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Historical Highlights for Santa Fe’s Zozobra
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
August 31, 2023
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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,
Santa Fe has the distinction of being the first “official” Santa Fe in North America. The city’s name has great historic significance. In 1491 Queen
Carlos Vierra took aerial photographs of the ancient ruins at Chaco Canyon in 1928. The following year Charles Lindbergh’s took his own archaeological photographs of
A three hour drive, and 190 miles from Santa Fe, the world’s first nuclear explosion took place 78 years ago today at the Trinity site.
Henry Pacheco was seven when he slipped on his first pair of boxing gloves and began challenging neighborhood children in Santa Fe. When he was
Allan Houser is considered one of the most important Native American artists of the 20th century. His work is displayed in collections throughout the southwest.
When I was growing up in Santa Fe we all referred to the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple on Paseo de Peralta as the Pepto-Bismol building.
Prior to World War II, most families in New Mexico raised their own livestock. This was during a time when few people had refrigerators and
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