Santa Fe History
Santa Fe’s 20th Century Boxing Legend
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
July 11, 2023
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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
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
Beverly Ireland and her identical twin sister Bernette Jarvis worked as Harvey Girls at La Fonda in 1955. The twins got the job at La
This past weekend protestors gathered on the Santa Fe plaza leading up to the March 28,1862 Battle of Glorieta. Santa Fe will not rebuild the
Thousands of people heading to California in the early 1930s passed through Water Street in Santa Fe. The famed route of hope began in Chicago
St. John’s Methodist church made its way along the Santa Fe Trail. In October of 1850, Methodist minister Rev. E.G. Nicholson arrived in Santa Fe
After being on hold for two years the July 4th celebration of pancakes on the plaza will return this year. Most of the major events
The invention of the daguerreotype in Europe in the early 1830s, followed by the advent of photography in 1839, gave way to the concept of
Glenrio, NM on the Texas border was the point of entry for Route 66 in the state. Next came Tucumcari, the first town of any
May Day, celebrated throughout the world on May 1, pays tribute to all workers. The holiday began in the late 19th century to protest unsafe
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