The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 26, 1917: Camp Kearny, Calif., Dec. 21, 1917: To the People of Santa Fe:

We are in receipt this date of a box sent to Col. E.C. Abbott containing presents for all the men from Santa Fe. The box was opened and the packages sent to the men whose names appeared thereon.

It was a great pleasure to see the look of appreciation on the countenances of every man. It is to so much the material value of the presents as the thought that the people have an interest in their citizens who are sacrificing all of the comforts of home for the protection of virtue and humanity. Each man desires to express his appreciation and sincere thanks for the gifts.

Dec. 26, 1967: It’s not quite a typical New England flour mill, but residents of Placitas, Rio Pueblo and Vadito have been getting “old-fashioned” stone-ground flour at Lauriano Cordova’s mill since before stoneground flour became “old-fashioned.”

The mill is in a small log cabin. It was built over a race taking water from the creek that runs through the Cordova property near Rio Pueblo.

The mill was built as [a] family project by Lauriano’s father and uncle. He says it’s been there as long as he can remember, and he is over 50.

Dec. 27, 1992: Welcome to the world of firefighting. On your right please notice the big, shiny, red fire trucks. The engine holds 500 gallons of water and pumps it out at 125 gallons per minute.

When it screams down the street, kids leave their seats and flock to classroom windows. Even adults wave.