The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: March 30, 1917: The Santa Fe New Mexican, which published the record of Mr. Bursum at some length during the last campaign, was a leading factor in the defeat of Mr. Bursum for governor. Mr. Bursum attributed his defeat largely to the New Mexican. The was very angry with the New Mexican for its part in his repudiation, and it was a matter of general knowledge that he intended to “get even” by the bringing of libel suits.

March 30, 1967: Curious? In case anybody wondered — and several people have — why six teachers resigned from Gonzales Elementary School during Tuesday night’s school board meeting, the reasons are simple and varied. Mrs. Carole Barnes, Gonzales sixth grade, is leaving the teaching profession. Mrs. Sara Cole, second grade, is leaving for maternity reasons. Carol Noel, fourth grade, and Judy Wittmer, first grade, are leaving Santa Fe. Mrs. Una Vee White, second grade, is being transferred with her husband to Las Cruces. Marie Susan Chavez is getting married and leaving New Mexico.

March 30, 1992: Santa Fe’s “Oldest House in the U.S.A. — circa 1200 A.D.” is more likely Santa Fe’s oldest tourist trap, historians and other experts say. “Oh, wow, that’s not any oldest house,” said Myra Ellen Jenkins. With a Ph.D. in history, she was state historian from 1968 to 1980. “There is absolutely no documentation that it is the oldest house. It is in an historic part of the city (at 215 E. De Vargas). But there is no reference to any structure there before or after the [1680 Pueblo] revolt,” Jenkins said. “And the idea of 1200 A.D. is pretty goofy. There weren’t any Europeans in New Mexico at that time.”