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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

From the Record

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

Petitions to Validate the Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant

From the Record

Mineral Resources Are Found Near Rio Colorado

From the Record

The Railroad Comes to Northern New Mexico

From the Record

The Indian Threat Ends

From the Record

More Arrivals and Visitors in Rio Colorado

From the Record

Indians Depredations on Rio Colorado Continue

From the Record

John “The Pathfinder” Fremont Comes to Rio Colorado

From the Record

“…who loves to be told of his greatness…” and “jealous of anyone who may know as much or more of any subject than himself…”
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  • Front Matter
  • The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death
  • Everyday Life in the 1920's to 1940's
  • Appendix
  • A Hisrory of Questa
    • From the Record
    • From Our Hearts and Minds

Acknowlegments

We are grateful to following people and organizations, who were extremely helpful in producing this work:

Nita Murphy, The Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico, Taos
Sandra Jaramillo and staff, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
Esteban Rael-Galvez, New Mexico State Historian
Museums of New Mexico Library
Taos Public Library
Moby Dickens Bookstore, Taos
Carol Rael for translations

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