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undreds of women from all walks of life were nominated in Taos for this year’s celebration, “Remarkable Women.” No doubt, all deserving. And no doubt thousands more are deserving of that title: remarkable for lifetime achievements, for blazing new trails, for their independence and pioneer spirit, for innate toughness and stamina scratching out a life in this rugged environment. All have vivid stories to tell, fascinating lives to share. What is it that makes them remarkable? What is the source it springs from? Perhaps it starts with a connectedness to something larger than themselves, originating from something as primal as a shared bond to Mother Earth. Or perhaps it grows out of a passion to make our brief time here more meaningful, to fill our lives with love, dignity and grace. During the year-long celebration of women (a nice concept for the entire globe to embrace), we are introduced to women creative in spirit, who have carved their place in history, who are heralded for legacies left in the arts, philanthropy, politics, business, adventure in the outdoors. Women as beautiful, inside and out, as a riveting Southwest storm. Coinciding with New Mexico’s centennial, the number 100 keeps cropping up. This year marks the 100th birthday of artists Agnes Martin and Bea Mandelman. And Taos Pueblo potter Virginia Romero honed her art until her 100th birthday. We are invited to meet two sisters, Ignacia Bent and Josefa Carson, both married to famous men, but who also played important roles in shaping the history of Taos. But we don’t just meet historic figures; we get glimpses into the lives of remarkable contemporary women as well. Biographer Liz Cunningham, who has written dozens of profiles of many of our remarkable women (visit taos.org/women for stories and events), said that while it was fascinating and uplifting to explore the lives of many of these remarkable personalities, the surface has barely been scratched when it comes to how many truly inspiring women call the Southern Rockies home. It would take many lifetimes to document them all, especially when you start to explore the unsung heroines, not just the elite but the everyday remarkable women. The stories that unfold from those less famous are no less compelling—stories about perseverence, stories about women who have to summon greatness every day, stories about women who shape our culture, enrich our lives. We long for and need those stories. It might be an anecdote about a single mother struggling daily to maintain balance in her life, a master of multi-tasking, tired to the bone, working three jobs to pay the rent and feed her children. Or a tale of the matriarch of Continued next page
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a swarming household who tirelessly cleans, cooks three massive meals a day and yet somehow finds time to bring food to an ailing friend and sit by her side at a hospital bed. During this project we heard lots of great stories, enough to fill ten books. Stories that erupted like one from a particularly insightful (wise beyond her years) Taos Pueblo student. She spoke of her history as seen through the eyes of a Mestiza (mixed descent Native and Mexican) sister. She shared memories of growing up and picking fruit and piñon, tending fields each fall with female relatives. Stories were passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter to granddaughter, each story illustrating the ancestral commitment to family and earth, where women were always the nucleus of the home, pillars of strength in their comunity. And maybe that’s what lies at the core of the Remarkable Women celebration. We hear stories that help us brave any challenge thrown before us, and help us to be proud and stand tall. — Joe Haukebo, publisher hawk-media.com
he year-long celebration of the Remarkable Women of Taos and Northern New Mexico honors the area’s outstanding historic and contemporary women and focuses in part on their passions and accomplishments. Out of hundreds of remarkable women, this representative selection profiles Mabel Dodge Luhan, Millicent Rogers and Virginia T. Romero, three first-of-their-kind trendsetters who made lasting contributions to the community. Determined to put Taos on the map, Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) arrived in December 1917 on a two-week vacation that lasted the rest of her life. By that time she had presided over one of the most famous salons in American history at 23 Fifth Avenue. From 1913 to 1916 she hosted pre-World War I “movers and shakers” who supported avant-garde ideas in the arts, politics and society. Revolutionary at the time, salon topics ranged from the ideas of Freud to the virtues of free love to anarchistic and socialist views of working-class struggles. Through Alfred Stieglitz, Mabel met American modernist painters and photographers he represented, including John Marin, Marsden Hartley and Georgia O’Keeffe. Mabel helped fund and support the then shocking 1913 Armory Show that introduced the new modern art to American audiences. In New Mexico Mabel’s world “broke in two” and in Taos, a place free from social conventions and expectations, she reinvented herself. She once wrote that rebirth didn’t happen in “one convulsive flash,” but was “a slow, dark passage in time accomplished with blood and sweat.” By living an authentic life, Mabel also set an example for Georgia O’Keeffe and other women visitors. In the lifeways of the community-oriented Taos Pueblo people, Mabel saw possibilities for a utopia that would counterbalance the social malaise caused by industrialization. After Mabel established her residence, she invited guests to help interpret her vision. The artists, writers and intellectuals who visited—among them painters John Marin and Georgia O’Keeffe, photographer Ansel Adams, composer Leopold Stokowski, dancer Martha Graham—appreciated the creative space she provided which, along with the northern New Mexico landscape, inspired new work. In fact, D.H. Lawrence deemed New Mexico “the greatest experience from the outside world.” Known for her generous hospitality, Mabel’s meddling often infuriated her guests. Some took revenge: writers Witter Bynner and Carl Van Vechten satirized Mabel, and D. H. Lawrence and Myron Brinig bumped her off in some of their literary works. Although remembered primarily as a salon hostess and art patroness, Mabel was a staunch advocate of native rights. One Continued on page 12 5
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Remarkable Women: First of Their Kind
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Our Towns
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Pioneer Women
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Embroiled in Witchcraft
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Taos Lodging
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Go With A Pro
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A Sage In Tennis Shoes
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NM Historic Markers
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Calendar of Events
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Festival Favorites
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Golf: Mountains & Mesas
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hat being said, northern New Mexico’s reflective affair with itself, as an icon of beauty, remains both distinctive and inspiring. And when decked out in her “summer dress”—a fashion statement sewn from grass-fringed mountains, creamsicle sunsets, foam-frothy rivers, muted earth-tones, and a limitless sea of sky—she does what all true legends of beauty do: move one to silence. Indulge, in both meditative and active ways, and you may find your summertime fling with this “remarkable woman” transform into something deeper that calls you back.
Angelic Petitions A burgeoning resort town with a penchant for flame-throwing sunsets, Angel Fire continues to build on its traditions while introducing novel options. This year’s addition to the recreational menu: The Zipline Adventure Tour. Expected to be open in July, the Zipline Adventure Tour will allow participants to experience the adrenaline rush of traveling by cable. After a short training conducted by two guides, participants can get their glide on, zipping from one tree or platform, to another tree or platform. With different components to the course, the entire adventure is expected to last two to three hours. Fresh off rebuilding their #10 golf course, Angel Fire will once again be holding their popular Beat the Pro Weekly Golf Tournament (every Friday, June 1-29, starting at 4 pm). Mountain biking is the “wheel deal” in Angel Fire, and two festivals for enthusiasts include: The Chile Challenge Mountain Bike Festival (June 8-June 10), and the Oso High Mountain Bike Race (June 30July 1). In the age of Netflix, YouTube and Amazon, the invitation to watch a film on a picnic blanket under a starry night sky possesses a rare charm. Angel Fire’s 9th Annual “Movies Under the Stars” will present a free film (and free popcorn), every Friday throughout July. Turning the tone classical, the Music from Angel Fire series (August and September) features 14 chamber music concerts performed by world-class, international musicians. Specific dates and details can be found at www.musicfromangelfire.org. On a side note, the Village of Eagle Nest, which neighbors Angel Fire, is home to Eagle Nest Lake. This 2,200-acre lake is an angler’s wet dream, rich with rainbow trout, kokanee salmon, and now northern pike. And the July 4 fireworks over the lake are always a big hit. hawk-media.com
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A Matter of Light and Depth If Alice’s trip down the rabbit hole were to have curved differently, she might have arrived in Taos and not Wonderland. A magnet-draw for deviants, dreamers and black sheep; a placeholder for ideas, philosophies and customs; an open book with plenty of dog-eared history and still more blank pages waiting to be filled— Taos is not a place that can be pinned down with easy definitions. Its events, fare and town character reflect a cross-pollination of cultures (Native, Hispanic, and Anglo). Set in the oldest continuously inhabited community in North America, the Taos Pueblo Pow-Wow (July 13-15) features members of Indian tribes throughout the country competing in traditional dance competitions. Honoring the Patron Saints of Taos, Santiago and Santana, the Fiestas de Taos (July 23 and 24) offers a weekend of food, music, crafts and merriment. Note by note, sunray by sunray, the Taos Solar Music Festival continues to grow in size and popularity. This year’s festival (June 30 and July 1) will feature headliners—Lyle Lovett, Los Lobos and Michael Franti and Spearhead—along with many other musical acts. For more details visit the festival’s website at solarmusicfest.com. In conjunction with Taos’ “Remarkable Women” theme for 2012, a variety of exhibitions are being held, including: Agnes Martin: Before the Grid (through June 17), Harwood Museum; Millicent Rogers: The Power to Create, Collect, and Inspire (through 2012), Millicent Rogers Museum; and Cultural Threads— Nellie Dunton and the Colcha Revival in New Mexico (June 15-January 6, 2013), Hacienda de los Martinez.
