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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

Front Matter

Preface & Acknowledgments

Front Matter

An Introductory Note

Front Matter

...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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter

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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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