Santa Fe History
Celebrating Guadalupe
Today is the Catholic feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Throughout the world celebrations venerating Guadalupe are taking place. Considered the Madonna of the
December 12, 2023
Today is the Catholic feast day for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Throughout the world celebrations venerating Guadalupe are taking place. Considered the Madonna of the
Farolitos, the small paper bag lanterns that dot the landscape and their electronic counterparts on public buildings magically appear in December throughout the city. It’s
The roads of Santa Fe were historically named according to their destinations—Agua Fría, Cerrillos, Galisteo, Pecos and Taos. Camino de Chimayó once lead as the
Founded in 1891, the St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum was under the direction of Sister Theodogin Farn and Sister Catherine Mallon. Sister Vincent O’Keefe and Sister
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.