Market Value The nation’s oldest capital and one of the top destination sites in the U.S., Santa Fe has managed to successfully blend the chic and the progressive with the tried, true and traditional. Boasting the third largest art market in the country, visitors can art-crawl to their hearts’ delight, and when hunger pangs hit, the “City Different” serves up a diversity of international cuisine. Summer in Santa Fe is when “the marketplace” heats up. ART Santa Fe (July 12-15): This art fair brings art collectors together with artists and representatives from more than 50 countries around the world. International Folk Art Market (July 13-15): The world’s largest international folk art market features more than 130 artists from 52 countries selling high-quality, handmade folk art, including pottery, rugs, jewelry, clothing and more. Traditional Spanish Market (July 27-29): Celebrating its 61st year, this market staple hosts more than 200 Hispanic artists and their Spanish Colonial works (hand-carved furniture, tinwork, weavings, straw appliqué, images of saints). Live perform-ances will take place throughout the weekend. Santa Fe Indian Market (August 18 and 19): As the largest market devoted to Native American arts in the world, Santa Fe Indian Market draws approximately 100,000 visitors each year; 1,000 artists occupy the Santa Fe Plaza, selling traditional and contemporary works, including jewelry, pottery, textiles, clothing and more.
Follow the River Loving would be easy, if your colors were like my dreams/Red gold and green, red gold and green— “Karma Chameleon,” The Culture Club. Were the prismatic dreams of pop icon Boy George trying to guide him to a mountain retreat town in Northern New Mexico? Probably not, but red, gold and green could be 10
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the signature color-scheme for Red River. Red, as in its namesake; Gold, because of its boom-or-bust history as a gold-mining town; Green, grown out of its awe-inspiring natural scenery and woodlands. Hiking, golfing, fishing, biking, jeeping, and dancing present different strokes for different folks. For the automotivelyinclined, the Red River Classic Car Show (June 1-3), showcases some of the hottest makes and models in the region. The River & Brews Blues Fest (June 8 and 9) delivers a melodic package of pathos and joy, as you’ll have chance to soak in the blues while swigging from micro-brews. And in the state where green chile is king, check out the NM Green Chile State Championship (August 18), replete with chile samplings and live music.
Summer Specials, A la Carte Don’t let the name mislead you. While the Taos Ski Valley is indeed a world-class, slope-friendly paradise for skiers, highaltitude fun in the summer is also part of its well-rounded character. Moonlight hikes, horseback riding, llama treks, concerts, mountain biking and more are served up on a seasonal basis. Want to blow off a little steam while taking in the sights? Then climb aboard the classic locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad that runs between Chama and Antonito. Built in the 1880s, this oldie-but-goodie is a functional testament to the bygone era of steam-powered train-travel. The first town along the Santa Fe Trail, Clayton is shot through with a rugged and unpretentious splendor. Clayton Lake State Park hosts various summertime events and activities, including the popular Clayton Lake Trout Derby (June 9 and 10). If ghostly lore floats your boat, then drop in at the St. James Hotel in Cimarron. With some of its outlaw “interior decorators” leaving bullet holes in the wall as a stylistic statement, the rough-and-tumble past of the St. James Hotel is a sneak-peek into the psyche of the Wild West. Numerous ghosts, each with their own obsessions and rituals, are said to call the St. James home. Check out Philmont Scout Ranch, largest private backpacking facility in the world. What’s made in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Hence, the 1,000-plus buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, earning the town of Las Vegas its title as “one of the best preserved outdoor museums.” Arsenic and grace, anyone? The Mineral Springs Resort and Spa at Ojo Caliente offers the only hot springs in the world with four different minerals: lithia, arsenic, soda, and sulphur. Further north, in Colorado’s Rio Grande County (which includes South Fork, Del Norte, and Monte Vista), the 1.86 million acre Rio Grande National Forest plays host to countless outdoor activities, including: hiking, fishing, biking, horse-riding, hunting and rock-climbing.
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of her visitors, John Collier, Sr. (who later became the nation’s first Indian Commissioner) helped Mabel, her husband Tony Lujan from Taos Pueblo, and a host of New Mexican writers and artists defeat legislation that would have stripped Pueblo people of their lands. Mabel’s home and the books she wrote left a lasting legacy. She published four volumes of memoir (1933-1937); Lorenzo in Taos (1932), a book about D. H. Lawrence; Winter in Taos (1935), considered her finest literary work; and Taos and Its Artists (1947), the first treatise ever written on the subject. Mabel’s life and writing still inspire scholars, writers and media from the U.S. and abroad. This year marks two new books published on her: In Mabel’s Mirror (in Italian, about her years in Florence, 1905-1912) by Italian poet and author Marco Tornar, and The 12
Suppressed Memoirs of Mabel Dodge Luhan: Sex, Syphilis, and Psychoanalysis in the Making of Modern American Culture by Mabel’s biographer Dr. Lois Palken Rudnick. When Millicent Rogers (1902-1953) first glimpsed the expansive Taos Valley’s “astonishing black gash” of the Rio Grande Gorge set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, she exclaimed “Why has no one ever told me about this?” Known as the Standard Oil Heiress, beginning with her debutante days in the 1920s Millicent’s activities peppered society pages. By the time she arrived in Taos she had made a name for herself in the fashion world, been a philanthropist, and assembled several collections. Dressed by leading courtiers like Mainbocher and Schiaparelli, Millicent’s collections of haute couture designs repeatedly placed her on the best-dressed list. Her own creations set trends with celebrities like HighCountry 2012
Wallis Simpson and led to a collaboration with the fashion world’s “uncontested genius” Charles James. Millicent’s talents, however, eclipsed the fashion world. She illustrated children’s stories written for her sons, learned to work with metal to craft her own jewelry and designed her own car. A brilliant conversationalist and well read polyglot, she taught herself Latin and ancient Greek. In World War II she contributed to the war effort, opening her colonial estate in Virginia as a rehabilitation center for injured and shell-shocked Naval pilots from 1942 to 1945 as well as establishing and procuring funding for the Medical and Surgical Relief Committee, which provided medical supplies to the French, Dutch and Belgian undergrounds. (Later, in Taos, Millicent would support Indian rights. In 1948 when Taos Pueblo was threatened with losing their medical clinics, she paid for tribal council members’ travel to Washington, D.C. to discuss the situation with U. S. Government officials.) In summer 1947, days after arriving in Taos, Millicent attended her first Indian dance. Accompanied by artist Dorothy Brett’s Taos Pueblo friends Trinidad Archuleta, his wife, Rufina, and other family members (including Trinidad’s uncle, Tony Lujan, married to Mabel Dodge Luhan), Millicent traveled to the Indian encampment at Stinking Lake near Dulce on the Jicarilla Reservation. The experience, which included participating in a round dance, so entranced Millicent that she decided to move to Taos in 1948 where with the help of Mabel Dodge Luhan she acquired an old adobe with a view of Taos Mountain. Fascinated with the native peoples of the Southwest, Millicent attended dances at Taos Pueblo and traveled to ceremonials at Hopi, Gallup and “Apache land.” There she saw silverwork and weavings made by the Navajo, Hopi and Zuni people and began collecting jewelry and textiles. Within three years Millicent assembled over 2,000 pieces of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi and Pueblo art, including pottery, jewelry, rugs as well as Hispanic colcha embroidery weavings, santos (painted or carved saints) and furniture. Her collection formed the core of today’s Millicent Rogers Museum, a gift to the community of Taos from her sons, Paul and Arturo Peralta-Ramos. Millicent continues to inspire: her work with Charles James recently inspired a spring-summer collection for Dior, and she is the subject of the recently published Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers by Cherie Burns (2011). The story of Virginia T. Romero (1896-1998) provides a glimpse into the centuries-old traditions at Taos Pueblo (dating from 1350). Born at Taos Pueblo, Virginia Trujillo was named Pop Tö, which means “Flower House” in her native Tiwa language. Her training in the traditional ways of her tribe was interrupted by a foreign educational system. In the early 1900s Virginia, like other Indian children throughout the country, was removed from Taos Pueblo to attend Santa Fe Indian School. Forbidden to speak her native language, Virginia learned arithhawk-media.com
