Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads race to stake their claims on the strategic Raton Pass. Railroads, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe,…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Perhaps New Mexico’s greatest unsolved murder. What happened to Mesilla lawyer Albert Fountain and his son Henry on their fateful journey home from Lincoln? Mesilla, Lincoln, Albert Fountain, Henry…
Centennial, radio, San Marcial, Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist Rick Hendricks, State Historian Click here to read about the flood Listen to the audio on the tragic flood washing away the town of San Marcial, NM.
1941 Los Alamos Los Alamos, part of the secret Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb in World War II, has a history that goes back to at least the 1880s. Document and photo Reproducing prohibited without express permission from the State Records Center and Archives. A photo…
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