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Ah, the acumen of a true scientist!

Matt you should see some of the old fossils that live round here! LOL

"Sampson said fossils of duck-billed dinosaurs once lived throughout the northwestern part of North America"

Um,  I wasn't aware that fossils "lived" anywhere....

 

This column is always so great and especially today, reminding us of how much we owe those who came before us, who conntributed to the world we live in.

He led a full life and even if his death was due to whiskey he lasted much longer than most. He did well.

This version of our Navajo leader turned my stomach. Of course, it was written with a clear bent in western-centric thinking---comparing the strength of a leader to how well he influenced the "public" or otherwise known as non-Dine', non-Indians (instead of focusing on what made him a leader of his people to begin with), and making sure his demise perpetuated the stereotype of a drunk indian. SF New Mexican, you should know better....

Here's another perspective:

http://www.lapahie.com/Manuelito.cfm

I really like the map with California as an island and all that New Mexico waterfront property.

"He also recommended establishing the port on the Gulf and blazing from there the new trail across Quivira to Santa Fe. That didn’t happen, probably because he far underestimated the distance between the two places."

So, it exists then? Please tell me where it is so I can get some gold bars from the trees. The US Dollar is crashing, and the only way to save my Dollars is to convert them to the Original Money.

I was fortunate to be raised an anthropologist, among whom Dr Dozier's work was highly regarded. Whenever I get a chance to come home to NM, I try to stop by his corner of the Santa Clara churchyard.

Thanks for bringing the new biography to attention.

Ed Dozier was an exceptional man whose contributions are only now being fully recognized. He was ahead of his time, far ahead, in many respects.

This regular column is always something to look forward to since it provides so much of the texture, warp and woof of intriguiing New Mexico. I'm glad the SFNM provides it and for the writer who writes it.

These pole fences are still in use today between Truchas and Santa Barbara Canyon

m.clarke

Broken collarbones suck, Rick. Been there, done that too.

I have been in the emergency room with my mother at least six times in the last two years.  No visit was under four hours, she was always stuck in a hallway and then ignored for hours.  The only positive experience I've had in the ER was when I went after a severe bicycle accident.  I admit because I was severely injured, they were very efficient (except for the nurse who kept insisting I pull my shirt over my head when I kept telling her my collarbone was broken...I could feel the break, but she didn't believe me).  Just because someone isn't obviously in bad condition doesn't mean they potentially can't be.  But by the time they determine....

Boy do I feel old.

Every experience with the staff /care that I have ever had with St. Vincent's has been positive. The emergency room was a tough environment, but they are now improving that facility. 

More rooms in the ER just means you'll be able to wait your five hours in a room instead of the hall. 

The old hospital was located on Palace Avenue and Paseo de Peralta from 1953 to 1977.

That was before it became St. Victims.

That's a great story!  It confirms something I've experienced myself in family history research:  the best way to find long-lost relatives is to let people know that you're looking, as Mr. Geder did in the Cazenovia area.  I've reconnected with dozens of relatives on both sides of my family (Portuguese from the Azores in my mother's family, and Irish from Co. Mayo in my paternal grandmother's) simply by putting out my information on genealogy websites.  Often family members became alienated because of silly quarrels, or simply distance, so it's rewarding when we can come together again.

Yes, it is absolutely a great story.  I remember researching my family stories and tales, the internet has so many resources and add that to family DNA matching and ethnic genetic databases and it is wonderful.  I actually confirmed the Comanche ancestors that so many rumored and so many denied in the family.

Great story!

I certainly hope that tours of the stored collections will become a regular event -- after all, it is the mission of the museum to share its collected knowledge with the public.

Sounds like a case for the fair tax.  Ah, the good old days.

Ok, but the story doesn't say why the DAR, in 1901, dedicated a monument to the beheaded Governor. He wasn't an elected official, but an appointed one so he wasn't exactly acting in the name of the people when he tried to impose his tax.

Thank you Marco.

Mr. Taylor-Point taken. I'll read more about him.

Ms. Trujillo-Point taken as well. To drink and drive is a personal choice but the effort guys like Mr. Maloof make to get that beer out there and into your hand to make a buck doesn't make it right. But hey the good old US of A. He has supplied many a job and congratulations to him on his success but to name a library after him?

PC Chavez- I'm on borad. I'm calling Councilmen Trujillo and Ortiz right now to suggest Concha. Fabulous idea!

Hee!  Diego.

Concha's name really is that long.

How about the "Concha Deacon Enrique Don Pedro Ribera Ortega y Maloof" library?  Kinda has a ring to it.

How about naming the library after Concha?  She has donated $1 million a hundred times over during her lifetime, especially to children and education.  The second half of her life was spent as a full-time volunteer and she served on every board and committee in the State having to do with preserving, history, youth and education.  Talk about giving your time!  She traveled to D.C. and other locations numerous times to go to bat for NM causes.  On her own nickel too!

Well then I say allow this life-long Catholic, Deacon Enrique, to be a Priest instead of bringing in an outsider Episcopalian who isn't even Catholic.

Let me tell you about Enrique's Dad:

He's a Deacon at St. Anne's.  We attend that church.  I am a regular, but having not gone to confession for a couple of decades, I didn't receive communion.

One of his sermons convinced me, truly convinced me to go confess my sins.  Listening to other priests, even Archbishops, didn't convince me.  Deacon Enrique did.  That sermon struck a chord with me, I can't explain it.

Saving my soul is worth a million to me. 

Ill donate 1million dollars to the library if they name it after my dad.....