metic, geography, writing and history in English. She also received vocational training appropriate at that time: sewing, cooking, laundry and other housekeeping skills. Like other Taos Pueblo women, Virginia devoted herself to the welfare of her husband Joe D. Romero and their 11 children. The family lived off the land and from the work of their hands. Assisted by her daughters, Virginia prepared and preserved food, took lunch to her husband and sons working the fields, did laundry and other household chores, tended the vegetable garden, and baked bread in the hornos (outdoor beehive ovens made of adobe) until the time came to prepare the family’s evening meal. Virginia used skills learned from her mother to make moccasins and the traditional white leather boots worn by Taos Pueblo women and sewing skills learned at boarding school to make clothes for her family. She also used her schooling to serve her people. Fluent in English and Spanish and able to write in both languages, she served as an interpreter for the tribal government. As a child Virginia had watched her mother shape clay into water jars, bean pots and dishes, the traditional cookware of generations of Taos Pueblo women. One day her father gave Virginia a bag of clay and predicted that it would provide her with food, clothing and money. That gift launched Virginia’s eighty-year career as a potter. In 1919 she began making her own utilitarian ware. After she mastered her craft, she began selling work to locals and tourists. Her work evolved into more decorative pieces: wedding vases, cylindrical vessels, and rimmed bowls. By the 1930s, collectors began purchasing Virginia’s pottery and she won prizes at Santa Fe Indian Market and at the annual intertribal ceremonial exhibition in Gallup. In 1960 she received a certificate of merit for “producing and exhibiting Indian arts and handicrafts of prize-winning quality” from The Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association. In September 1994 the Millicent Rogers Museum honored Virginia, the first Taos Pueblo person to receive such recognition. Today her work resides in private collections in the U.S., Germany, Japan and other countries and in national museum collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum, the Southwest Museum of the American Indian (now part of the Autry National Center in Los Angeles), the School of American Research and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, and the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos. Her pottery legacy continues through generations of her family and contemporary Taos Pueblo potters.
[ Award-winning writer and researcher Elizabeth Cunningham has had a lifelong love affair with the American West. She was instrumental in creating the “Remarkable Women of Taos” theme. Visit www.taos.org / women for more comprehensive coverage of area Remarkable Women and 2012 events. Or visit www.mabeldodgeluhan.blogspot.com. For an expanded version of this story, which includes seminal Hispanic author Cleofas Jaramillo, visit www.hawk-media.com. 13
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tudy history for any length of time and you being to realize how easy it is to get bogged down by the passage of time and events large and small; but history, like politics, is local. The histories of the Moreno Valley and Red River are like that, shaped as they were by tumultuous times from mining days to the present. Both communities can boast of scores of colorful women that shaped their growth from mining days of the past to tourist days of the present. Consider the late Tillie Simion, who may best be remembered for her comment, “Red River is OK for men and dogs but it’s HELL on women and horses!” This Kansas schoolteacher left her home state during the Great Depression to join her husband Tony who had found work at the molybdenum mine. “It really was horrible when I first came,” Tillie said in a 1978 interview. “No car, no people… Talk about pioneering. I chopped wood and hauled water just so Tony wouldn’t have to when he came home tired.” In 1944, longtime resident Hank Mutz arrived in Red River on the mail truck and stayed at another of Tillie’s business ventures, the Monte Vista Lodge — a motel that later burned down. She went on a horseback ride with Johnnie Mutz, they hit it off and Hank said with a smile, “I stayed an extra day or so.” Johnnie continued offering horseback rides while Hank welcomed guests at their Aspen Park Lodge. “We rented a double bed cabin for $3.50 a night,” Hank said. “When you say ‘rustic,’ this was rustic. We sold it for $30,000. I was damn glad to get rid of it.” Hank soon learned she had married into one of Red River’s founding family “dynasties.” “When I first got here, you couldn’t talk about anybody — the Youngs, the Mutzes, the Pratts, the Gallaghers … they were all related.” Johnnie’s grandfather Herman Mutz settled in Elizabethtown sometime around 1880. One of Herman’s nine children, Emil, married Maggie Gallagher, herself the daughter of Moreno Valley pioneers, and they had five children. Emil’s sister Augusta married Jesse Young, also one of Red River’s early pioneers. Johnnie’s cousin, Opal Gallagher Gwinn (who died on May 17 this year) lived as a child in a cabin homesteaded by her uncle Charlie Phipps, then on a ranch up Mallette Canyon. Her parents grew potatoes and hay and sold milk to the Oldham brothers, owners of the Tall Pine Camp. “A lot of people don’t know what you’re talking about when you say ‘Depression,’ but had they been there they’d know. If you had enough food you were fortunate,” Opal once said. Another son of Red River’s pioneers, Johnny Brandenburg, fell in love with a Raton beauty named Rosemary “Rosie” Frambers who had come to work at the Monte Vista Lodge in summer 1941. He married her in 1945 after returning from a German
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prisoner of war camp. At the time, about 30 families lived in Red River year-round. “It was not lonely because we were a close-knit group,” Rosie said. “We’d cook up beans and spaghetti or something and everybody’d play cards for the evening.” Medical services could be a challenge though. “Us young married people went to Raton to have babies,” Rosie said. “Probably the last 2 months before your baby was due the doctors would kind of insist we come down closer.” Over the pass in the Moreno Valley, longtime residents enjoyed similar friendship and kinship. Another Gallagher, Charlie, married Mae Lowrey, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Moore) Lowrey, the Elizabeth in Elizabethtown. Maude Lowry married Talmage D. Neal. Annie Lowrey married John Haddow and was postmaster in T.D. Neal’s Eagle Nest grocery store. T.D. Neal’s son Tal married Jeannine MacDougall, the daughter of Laura Heck MacDougall whose family once owned Maxwell Land grant ranchland throughout the Moreno Valley. That first winter, Jeannine says, “I was taking care of myself, my husband and his father. I did not work. I guess I was indoors most of the time. We’d drive down into the Moreno Valley and the snow would be as high as the car on both sides. It was like driving through a tunnel, except with no top. I thought it was terrible! I couldn’t see how anybody could live in this much snow.” She did find time to visit Laurelle Gallagher, her best friend since the 5th grade at Raton Elementary School who had married Bill Gallagher the previous year. “Laurelle was going through the same thing I was. We would get together, play cards, visit, cook…. We ate together a lot.” Charles and Frank Springer built Eagle Nest Lake in hopes of turning the Moreno Valley into a farming paradise. Pioneering women like Marija “Mary” Arko, Angelina Andreoli, Ada Marie Swanson, whose mother-in-law once operated a boarding house in Elizabethtown, and their husbands were enterprising farmers. Lorene Arko and her late husband Leo, Jr. continued farming. The Moreno Valley was later home to many women who also helped build the tourist business, like the late Francis Gherardini, owner of the now defunct Cloverleaf Motel, the late Edith Sullivan, onetime owner of the Laguna Vista Restaurant and Saloon who spearheaded having a pull-off area at the palisades in Cimarron Canyon, and LaVena Lebus, whose husband Roy and brother George built Angel Fire Resort. “Oh boy, it was hard work,” Edith said, “Lots of nights I’d go to bed and in the morning I’d get out of bed and I’d think my feet would go right through the floor.”
