by Mike Lord | Jan 30, 2023 | Uncategorized |
In 1821, Spain signed the Treaty of Córdova and New Mexico became part of the new Republic of Mexico. In 1827, placer gold was discovered in the Ortiz Mountains south of Santa Fe, the mining camp of Dolores sprang up almost overnight, and the first gold rush in the...
by Daniel Gibson | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized |
The City of Santa Fe’s Art in Public Places has contributed greatly to Santa Fe’s overall visual appeal. This includes the creation of a giant metal dog with a bench swing hanging from it located behind the Santa Fe Community Convention Center on the corner of Grant...
by Daniel Gibson | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized |
One of Santa Fe’s more “solid” ghosts, Julia Staab, is said to haunt various rooms of her former home, today’s La Posada de Santa Fe hotel. Her ghostly apparition is often seen drifting about the staircase, her upstairs suite, and former living room with its lovely...
by Daniel Gibson | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized |
Photo of the Palace in the early American Territorial era. When American military forces occupied Santa Fe in 1862 at the beginning of the Mexican-American War, they were reportedly appalled to find a dozen or more human ears nailed to a wall inside the Palace of the...
by Daniel Gibson | Sep 22, 2022 | Uncategorized |
Santa Fe has never been a pacifist’s enclave. In fact, over its long history it has seen heads on spikes on the Plaza, dozens of Texans’ ears nailed to walls in the Palace of the Governors, Indian battles in the streets, and violent crimes committed with fists,...
by Daniel Gibson | Sep 22, 2022 | Uncategorized |
Perhaps the most famous, or infamous, New Mexican of all time is the much maligned, often glorified, and definitely mysterious young gunslinger, born in 1859 as Henry McCarty. He was later known as William Bonny and finally as Billy the Kid. It is commonly thought...
