Another Time in This Place

Historia, Cultura y Vida en Questa, New Mexico, USA

Tessie Rael de Ortega and Judith Cuddihy

Table of Contents

Front Matter From Our Hearts and Minds From the Record The Cycle of Birth, Life & Death Everyday Life in the 1920’s to 1940’s Appendix

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A New Frontier

By 1840 San Antonio del Rio Colorado was well established and new settlers were continually arriving and more houses were being built all along the

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A History Of Questa

In this story of Questa’s history, culture, and everyday life—the rich tapestry that provides our sense of community.   We’ll start first with the oral

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Our Houses

Questa’s first homes were made in a U shape. That way when the Indians came to attack them, they closed the gates in the plazuela

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Rael family history

“It is very certain, or almost certain, that only one Rael came to the New Continent and that he came as a soldier from Spain and that is how the name Rael originated.”

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