The past 100 years
From The Santa Fe New Mexican:
Jan 9, 1918: The national report of the director of the national park service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, has been published an is in course of distribution and contains much instructive and interesting information.
“The report is accompanied by maps and photographs, and describes entertainingly scenic features of the various national parks and monuments and the facilities for transporting and providing those who visit them. Copies of the report can be secured upon application to the Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
… The National Monuments in New Mexico are: El Morro, an enormous sandstone rock eroded in the [shape] of a castle, containing inscriptions made by the early Spanish explorers, situated about 60 miles south of Gallup; Chaco Canon, containing numerous cliff dwellings and communal houses along that canyon; Gran Quivera, south of Mountainair, being ruins of an ancient Spanish mission and prehistoric pueblo; Capulin Mountain, a cinder cone recently formed geologically west of Des Moines; Gila Cliff dwelling, north of Silver City; Bandelier, artificial caves and cliff dwellings in the neighborhood of Santa Fe.”
Jan. 9, 1968: Still the sole spokesman for the leader-leached Alianza, Feliz Martinez say behind his cup of coffee, between his two bodyguards and said:
“The Alianza would not involve itself or any of its members in anything so horrible. We knew we could get to the Supreme Court with this [the Tierra Amarilla raid] and there was no need for further violence.”
Martinez was referring to the murder of Rio Arriba County jailer Eulogio Salazar. Twenty persons accused in the June 5 courthouse raid had their bonds revoked immediately after Salazar’s body was discovered Jan. 3.
Jan. 9, 1993: It may never be known who’ll be the first to get a letter with an Elvis Presley stamp marked “Return to Sender,” but the first stamps bearing the face of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll went on sale in Santa Fe Friday.
A small crowd waited in line as long as an hour to be among the first to buy the brand new postage stamp commemorating the late singer. A black and white video of the young Elvis performing blared from a television in the post office as the stamps went on sale at noon. Presley, who died in 1977, would have been 58 Friday.