Governor Alberto Maynez had begun the effort to establish the town of Manzano in 1815. Several landowners in the Tomé area were interested in developing the eastern slope of the Manzanos. Among these was the Lucero family, led by Miguel and Juan Lucero. Their efforts met with success; Manzano…
1991 1286 The Puye cliff dwellings are said by the Santa Clara Indians to have been the homes of their ancestors before drought drove them to the Rio Grande.
1991 1279 A childhood home of Antonio Jose Martinez, the Martinez Hacienda of Taos is one of the few remaining Northern New Mexican-style haciendas open to the public.
Lovell Birge Harrison was an American genre and landscape painter. Having been ill with malaria, in 1883 he and his spouse, Eleanor set out for New Mexico. Evidently, the couple had intended to settle in Santa Fe. The expedition became a nine-month tour of New Mexico, Colorado and the…
“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…
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…