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EMBROILED IN WITCHCRAFT What do an author who fostered culture, a mysterious murder suspect and a progressive teacher-administrator have in common?
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ocal residents viewed these three women — Cleofas Jaramillo, Teresita Ferguson and Josephine Córdova — as “remarkable women” during this year’s celebration of the Remarkable Women of Taos. A common underlying theme in each of their lives involves the topic of witchcraft through writing topic, suspicion and victimology. Cleofas Martinez Jaramillo’s 79 years enriched the lives of many people who read her work. She was born in Arroyo Hondo in 1878 to influential parents Martina Lucero and Julian Antonio Martinez. Her dad owned sheep, cattle, farming and mercantile businesses. Back then, not too many females received an education past grade school, but Cleofas attended Loretto in both Taos and Santa Fe. Her cousin Venceslao Jaramillo fell in love with Cleofas and proposed marriage. The young woman provided him with an unheard-of answer for that time in history. She told her suitor she would marry him under the condition he allow her the opportunity to complete her education before the wedding. He agreed. The couple married July 27, 1898. To the outside world, the family lived a comfortable life, made possible through Venceslao’s wealth, business and political connections and Cleofas’ family connections. Venceslao was a businessman and a legislator. However, heartbreak occurred when two children died at a young age. Then, when the only surviving child Angelina turned four years of age, Venceslao died. Despite his wealth, Venceslao left his finances in turmoil, thus leaving Cleofas in debt. The astute businesswoman survived and thrived. However, tragedy struck again when Angelina was murdered at age 17. Cleofas turned negative into positive through her work as a writer. She recorded the happenings of the day: religious ceremonies, holidays, courtships, weddings, funerals and the beliefs in witchcraft prevalent during the times. She wrote Romance of a Village Girl, Spanish Fairy Tales, The Genuine New Mexico Tasty Recipes and Shadows of the Past. The book Nuestras Mujeres described the author’s work as follows: “Cleofas Jaramillo’s work is remarkable for her concern and production in a time when most Hispanic women had little leisure or encouragement to write. Her narratives and stories are valuable because they preserve folk life and, in particular, the customs of a woman thought important to record.” Cleofas Jaramillo died in 1956. Local communities love to resurrect tales of their infamous citizens such as Teresita Ferguson, whose name is shrouded in suspicions of murder and unsolved mystery. 16
Teresita was born in 1890, to Columbus Ferguson and Juanita Medina Ferguson. She grew up in the mining camp at Elizabethtown (outside Eagle Nest) where her father shared a partnership with Bill Wilkerson, William Stone and Arthur Manby in the Mystic Mine. Teresita was very much “a mother’s girl,” and along with her matriarch, received Manby as a visitor from Taos to their cabin when he went to the mine. The visitor compared the little girl to her mother — quiet and demure with black hair, black eyes and strong inner strength. As Arthur Manby became enchanted with young Teresita, despite the 31-year difference in their ages, he began to consider her future. During a talk with Columbus Ferguson, Manby suggested the purchase of a tourist camp on Taos Canyon Road. Eventually, the young woman achieved this goal. Teresita’s life in Taos included frequent interaction with Arthur Manby. People regarded them as a couple, although after his death, she referred to him as “something like an uncle or a grandfather.” As an unmarried woman, Teresita gave birth to four children throughout the years. Her longtime association with the older man included a life of intrigue and mystery. Manby once possessed the Martinez Land Grant, the Maxwell Land Grant and other acreage and furnishings. He owned the Colonial Bond and Security Company and served as the President. Teresita was the Vice President. As affiliates of the U.S. Secret and Civil Service Society Self Supporting Branch, Teresita filled the role of President. Members donated money and fulfilled unusual duties such as following businessmen all day. Teresita’s new lover Carmen Duran, named a Special Messenger, demanded more money from members without Manby’s knowledge. She was also convicted, along with others, of robberies. Teresita served five months of a four to six year prison sentence and gained a release because she served as a model prisoner. After Manby’s murder in 1929, Teresita and Carmen moved into the Manby house to dig for Manby’s riches and sell furnishings and artwork. Officials did not discover the identity of Manby’s killer, although Teresita was long considered a suspect. After her release from prison, Teresita lived a simple life, one that some locals deemed “like a witch.” She raised her children and earned her living by reading cards (as she did for Arthur Manby) and palms and seeing the future in her crystal ball for those who sought her counsel. She survived the turmoil of the times. When a youngster exhibited tendencies toward left-handedHighCountry 2012
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ness in the early 1900s, that child was considered “bewitched.” Such was the world when Josephine Martinez was born in Arroyo Seco May 1, 1907. As the little girl grew her parents Maria de las Nieves and Francisco Martinez worried about the child. According to custom, the parents tied her left hand behind her back so little Josephine would eventually favor her right hand as the dominant one. The experiment didn’t produce the desired results…at least on the surface. In the end, Josephine felt that the childhood hand-tying shaped her philosophy to try hard with any of her undertakings and it taught her strength. She called upon that strength as a young girl whose father passed away, causing her mother to move to Tres Piedras as a homesteader. During her formative years, she lived among people who shared stories about evil witches and discussed their fearful beliefs. She lived during the Depression as a young teacher in Cerro where her landlord warned her about the witches in the community. She never encountered these creatures. She eventually married and Josephine and her husband Willie Córdova raised four children. Once again, she called upon her inner strength in career matters. In the 1950s, school systems seldom promoted women to positions such as principal or superintendent. Evidently, the Taos Municipal Schools recognized Josephine Cordova’s strength. She received the position of teacher-principal of the El Prado School and served in this capacity for 15 years. She was the first female administrator in the school system. Josephine retired after a forty-year teaching career. In 1976, she published No Lloro Pero Me Acuerdo, her memoirs, which included vignettes about education, family, customs, superstitions, stories and life in general. She passed away February 11, 1998. Hundreds of community members, her family and her former students attended her rosary, funeral and burial. We continue to consider the three women discussed above as remarkable in life, despite beliefs in witchcraft and the ideas of the times in which they lived. Prominent and outstanding in life and death, they are remarkable — gone but not forgotten.
[ Biographer Dr. Kathryn Córdova is a retired educator and a freelance writer. She is an award-winning member of the NM Press Women and recently presented at the National Latino Writers’ Conference. She is currently at work on Crossroads, a family history of the Quintana family of Santa Fe. hawk-media.com
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xperience Southwestern charm and history at The Historic Taos Inn located in the heart of Taos’ historic district. Acclaimed by National Geographic Traveler as “One of America’s Great Inns,” and listed on the National and New Mexico Registers of Historic Places. Choose from 44 unique rooms and suites, most with Pueblo-style fireplaces. Award-winning Doc Martin’s Restaurant (“a legendary restaurant...” – Bon Appetit), and The Adobe Bar (“The social center of Taos...” – Travel and Leisure) on the premises. Great bistro menu, Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4-6 pm. Complimentary live music every night. See our website for current specials on accommodations!
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ocated 4 blocks from the historic Taos Plaza, shops, galleries and museums. Our full-service hotel has it all! We include a full hot breakfast. We have a leisure bar/ lounge with pool tables, video games, and coffee shop. Southwestern dining in our restaurant. Outdoor seasonally heated pool, hot tub, and free high speed internet in all areas. Nightly Indian dances May-October. We are near the Taos Casino and Taos Pueblo. Affordable prices that can accommodate any budget. Please call now! You’ll like our friendly service staff.
