“North of Santa Fé, Tía followed a narrow road that curved back and forth toward the mountains like a never-ending ribbon. Soon we could see the Chimayó Valley and the village where my family had lived for so many generations. And there was my Grandpa’s house. Memories of family…
New Mexico’s distinctive Zia sun symbol is closely associated with the state of New Mexico and was inspired by a design found on a 19th century water jar from Zia Pueblo. The design represents a circular sun with linear rays extending in four directions. To the Zia people and…
by William H. Wroth The Rebellion of 1837 in northern New Mexico began in Santa Cruz de la Cañada and neighboring communities along the Santa Cruz River and its tributaries. Its causes were complex. They can be attributed mainly to the poverty and discontent caused by the large increase…
This segment was created from excerpts of a one hour-long video, Chaco, produced by Camera One in cooperation with Chaco Canyon National Historic Park. This segment features appearances by Rena Swentzell, Leroy Lewis, and Ernest Vallo, Sr. Courtesy of Camera One. Reproducing prohibited without express permission. 5 Chaco_Video_Flash_x264.mp4
"Below stretched the Galisteo Basin. Mountain ranges surrounded him. To Juanito, these majestic heights seemed to begin in the basin, taking their origins in the valley, soaring to their craggy heights and touching the sky. Wild creatures abounded in total disregard to any isolated human habitations. There was freedom…
“If you visit Costilla today, you can guess how it used to look. The adobe houses are strung out in continuous rows, flat-roofed, thick-walled, with low silled doorways and pails up-ended over the chimney tops. In the windows are flowering plants in tin cans…The houses were surrounded by small…
Fort Tularosa Fort Tularosa (Catron County), was a military installation formerly located on the site of present day Aragon on New Mexico highway 12. This fort was established in 1872 and named for Tularosa Creek on whose east banks it was located. Fort Tularosa was built to protect the…
"Old and crumbling, the squat-built adobe mission of El Tordo sits in a hollow high up near the snow-capped Truchas. A few clay houses huddle close to it like tawny chicks about a ruffled old hen. On one of the steep slopes, which has the peaks for the background,…
The traditional spelling and name for Zia Pueblo is Tsia Video Clip Courtesy of Silver Bullet Productions “Zia Pueblo: Home of the Sun Symbol,” 2006 Pueblo of Zia, San Ysidro Vicinity, Zia Pueblo, Sandoval County, NM. Photo taken after 1933. Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of…
111246 The traditional spelling and name for Zia Pueblo is Tsia Video Clip Courtesy of Silver Bullet Productions “Zia Pueblo: Home of the Sun Symbol,” 2006 Pueblo of Zia, San Ysidro Vicinity, Zia Pueblo, Sandoval County, NM. Photo taken after 1933. Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library…
