Santa Fe History
Legacy of St. John-Baptist in Santa Fe
Today is the Catholic feast day of St. John-Baptist de la Salle. The Frenchman was born in 1651 and died in 1719. His lifelong quest
April 7, 2024
Today is the Catholic feast day of St. John-Baptist de la Salle. The Frenchman was born in 1651 and died in 1719. His lifelong quest
Igor Stravinsky died on this day on April 6, 1971 in New York. The composer was born on June 17, 1882 near St. Petersburg in
The Santuario de Guadalupe in Santa Fe, built in 1777, is the oldest sanctuary to the Madonna in the United States. The church has three-foot-thick
Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy brought four Sisters of Charity to Santa Fe. They came from Cincinnati, traveling by boat, train and stagecoach to open St.
The elite Brown Moor School all-girls school opened in Santa Fe in 1931. At Brown Moor students from well-to-do families from the East sent their
The Laboratory of Anthropology at Museum Hill in Santa Fe has part of the collection of The North American Indian. Published at the beginning of
Padre José M. Gallegos became New Mexico’s first Hispanic delegate elected to Congress in 1853. The house he built on Washington Avenue in the late
This winter photo of the Santa Fe Plaza in the mid 1940s is by my dear friend Robert H. Martin. I was fortunate to have
Back in the mid-19th century the economic growth for Santa Fe was dependent on the coming of the railroad. In 1860, the Atchison Topeka &
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.