permanent memorial that acts as a reminder in New Mecio during Black History month. The Buffalo soldiers were a contingent of
It wasn’t until the early 1830s that the concept of having a final image of a loved one began to take root. The most common
Many tales along the Santa Fe Trail have captivated the imagination including the saga of Manuel Salustiano Delgado. In the 1830s Manuel Salustiano Delgado, an
New Mexico has the most diverse and largest number of volcanoes in North America. From the crest of La Bajada Hill you can see the
A deluge of settlers descended from the east when New Mexico became a U.S. territory in 1850. By the end of the century the culture
Tuberculosis became the leading cause of death in this country from the 1880s until the advent of penicillin in the 1940s. The dreaded disease brought
The most significant historical event in New Mexico was the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. That’s when the pueblos successfully drove all of the Spanish colonists
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