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Another Time in This Place

Tessie Rael de Ortega and Judith Cuddihy

…first-person accounts of Rio Colorado [Questa] have been included to give a first-hand view of what life was like here over the years.

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

Our first health clinic came here in the early 1940s.

We played Las Iglesias. We played kick the can, baseball, marbles, hide and seek, and tell stories.

The boy that grew up in Questa, who was an integral part of the community, merchant, farmer and a prosperous business man. – by J.P. Rael

The arrival of the U.S. Military and the increased traffic on the Santa Fe Trail had served only to increase the anger of the Indians,

The “Alwasiles” sheriffs were very strict. If they found a girl or a boy talking to each other out in public they would take them

Mining would play an increasing role in the life and economy of Rio Colorado/Questa. The first Rio Colorado connection with the copper and gold rush

Water was and is the basis of everyday life in this high mountain desert. Acequias were often built even before the houses or church in

The Colonial Period

“…who loves to be told of his greatness…” and “jealous of anyone who may know as much or more of any subject than himself…”