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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
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  • 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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The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death

Old Questa Murders

The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death

...a posse of eight men... went up Red River canyon... caught Conelly in a cabin and brought him down to the justice of peace.

Death

The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death

...they made the coffins from pine wood and covered them with a nice material.

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

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  • 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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