I was at the meeting last evening regarding the naming of the Southside Library. Here is what I heard were Mr. Maloof's contributions to the community of Santa Fe. He was an entreprenuer who employed a lot of people in Santa Fe. He apparently supported local teams and charities.

As far as the subject of DWI, I do not believe you should hold the distributer of the brew accountable no more than you can hold the gun maker accountable for a death. Driving while intoxicated is a selfish decision made by an individual, sad and harmful as it is.

I also wanted the Southside Library to be named for Pedro Ribera Ortega but understand that we also need money to run it now that it is open (another mammoth created by our past council just to put their names on a plaque without considering the financial impact to the community). In retrospect, I think that the main library is more fitting for Pedro as he always said downtown was the heart of Santa Fe!

Mr. Maloof was not a good citzen back in the 1980's when he powerfully helped to persuade the legislature against "bottle" bills that, in calling for a deposit on bottles, would have aided conservation and helped to clean up New Mexico. If his family now would give him a reputable name, let them first initiate and organize passage through the legislature of a Maloof "bottle " bill.

Mr. Ortiz - history can not be changed.  Mr. Ribera Ortega promoted the reconciliation of the Pueblo Indians and the Spanish that occured in 1692 under General Don Diego de Vargas.  It appears you don't know the work or appriciate the work Mr. Ribera Ortega did to preserve the traditions that many Hispancis hold dear in Northern New Mexico.  It would be an honor to name a library after an individual who worked hard to educate others about our local history. 

Councilor Ron Trujillo ... dismissed the notion that Santa Fe is “for sale” ...

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Yes!  Hurrah!  Loved Don Pedro Ribera Ortega, and I miss him.  Wow!  Main library.

Enrique, My comments were cut up by the editor. I mentioned in a sarcastic way that this Ortega gentleman was a proponent of the Conquistador culture and was being flip about naming the library for him and offending Native Americans.

I also made another sarcastic comment along the lines of Lee Ortega's that I find it completely absurd that a Mexican immigrant would suggest we name a US library for a Mexican president. Not suprised though with the demands being made by our visitors.

And regarding Councilman Trujillo's comments that the City is not for sale. If you vote to name the library for a man who distributed beer, then apparently we are. Need we remind ourselves of our states DWI problem. No I'm not blaming the Maloofs but their line business doesn't help. Your idea for naming an industrial park is much better. Keep up the good work Ron.

I agree with the dedication of the main library to Mr. Ortega, a New Mexican native who contributed to the good of our city.    I think it's a bunch of bull that the Maloofs expect to be able to "buy" the new library and I agree that we should be told more of what Mr. Maloof apparently did for our city.

I think it's totally absurd that an immigrant thinks the library should be named after a Mexican president.  This is the United States of America.  Wow - these immigrants really want it all - literally. 

[] burn all the books on North America Indians.

?????  HUH ?????

How many people died at the hands of a driver who drove drunk on beer distributed by the Maloof company. Ahhhhhh a New Mexico tradition. Seems appropriate.

[] burn all the books on North America Indians.

The library should be named after Mr. Pedro Ribera Ortega.  The honor should go to a local Santa Fean who devoted his time and energy to make Santa Fe a better place to live. While Mr. Maloof did expand industry in New Mexico, he did not work at preseverving the history of Santa Fe.  As far as naming the library after a late Mexican president - that is a terrible idea.  With all due respect to our Mexican friends - President Cardenas was not a New Mexian, much less an American.  This country is the United States of America - not the United States of Mexico.

to propose a mexican name for the south-side library is absurb, unless the mexican was prominent in the american south-west somehow. the ideology of american immigrants is supposed to be one of assimilation into becoming an american, honoring american values & greatness. henry h. griswold

I agree with Rick.  I need to know more about what Mr. Maloof did for Santa Fe before we name anything after him.  I also agree with naming something else after him--not a library.  The one thing we know is that he was a businessman.  Was he scholar?  Did he ever even use the library in Santa Fe?  Tell us something about who he is, not just that his family is rich.

I keep reading about Maloof's civic achievements.  What were they here in Santa Fe?  Shouldn't he have done something here?  Did he ever even live here?  Even if they do re-name the main library after Ortega (wonderful idea), I still don't like the idea of naming the southside after Maloof. 

La Conquistadora, also known as Our Lady of Peace, the statue of the Virgin Mary

I am continuously amazed at the hypocrisy people are capable of.  Invoking the Mother of God in support of genocide.  She can't be peaceful AND a conqueror -- which is it?  Erecting a monument to massacring the meek (who shall inherit the earth) in the name of Christ, who espoused turning the other cheek.   Remove the beam from your own eye...   The archdiocese is behind the richest land development in Santa Fe, ostensibly to serve the One who said "easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle ..."  The Church of "judge not lest you be judged" led by ... a former Nazi.  Stranger than fiction.

Beautiful piece of art, too bad some kid will tag it within a week.........

Dustin you won't hear any arguement from me that the story hasn't been told or more to the truth it has been spoken just not loud enough to open the ears of people who just don't seem to care. I alwyas knew Fiesta's and the "bloodless" war were attempts to pretty up what really happened while making it as politically correct as possible. Just like changing the conquistadora's name won't change history. We all know there was blood long before and long after. I guess though what DeVargas and the Pueblo leader did in attempting to have a bloodless war stands out even though it only delayed a bloody war.

They've got a statue of de Vargas in Cathedral Park.  We've got the statue of Popé in the Capital Rotunda in D.C.... seams equitable to me.

Will the name be changed to Basilica Park? And shouldn't the story reflect the elevated designation of the cathedral?

I'm still getting used to "basilica" in the place of "cathedral" myself.