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e are fortunate to live in such a beautiful outdoor recreation area. Our southern Rockies, Sangre de Cristo Mountains and surrounding areas provide us with some of the most spectacular scenery, wildlife, and of course, fly fishing. That said, it is important to choose a qualified guide service for your fly fishing adventure. Keep in mind the primary responsibility of a guide is your safety. A qualified guide service is one that holds commercial fishing permits for the public waters they fish. Fly shops that offer guiding services as well as solo guide operators are required to hold permits for all of the public lakes and rivers they guide on. Commercial fishing permits are your assurance that the guide is trained in CPR and First Aid, has filed a health and safety plan with the issuing agency, has guide and outfitter insurance, has vehicle insurance and carries a first aid kit in the vehicle, and is therefore authorized to conduct commercial fishing on that particular New Mexico lake or river. Your guide is required to have the permit on his or her person or displayed in the vehicle windshield when guiding. Each permit issued has a unique number and issuing agencies in New Mexico include the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USDA), and the New Mexico Parks (EMNRD). There are no blanket permits issued. For example, if I have five guides on the Cimarron River I must have five permits—one for each guide. Don’t be fooled by slick websites and business cards that boast about all of the waters fished by a particular guide service. Ask to see the guide’s permits: It’s where the rubber meets the road. Permits cost money so use caution and ask questions when a guide service is offering deep discounts, it’s one of those ugly red flags that should tell you, if it’s too good to be true; it is. Be very weary of so-called guides that approach you on lakes and rivers and even in restaurants soliciting guide trips. This is an unethical practice and this person is most likely not qualified to offer commercial fishing of any kind and because they guide without permits they are fishing illegally much like poachers. Avoid that embarrassing moment when the Park Ranger or Game Warden throws you and your guide off of the river or lake because your guide was fishing you illegally. Don’t put your family or your money at risk. For your safety and confidence, go with a pro. Lakes and rivers in our area that require guide permits include but are not limited to the Cimarron River, Eagle Nest Lake, Red River, Rio Costilla (Valle Vidal), Rio Grande, and Rio Chama.
[ Wayne Thurber is the owner of Dos Amigos Anglers Fly Shop & Guide Service, Eagle Nest, NM. The fly shop is an Orvis authorized dealer and the guide service holds permits on all local waters, offering half, full, and multi-day fly trips on public waters and over 200,000 acres of private water. All guides associated with Dos Amigos Anglers are Red Cross certified in CPR & First Aid. hawk-media.com
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n a life spanning nearly a century, Ruth Junior), David and Suzanne. But during her Marie Colville cultivated a wide range of infarm years there was still a restlessness. “We terests to become a much-loved historian on were never bothered about women’s rights, bethe San Luis Valley. cause we just assumed that we had them,” she As outlined in Jo Ann Virden’s biography said in an interview. A Passion For Life: Ruth Marie Colville, she In 1997 some of that rebelliousness leaped helped bridge cultural gaps then prevalent out when she caused a small scandal by being between Anglo and Hispanic communties, rephotographed in a Navajo blanket for a local corded Spanish New Mexican folk tunes, and commercial. “I was reaching out for something researched, photographed and wrote about beyond nice, decent middle-class people because Southwest history much of her life. life is more than just nice, decent middle Born in 1904 in Pennsylvania, Ruth Marie class people.” was raised in a musical environment: father Most of her life a restlessness lingered, as well David Samuels was a piano teacher, which as a passion for research and writing. “I wish I Ruth Marie became. She was adventurous by were a game-and-fish man, or a bootlegger up nature, exploring her home town of Bethlea dry gulch, or a sheepherder or a cattleman. hem: sticking her fingers in fresh-baked pies I am only a hard-working housewife. It is arat her grandfather’s bakery, shopping with rogance, knowing nothing beyond my kitchen, mother (Lillian Neumann) in bustling opento want to write on the leaf of the mountain, air markets, singing at church, roller skating the stones of the river, the lichen of the round local streets, and foraging through the shelves rocks. There must be a way to learn, even for a at the local library. 50-year-old housewife and mother.” – Excerpt A normal enough girl in a normal enough from The Round Rocks by Camera and Essay. Ruth Marie at the Wetherill Ranch, 1929 town. But deep down brewed an insatiable curRuth Marie loved exploring the history of the iosity and longing for adventure (exhibited by her forays into Rio Grande, the tragic Fremont expedition in 1848 when ten of nearby woods and mountains) that would steer her through the the 33-member party died in a snowstorm, trails of early explorers rest of her life. and stagecoach stops, hunting petroglyphs or tracking history with Taos friend and fellow historian Helen Blumenschein. The night is wild, the wind roars above and around the house She had nicknames like “Many Trails,” her Indian name; like a mighty ocean. Sometimes if flings itself by with a shriek like and “A Sage In Tennis Shoes” for how she dressed. a lost soul. I could not possibly stay inside the house when my Her many passions helped her co-found the San Luis Valley body was crying out to be beaten and twisted by the wind… Historical Society, write numerous articles and books, and receive – Diary excerpt, 1923 a wide range of honors and awards in history and the humani After attending Wellesley College (1922-1926), she taught ties. Adams State College named one of its library rooms in her high school history and English in Smyrna, Delaware, before the honor, and Del Norte, CO named a community center after her. adventure bug bit her again when she accepted a teaching job in She died at age 99 in 2003, remembered as one of the most influDel Norte, CO. Arriving by train in the San Luis Valley, she was ential people of the 20th Century in the San Luis Valley. transfixed by the high mountain valley flanked by the Saguache As she was known to say to friends, family and visitors, “Que Range of the San Juan Mountains to the west and the Culebra los angeles le bendigan”— May the angels bless you. Range of the Sangre de Cristos to the east. [ She fell in love – first with the area and people (enjoying local characters) and then with local rancher Alex Colville. They The above text was based on Jo Ann Virden’s biography, A Passion married, farmed, and raised three children – Xander (known as for Life: Ruth Marie Colville, available on eBay. 22
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DINING OUT TAOS BENT STREET CAFE & DELI – 120 Bent Street, Taos, NM. 575-758-5787. A local favorite with menu selections to satisfy every palate. Served in a relaxed atmosphere featuring a year-round heated patio and outdoor terrace. Omelettes, eggs benedict, gourmet french toast, excellent sandwiches, creative salads and homemade soups and desserts. Daily specials, chicken or beef burrito and tamales plates. Vegetarian & vegan friendly. Open 7 days for breakfast, lunch, and Sunday brunch. DOC MARTIN’S RESTAURANT – 1/2 block N of Taos Plaza in The Historic Taos Inn, 575-758-1977. Fresh, fine dining in a casual, historic setting. Wine Spectator’s “Best Of” Award Of Excellence winner for 25 consecutive years. Chef “Zippy” White creates innovative Regional New American Cuisine using the freshest local ingredients, specializing in organic vegetables, meats and fish, including favorites like buffalo, elk, trout. Delectable desserts. Lunch, dinner, Saturday and Sunday brunch. Reservations recommended. docmartinsrestaurant.com El Meze Restaurant – Simply the Best - Regionally inspired rustic New Mexican, Spanish and Mediterranean cuisine from Chef and Food Historian Frederick Muller. Rated #1 in Taos on Trip Advisor. 2011 Best Chef in Taos Award. Dinner only - Monday – Saturday 5:30pm to 9:30pm. Closed Sundays. Located in the historic El Torreon Hacienda - 1017 Paseo del Pueblo Norte (1.2 miles north of the Taos Plaza). Reservations recommended. 575-751-3337. elmeze.com ESKE’S BREW PUB and EATERY – 1/2 block southeast of Taos Plaza, 575758-1517. Kids’ menu, draft root beer. Great food, fun and handcrafted beers. Open for lunch on weekends and holidays. Dinner ‘til 9 pm weekdays, 10 pm weekends. Live music. eskesbrewpub.com 24
