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Saint Joseph and the Hollyhocks
There is nothing more frustrating than trying to plant hollyhocks! I mean what could be so hard? I see these beautiful bouquets sprouting through cracks
August 9, 2022
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There is nothing more frustrating than trying to plant hollyhocks! I mean what could be so hard? I see these beautiful bouquets sprouting through cracks
Rosario on Santa Fe’s northside has been the only open cemetery for Catholics since World War II. In addition to the burials of local people,
The bus stop for Bruns Hospital back in 1946 was at the corner of Lincoln and Palace avenues. Bruns Army Hospital was located on the
This 1944 photograph features the Loretto nuns at Christmas time in Santa Fe. On Sept. 26, 1852 the Sisters of Loretto arrived in Santa Fe
Lew Wallace became governor of New Mexico in 1878. He wrote the epic Ben Hur in 1880 while he oversaw business in the state. Ben
The settlement of New Mexico’s Ashkenazi Jews from Germany and other European countries began with the merchants who traversed the Santa Fe Trail from 1848
Benigno Muñiz was born in 1870 and became an altar boy for Archbishop Jean-Baptist Lamy when he was 11. By 1899 he became the editor
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