by pollockb | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
After the Battle at Glorieta Pass in 1862, Sgt. Gary Smyth of the Denver Volunteers set about to organize a celebration of July 4 on the Santa Fe Plaza. He planned for a humdinger of a celebration. “What are we going to eat, sergeant?”, asked Private...
by pollockb | Jun 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
CITIZENS! HEAR YE! HEAR YE! July 4th has a name: Independence Day. And it is also known as SOB July 4th Ride to the Santa Fe Plaza celebration. There are traditions, some of them seem to lose their sizzle. Psychiatric workers in Santa Fe testify that citizens who...
by pollockb | Jun 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
After the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence, Tom Jefferson and John Adams were finally able to agree on something. John turned to Tom and said, “Tom, as soon as we get this country organized, let’s move to Santa Fe. We can celebrate this whole...
by bobb | Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
From Brian K Fantastic news today for Bike Santa Fe and Santa Fe’s bicycle community: the shoulders on NM 14 between the 599 interchange (at the Allsup’s) to Lone Butte are going to be fixed. NMDOT District 5 Engineer Paul Brasher called me today to...
by pollockb | Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 15, we visit the Santa Fe Opera for a tour of the backstage areas. Tremendous facilities that have been built over the years. Do you know that the productions of the Santa Fe Opera are sometimes “rented” to other major opera...
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