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Another Time in This Place
Historia, Cultura y Vida en Questa NM
About This Site
Table of Contents
An Introductory Note
Preface & Acknowledgments
A History Of Questa
The Founders of Questa, by J.P. Rael
Don Diego Vigil
Floyd Hamblen
A New Frontier
From the Record
Ancient Geological Events Formed Our Landscape
Before the Spanish Entrada
The Spanish Entrada and Northern New Spain
Outside Influences
Vecinos on the Northern Frontier
The Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant
The San Antonio del Rio Colorado Land Grant
The U.S. Army of West Arrives in New Mexico
John “The Pathfinder” Fremont Comes to Rio Colorado
Indians Depredations on Rio Colorado Continue
More Arrivals and Visitors in Rio Colorado
Mineral Resources Are Found Near Rio Colorado
The Indian Threat Ends
The Railroad Comes to Northern New Mexico
Petitions to Validate the Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant
New Mining in and around Questa
The 20th Century Comes to Questa
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
El Oratorio de Doña Estefana
Los Hermanos, La Morada y el Calvario
Our Church of San Antonio
Baptism
Customs for betrothal and marriage
Holidays
Death
Contact
About This Site
Table of Contents
An Introductory Note
Preface & Acknowledgments
A History Of Questa
The Founders of Questa, by J.P. Rael
Don Diego Vigil
Floyd Hamblen
A New Frontier
From the Record
Ancient Geological Events Formed Our Landscape
Before the Spanish Entrada
The Spanish Entrada and Northern New Spain
Outside Influences
Vecinos on the Northern Frontier
The Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant
The San Antonio del Rio Colorado Land Grant
The U.S. Army of West Arrives in New Mexico
John “The Pathfinder” Fremont Comes to Rio Colorado
Indians Depredations on Rio Colorado Continue
More Arrivals and Visitors in Rio Colorado
Mineral Resources Are Found Near Rio Colorado
The Indian Threat Ends
The Railroad Comes to Northern New Mexico
Petitions to Validate the Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant
New Mining in and around Questa
The 20th Century Comes to Questa
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
El Oratorio de Doña Estefana
Los Hermanos, La Morada y el Calvario
Our Church of San Antonio
Baptism
Customs for betrothal and marriage
Holidays
Death
Contact
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Dan Kuehn
Holidays
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
Customs for betrothal and marriage
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
Baptism
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
Our Church of San Antonio
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
Los Hermanos, La Morada y el Calvario
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
El Oratorio de Doña Estefana
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
The 20th Century Comes to Questa
From the Record
New Mining in and around Questa
From the Record
Petitions to Validate the San Antonio del Rio Colorado Land Grant
From the Record
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