THE PAST 100 YEARS

From May the 13, Santa 1918: Fe Cashier New J.B. Mexican: Read of that the the First third National issue liberty Bank announces bonds have ready been to be received delivered and to are those now who have paid in full for them.

May 13, 1968: TAOS — About 60 cattlemen and a contingent of State Police officers were held at bay for four hours Sunday afternoon when a converted World War II tank was used to block the right of way on a ranch road to a cattleman’s reservoir.

The tank, the property of W.J. Gorley, owner of a 650,000 acre ranch east of Amalia, was positioned in front of a heavy steel gate early Sunday.

Purpose of the blockade was to bar members of the Rio Costilla Cooperative Livestock Association from using the road through Gorley’s Ranch to gain access to a 5-10acre tract containing the reservoir.

May 13, 1993: Citing concerns about contributing to divisiveness between construction workers and neighborhood activists, City Councilor Frank Montaño on Wednesday withdrew a controversial proposal to prevent large-scale construction on Santa Fe thoroughfares for nine months.

“We understand the deep divisions in this city and we wish to work toward bringing the community together,” Montaño read from a prepared statement authored by himself and Councilors Steven Farber and Debbie Jaramillo.

Montaño’s proposal sought a halt to all construction larger than 30,000 square feet or construction on more than one acre of land. It was proposed to last for no more than nine months to allow time to study problems with drainage and traffic on all of Cerrillos Road and portions of Airport Road, Rodeo Road, St. Francis Drive and St. Michael’s Drive.