THE GORGE – Taos Plaza. Stop by The Gorge and try some of our juicy burgers, hand-shaken margaritas, or fresh oysters. There is something for everyone in your family. Enjoy the Best Happy Hour in Taos while sitting on our patio overlooking the Taos Plaza. We feature TWO happy hours: Monday thru Friday 3-5:30 pm and again 9-10 pm. GRAHAM’S GRILL by Lesley B. Fay – 106 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 575-7511350. Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence. Experience honest, creative, not-fussy food at the Best of Taos award winner for overall restaurant, ambiance, outstanding chef, and customer service. Award-winning wines and beer complement every memorable meal. Enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner inside or on our outdoor patio while perusing Chef Lesley’s cookbook, Straight from the Heart. open-table.com GUADALAJARA GRILL – Two locations in Taos: Southside – 1384 Paseo del Pueblo Sur. 575-751-0063. Northside – 822 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. 575737-0816. “Our secret sauce makes the difference!” Authentic Mexican food in New Mexico. Taos Seafood, Chile Rellenos, Azteca Quesadilla, Camarones a la Diabla, Ceviche and so much more. Beer, Wine, Agave Margaritas. Winter hours: Sun 10:30-8:30 pm. Fri-Sat 10:30 to 9 pm. Open 7 days a week. View full menu at guadalajaragrilltaos.com KTAOS Solar Center – At the base of Taos Mountain, equidistant from Taos Ski Valley and the historic town center: the perfect destination for entertainment year-round. In addition to a full bar and restaurant open 7 days a week, KTAOS is home to the largest events venue in Northern New Mexico. The venue also serves as location to the region’s most successful radio station KTAOS 101.9 FM and Luna
103.7 FM and features both breathtaking views and sprawling lawns, making it the best place to drink in the view. More information at KTAOS.com Lambert’s of Taos – 309 Paseo del Pueblo Sur. 575-758-1009. A casual fine dining favorite for 22 years. The bar and lounge are perfect for a drink, a light meal or a full dinner. The extensive wine list includes several pages of specialty cocktails. Open seven nights a week. Reservations recommended. LambertsOfTaos.com PIZANOS PIZZA & PASTA – No. 23 Hwy. 150. 575-776-1050 A family friendly restaurant, specializing in handtossed N.Y. style pizza, pasta, sandwiches, hot wings and more. Gluten-free options. Beer and wine. Patio dining, spectacular views. Dine in or take out. Voted #1 Pizza in Taos. 7 days. 11am-close. Menu at taospizza.com RICKY’S – Located 2 1/2 blocks south of Taos Plaza on the main road, 312 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur. 575-758-1156. A local’s favorite known for our red and green chile. Call in your takeout order in advance and drive through the side window for pickup or come sit in our cozy café for the best New Mexican/American food. Combo or a la carte, chile rellenos, stuffed sopaipillas, sirloin steak, fried chicken, burgers, sandwiches, fresh salads, many vegetarian dishes to choose from and much more! Kid’s menu available. Breakfast all day. 80% of our dishes are available vegetarian. Open 7 days a week from 7 am to 8 pm for breakfast, lunch and dinner. TAOS PIZZA OUT BACK – 712 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. 575-758-3112. Voted “Best of Taos: Best Pizza” for 10 consecutive years. We start each morning with organic flour and fresh produce to create our acclaimed hand-rolled pizzas. Our reclaimed adobe abode is the perfect setHighCountry 2012
ting for fun, foam and feasting. Enjoy a unique Taos experience where the three local cultures relax and mingle with international travelers. Open daily 11 am. Voted “Best Pizza in Taos” for 2012. taospizzaoutback.com
THE COFFEE HOUSE – Located in the lobby of The Lodge at Angel Fire Resort. 575-377-4234. Specialty coffees and freshly baked goods. Serving daily breakfast and lunch specials, sandwiches, salads and ice cream. Open daily 7 am - 5 pm.
BRITT’S EL DORADO STEAKHOUSE – Located in the Cove Arts Center on Crestview Drive. 575-377-1414. A new local favorite! Serving some of the best mesquite grilled steaks in Angel Fire! You’ll feel at home in our rustic and relaxed dining room. Nightly specials include: Cook-Your-Own Steak Night, Prime-Rib Night, Happy Hour every Friday, and Sunday Brunch. Indoor/outdoor seating with fabulous views. Call or reserve online at brittseldoradosteakhouse.com
ELEMENTS at THE COUNTRY CLUB – Located on the upper level of the Angel Fire Country Club. 575-377-3055. Open to the public year-round. Enjoy mountainview fine dining, great appetizers, a full bar and wine selection, private dining rooms and group event spaces. Restaurant is open Tuesday-Saturday 5 pm - 9 pm. Bar is open Tuesday-Saturday 4 pm - close.
RED RIVER CAPO’S CORNER – 110 Pioneer Road. 575-754-6297. Voted “Best of Taos” for Pizza! A true ristorante Italiano, Capo’s offers authentic Italian recipes, great prices and superior service. Menu also includes pizza, ribs, steaks, hamburgers and sandwiches. Beer and wine available. Enjoy family fun dining with great views. Carry out, banquet room facilities, pizza to go, kids’ menu. Reservations for large parties available. Hours: 11:30 - 2 pm lunch; 5-9 pm dinner. Espresso, cappuccino starting at 7 am. Free Internet WiFi. SUNDANCE – High Street at Copper King. 575-754-2971. Same great food, same great service. Celebrating our 39th year. Steaks, salads and excellent Mexican food. Great sopaipillas! Specials include: shrimp fajitas and quesadillas. Frozen wine Margaritas. Reservations welcome. Call for to-go orders. Open nightly at 5 pm.
ANGEL FIRE LEGENDS GRILL – Located on the second floor of The Lodge at Angel Fire Resort. 575-377-4201. For the whole family. Proudly serving 1/2 lb. Angus beef burgers, sandwiches, salads, pastas, chicken fried steak and more. Great selection of craft beers on tap. Sports on the big screens! Open daily 4 pm-9 pm. hawk-media.com
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ew Mexico is a land of cultural richness and unique historical significance unparalleled in the nation. Women of courage, vision and fortitude are found throughout our pages of history. The New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative, founded in 2005 by members of the NM Women’s Forum (Patricia French, Beverly Duran, and Alexis Girard, cofounders), recognizes women’s contributions to our history. The 64 historic women on New Mexico’s new roadside markers exemplify the spirit of New Mexico and their stories affirm the historic contributions of women; without their testimony, our history would be incomplete. Following are some of the women featured on area markers.
Colfax County: Women of the Santa Fe Trail The Women of the Santa Fe Trail endured untold hardships traveling across the Great Plains. In 1829, six Hispanic women were the first known female travelers going east on the trail. In 1832, Mary Donoho was the first recorded woman to travel west. Susan Shelby Magoffin and Marion Sloan followed and both wrote about their experiences.
MORA County: Women WHO HEAL In New Mexico, women blessed with special knowledge of herbs, household remedies, human health and strong faith are trusted to cure real or imagined maladies. Known as Curanderas, these women have been an integral parat of the Hispanic fabric in Mora County and in the more remote communities around the state. They oversee the well-being of their respective villages where medical doctors and clinics are scarce.
taos County: “THE THREE FATES” mabel dodge luhan (1879-1962) frieda lawrence (1879-1956) dorothy eugENIE brett (1883-1977) Side One: Three extraordinary women contributed to the unique artistic culture of Taos in the 20th Century. Sometimes called “The Three Fates,” they had a long, passionate and often contentious relationship with each other. Mabel Dodge Luhan 26
created a haven for artists, writers and musicians at her Taos home, including D.H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda. They arrived in Taos in 1924 with their friend, Dorothy Brett. Side Two: Frieda von Richthofen was born into Prussian aristocracy and married Lawrence in 1914. She was his most ardent supporter and served as inspiration for many of his characters. Dorothy Brett, known simply as Brett, was born into English aristocracy. She provided moving depictions based on Taos Pueblo spiritualism in her paintings known collectively as “The Ceremonies.”
captive women and children of taos county Side One: In August 1760, around sixty women and children were taken captive in a Comanche raid on Ranchos de Taos. That raid is an example of the dangers of living on New Mexico’s frontier during the 17th and 18th centuries, for Hispanic and indigenous communities alike raided each other and suffered enormous consequences. Thousands of women and children were taken captive. Most were never returned. Side Two: maria rosa villapando (ca. 17251830). One known captive of this raid, Maria Rosa Villapando, was traded to the Pawnees and, after ten years, was ransomed by her future husband, a French trader from St. Louis. She was reunited with her New Mexican son, Joseph Julian Jaques in 1802. Her grandson, Antoine Leroux, returned to Taos and married into the Vigil family, making her the ancestral matriarch of several prominent Taos families.
taos pueblo: virginia t. romero (1896-1998). Virginia T. Romero, world-famous potter and mother of ten children, began her lifelong career in 1919. She supported her family by selling a variety of pots to locals and tourists for use in cooking, storing water, and as decorative art. She helped keep the micaceous pottery tradition alive in Taos Pueblo.
