{"id":10718,"date":"2022-12-15T14:48:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T21:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoversantafe.us\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2022-12-30T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:34:26","slug":"the-ghost-of-julia-staab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoversantafe.us\/the-ghost-of-julia-staab","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost of Julia Staab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Santa Fe\u2019s more \u201csolid\u201d ghosts, Julia Staab, is said to haunt various rooms of her former <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">home, today\u2019s 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 fireplace. The comfortable living room is one of the many flourishes provided by her husband, the merchant Abraham Staab, to alleviate her homesick blues in the lovely Victorian-style house he had built for her in 1882. But, in the end, it was a physical ailment that took her far before her time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why might Julia\u2019s ghost continue to hang around her former home?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s lonely and seeks companionship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>B. Having been forced to move to the rough frontier town, she\u2019s very angry and sad.<\/p>\n<p>C. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She still thinks she\u2019s in charge of greeting guests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>D. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She doesn\u2019t know she\u2019s dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Hint:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uprooted from her European upbringing and family, she was very unhappy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B. While all answers may apply, ghost \u201cexperts\u201d think many souls get caught between two worlds due to anger issues or deep despondency over their premature deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10795 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoversantafe.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Julia-Abraham-Staab-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoversantafe.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Julia-Abraham-Staab-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.discoversantafe.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Julia-Abraham-Staab.jpg 469w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julia was born in 1844 in Germany and married the successful Santa Fe Jewish merchant Abraham Staab in 1865. He brought her to Santa Fe, which was then a rustic, largely uncultured outpo<\/span>st in the American West. Here she missed her family, friends, way of life, and creature comforts. In response, in 1882 he built her a three-story mini palace in the Second Empire style. It was complete with a mansard roof and fine stone and woodwork. But said to often be sick and depressed, Julia passed away in 1896.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, in a city more than 400 years old, there are scores of locales said to harbor ghosts, from the PERA Building to the La Fonda on the Plaza hotel. Sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoversantafe.us\/\">DiscoverSantaFe Scavenger Hunt<\/a> to explore these and other local mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>Top featured image of Julia Staab from the Staab\/Nordhaus Family Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Santa Fe\u2019s more \u201csolid\u201d ghosts, Julia Staab, is said to haunt various rooms of her former home, today\u2019s La Posada de Santa Fe hotel. 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