The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Nov. 9, 1917: Two Santa Fe young men are at present making an appeal to different branches of war service, in which they hope to be accepted and commissioned. One is Earl W. Loveridge, deputy supervisor of the Santa Fe national forest, and the other is E.J. Ward, manager of the Rocky Mountain Camp company.

Mr. Loveridge has applied for a commission in the forestry division, which is now playing such an important part in forestry work in France. As yet has not been notified as to the action taken on his application. He has a brother, Dr. Leonard S. Loveridge, a lieutenant in the dental corps, stationed at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. Mr. Ward hopes to get into the aviation corps. Nov. 9, 1967: Santa Fe’s Urban Renewal project plan has received approval form the federal government, Urban Renewal Agency Chairman Frank Gomez told the City Council Wednesday night, and land purchases within the project boundaries will “probably start around the first of the year.”

Nov. 9, 1992: What started as a fairly sedate panel discussion on Santa Fe’s future became considerably more lively Sunday afternoon after the audience at St. Francis Auditorium got into the act.

The meeting — a public forum called “Back to the Future” and sponsored by the Old Santa Fe Association community group — focused on how Santa Fe can maintain its character and traditions in the face of rapid growth and increasing tourism.