[ Beverly Duran is Chair and Co-Founder of the NM Historic Women Marker. She is a 13th generation New Mexican and a graduate of Harvard University. HighCountry 2012
Outdoor Adventures
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• DOS AMIGOS ANGLERS Eagle Nest. Guided trips on area lakes. Guided fly and spin fishing on area streams, fly-tying and casting classes. Corporate & family reunion groups. 575-377-6226 dosamigosanglers.net • ESKE’S PARADISE BALLOONS Flying the Gorge since 1991 with a spotless safety record. Wedding flights. 575-751-6098 taosballooning.com • LOS RIOS RIVER RUNNERS
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Chama. Funyak and overnight adventures. 800-544-1181 losriosriverrunners.com • PUEBLO BALLOON COMPANY Fly the Rio Grande Gorge with the Premier Balloon Company in New Mexico. 575-751-9877 puebloballoon.com • STREIT FLY FISHING & TAOS FLY SHOP Full and half day trips with the noted author and his team in northern New Mexico & Colorado. Argentina in winter. 575-751-1312 streitflyfishing.com • THE SOLITARY ANGLER Year-round guided flyfishing trips on private and public waters in northern NM, southern CO & WY. Full service fly shop in Taos. 575-758-5653 thesolitaryangler.com
Flying the Rio Grande Gorge. Photo courtesy of Eske’s Paradise Balloons
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CALENDAR JUNE 1 1 2 2 8-10 9-10 9-10 14 16 16 16 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 30 30
Scenic Summer Chairlift Rides, Fri-Sun, Red River Eagle Nest Farmer’s Market, Fridays through Labor Day WeBeRacing Hare Scramble, Angel Fire Ski Resort Taos Opera Institute Opening Night, ongoing Chile Challenge Mountain Bike Festival, AF Resort 12th Annual Clayton Lake Trout Derby Rio Pueblo Open Disk Golf Tournament, Sipapu Resort Taos Plaza Live – ongoing through Labor Day “Break the Cycle” Race Against Domestic Violence, South Fork, CO Fishing Derby at Tucker Ponds, South Fork, CO Day Out w/Thomas: Mystery on the Rails Tour, Chama Third Annual Mountain Man Rendezvous, Eagle Nest Taos School of Music Concerts, ongoing Toast of Taos Wine Festival and Golf Tournament Cimarron Days Along The Santa Fe Trail Summer chairlift rides begin, Taos Ski Valley Pedernal Arts Tour - Gallina Area, Chama Mud Bogs R Back, Del Norte, CO Flag Retirement Ceremonies, Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park, Angel Fire Angel Fire Endurance Run
4 Music On The Rocks Festival, Sipapu Resort 4-5 Trash to Treasures Benefit Flea Market, Angel Fire 11 Rhythms of the Rio Music Festival, South Fork, CO 11 Chama Days Festival 16-18 Hot Chili Days, Cool Mountain Nights, Red River 18 Flames Challenge Women’s Softball Tournament, AF 18 NM State Green Chile Championship, Red River 18 Classic Car Show and Balloon Festival, South Fork, CO 18 Mud Bogs R Back, Del Norte, CO 18 Angel Fire Freeride Festival 25 Nat’l Veterans Wellness Benefit Golf Tourn., Angel Fire 25 Taos Ski Valley 10k Up & Over Trail Run 25 Harder than Hell Mountain Bike Race, Red River
september
1 Zipline Opens – Angel Fire Resort 1 Territorial Days – Historical Reenactments, Chama 4 Fourth of July parades & ceremonies throughout the region 7 Men’s Softball Tournament, Angel Fire Sports Complex 7-8 38th Annual Sipapu Arts and Crafts Fair 13 Angel Fire ArtsFest, Angel Fire Resort 13-15 27th Annual Taos Pueblo Powwow 15-19 Fiestas de Taos 20 Logger Days Festival, South Fork, CO 21 Angel Fire Garden Club Tour 21 Santiago Fiestas - Los Ojos (Chama) 21 8th Annual Frazer Mtn. Madness Offroad races, TSV 21 Annual Viva New Mexico Music Festival, Clayton 27-28 Smokin’ & Blazin’ Bull BBQ Bout, Red River 28 30th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival, Eagle Nest 28 Men’s High Altitude Softball Tournament, Angel Fire
1 Angel Fire Mountain Bike Freeride Festival, AF Resort 1 Miss NM Saloon Girl, Eagle Nest 1 Chama Valley Studio Tour 1 Memorial Brick Laying Ceremonies, Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park 1 Bikes, Blues & Brews, Angel Fire Resort 1 Wine & Cheese Tasting Fundraising-Humane Soc., Chama 1 Fork Fest Run-for-Beer, South Fork, CO 1 Wheeler Peak Men’s Softball Tournament, Angel Fire 2 Angel Fire Parade of Homes 2 Arts About Town, Moreno Valley Arts, Angel Fire 9 Enchanted Circle Century Bike Tour, Red River 10-14 Fechin Art Workshops, Taos Ski Valley, ongoing 14-16 NM Ride – Aerostitch Tours Adventure, Taos Ski Valley 15 Mixed Mtn. Classic Softball Tournament, Angel Fire 15 Oktoberfest, Taos Ski Valley 15 Old Taos Trade Fair, Martinez Hacienda, Taos 15-16 NM State Doubles Disc Golf Tournament, Sipapu 15-23 Fishfest, Eagle Nest Lake 21-23 Shortgrass Music Festival, Cimarron 28 Taos Fall Arts Festival 28-30 Aspencade Arts & Crafts Festival, Red River 29 Red Bull Final Descent Mtn. Bike Endurance Race, Angel Fire 29 Full Moon Hike to Williams Lake, Taos Ski Valley 29-30 San Geronimo Day, Taos Pueblo
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Full Moon Hike to Williams Lake, Taos Ski Valley Covered Wagon Days, Del Norte, CO NM North State Men’s Softball Tourmanent, Angel Fire SummerFest & Balloon Rally, Angel Fire
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Oktoberfest, Red River FlyDogz Fiesta Disc Dog Competition, Angel Fire El Rito Studio Tour USA Cycling Collegiate Mtn. Bike Nat’l Championships, AF HighCountry 2012
fiestas de taos July 21, 22, 23. The annual Fiestas de Taos weekend fills Taos Plaza with Spanish Folk music, northern New Mexican cuisine and native dance. Four centuries of Taos culture are celebrated with high-spirited fervor. Be sure to catch the famous Historical Parade on Sunday afternoon – where mounted conquistadores mingle with tribal dancers, French fur trappers and eye-popping floats. www.fiestasdetaos.com
MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE August 17–September 2. The summer of 2012 will mark the 29th Season of world-class chamber music performed in 14 concerts featuring more than 35 international artists in the Northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas. Festival favorites include pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist and Artistic Director Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley among many others. This season will feature great French composers and 2 evenings of sublime religious music. Tickets range from $20 - $35. 888-377-3300 or www.musicfromangelfire.org
festival favorites
TAOS SCHOOL OF MUSIC June 17–August 5, 2012. 50th Summer Chamber Music Festival. Taos School of Music celebrates Opus 50, that’s 50 years of exquisite chamber music. This year the festival welcomes the Borromeo, Brentano and Shanghai String Quartets, pianists Robert McDonald and Thomas Sauer and guest violist Michael Tree. Special guests PHOTO – DINO PERRUCCI include Jupiter and American String Quartets King of blues guitarist Albert “B.B.” King at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and cellist Chritopher Costanza of the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Performances are Sundays at 7:30 pm at Taos Community Auditorium. The Sunday, July TELLURIDE BLUES & 1st concert will be held at SMU-Ft. Burgwin. Tickets are $20 for BREWS FESTIVAL adults and $10 for children under 16. Young artist concerts are September 14–16. Renowned as one of the most scenic and $8.00. Hotel St. Bernard, Taos Ski Valley, will host 3 seminars by intimate music festivals in the country, Telluride Blues & Brews the faculty quartets and 4 concerts by the talented young artists. takes place in the world-famous resort town of Telluride, CO, All Hotel St. Bernard concerts are free of charge. Fifty years and in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Blues & Brews is a three711 alumni later, we’re still stringing you along. 575-776-2388 or day celebration of live music, accompanied by some of the best www.TaosSchoolofMusic.com. microbreweries in the country, with a wide variety of food and TAOS SOLAR MUSIC FESTIVAL craft vendors, children’s activities, late night shows, and much June 30 – July 1. With an annual 300 days of sunshine, Taos has more. Phil Lesh & Friends, Gov’t Mule, and the B-52s headline plenty of reasons to celebrate the nearest star. Since the mid ‘90s, the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival weekend, with Taoseños have paid rocking homage to the sun with local bands, additional festival appearances by Chris Robinson Brotherhood, national headliners, and alternative energy displays. This year’s March Fourth Marching Band, Anders Osborne, Tab Benoit, Litlineup includes Lyle Lovett, Los Lobos, Del McCoury Band, Mitle Hurricane, Little Feat, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, chael Franti and Spearhead, Sonny Landreth, Mat Kearney and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Orgone, The Lee Boys, many more. Downtown Taos at Kit Carson Park, rain or shine. and more. Tickets are on sale now at www.tellurideblues.com Find us on Facebook and visit www.solarmusicfest.com or call 866-515-6166. hawk-media.com
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mountains & mesas Angel Fire Resort Golf & Country Club – Angel Fire, NM Take your game to a higher level – like 8,700 feet – at Angel Fire Resort Golf Course and Country Club. Situated within the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico, our 18-hole championship course offers challenging golf and spectacular views at every turn. With a $17 million, state-of-the-art Country Club clubhouse, Angel Fire Resort boasts over 6,600 yards of unforgettable high-altitude golf. Affordable spring & summer golf and lodging packages are available. Fees: $59-$89, including cart. Golf & Lodging Package Information: 800.633.7463 / 575.377.3055 www.AngelFireResort.com
Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe – Santa Fe, NM A gripping experience with breathtaking and challenging year-round golf. At 7000 feet with 360 degrees of unsurpassed mountain views you’ll know why Marty Sanchez Links is ... Santa Fe’s Golf Course of Choice. Links de Santa Fe is highly acclaimed as one of the best municipal courses in the Southwest offering great rates, uncompromised golf services and amenities, and an awardwinning professional staff. The moment you approach the first tee, you’ll marvel at the stunning panorama which remains constant through the 18 championship holes and the 9-hole executive course. Open year-round, Marty Sanchez Links offers a driving range, the Back 9 Grill, rentals and a Pro Shop. Specials & events: 505.955.4400 or 888.735.4657 www.LinksdeSantaFe.com.
Pendaries – Rociada, NM Located 23 miles NW of Las Vegas, this remarkable club is open April 15 - Oct. 15, with tee times taken up to 12 months in advance. Located in the mountains overlooking the Rociada Valley, Pendaries is a demanding 18-hole design that will test every golfer’s skill level. The golf course, lodge & restaurant make a perfect getaway for golfing couples, business seminars or retreats. Tall pines & cool evenings create an atmosphere of relaxation & comfort. Golf & housing packages are available and houses or lodge rooms are for rent. It’s well worth the trip for a perfect weekend escape. Fees: Mon-Thurs $40, Fri-Sun $50, Carts: $15 per person. Twilight specials after 2 pm: $40 includes cart - Mon-Thurs; Fri-Sat-Sun, after 2 pm, $47 incl. cart. 800.733.5267. Golf shop 505.425.9890 www.Pendaries.net
Taos Country Club – Taos, NM Play one of the top rated golf courses in New Mexico in a spectacular setting between the Rocky Mountains and the Sangre de Cristos. Measuring 7,302 yards from the back tees, this Jep Wille links-style design is open to the public and has gently rolling terrain with four sets of tees to make the course enjoyable to all. There is a great restaurant to complement the great golf and a gorgeous patio to sit and enjoy a meal and cocktail after play or hold a special event for your family or company. Rates – May 1-Oct 15: Monday-Thursday: $65; Twilight/9 holes: $40. Friday-Sunday: $75; Twilight/9 holes: $45. 575.758.7300 www.TaosCountryClub.com
Towa Golf Resort – Santa Fe, NM Towa Golf Club is part of the Four Diamond Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, which is located only 15 short minutes north of the renowned Santa Fe Plaza. Towa is a magnificient collection of 27 holes designed by Hale Irwin and Bill Phillips. With a full array of amenities including a driving range, putting greens, full service club house with food and beverage service, pro shop, professional staff and grounds, Towa is a golfer’s paradise featuring the only island green in New Mexico. Please call for tee times and current rates. 505.455.9000 or toll-free 877.465.3489 www.BuffaloThunderResort.com 30
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Clayton, New Mexico E mbrace T he Spirit
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Days Inn & Suites
Serving New Mexican & American Food Bienvenidos Amigos! 1201 South First Street, Clayton (575) 374-EARS (3277) rabbitears@plateautel.net
Hi-Speed Internet & Business Center Indoor pool & spa Deluxe breakfast with hot waffles 1120 South First Street, Clayton 800-329-7466 (575) 374-0133
Clayton Ranch Market
Big Country Realty
Groceries, Western Union 315 South First Street, Clayton (575) 374-9681
The First National Bank of NM Clayton - Logan - Tucumcari Raton - Angel Fire - Santa Rosa 201 Main Street (575) 374-8315 Member FDIC
Herzstein Memorial Museum The best museum in the five-state area. 22 South Second Street, Clayton (575) 374-2977 www.herzsteinmuseum.com
Our Purpose is to provide Superior Personal Service 510 South First Street PO Box 246, Clayton (575) 374-2444 www.bigcountryrealty.com
Chris’ Corner Consignment & Collectables Coins, stamps, antiques, furniture & more 102 Main Street, Clayton (309) 333-8529 mr.ccp@hotmail.com
Best Western Kokopelli Lodge & Dreamcatcher Dining Room
Simply the Best! 702 South First Street, Clayton (800) 392-6691 (575) 374-2589
Historic Hotel Eklund
See us on Facebook @ Hotel Eklund 15 Main Street, Clayton (575) 446-1939 www.hoteleklund.com
Mary’s Back Porch Deli & Mary’s Flowers & Gifts 200 Main Street, Clayton (575) 374-8353 www.marys-flowers.com
Farmers & Stockmens Bank 22 Maple St., Clayton (575) 374-8301 Des Moines (575) 278-2861 Member FDIC
Clayton - Union County Chamber of Commerce & Tourist Information Center
1103 South First Street | Clayton, New Mexico 88415 800 390 7858 575 374 9253 claytonnewmexico.org claytonnm.org
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Camelbak / Backpacks Salomon & Tecnica Hiking Boots Komperdell Hiking / Walking Poles Ski Clothing / Equipment 30-50% off
Angel Fire’s Top Alpine Shop Located next to the Resort Hotel 575 377 6612 wintersportsskishop.com