The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican:

Dec. 22, 1917: Capt. Fritz Mueller, chairman of the fuel administration board for Santa Fe county, has been asked by the United States fuel administration for a report on the county’s general fuel condition. A fuel survey is being made to provide against any shortage.

While the condition here is not as acute as elsewhere, it is going to be necessary for the people of the county and city to curtail the use of coal just as much as possible.

The administration is urging that more wood be consumed. Captain Mueller wants to hear from local people who have any difficult in getting coal and wood.

Dec. 22, 1967: Thundering Herd to Ghost Ranch.

Grazing Land Opened Up to Spanish-Americans.

When it began to snow the herd was almost to Echo Amphitheater, plodding the last lap of the rough back trail from Canjilon.

Four drovers, one on each flank of the 50-head herd, two in the rear, kept the animals moving.

The flakes fell between the tall ponderosas and piled on the juniper and pinon branches. Hoofs kicked through the foot high snow, but the torn white wake was soon covered with new fall.

It was Monday and the end result of a plan worked out between the Ghost Ranch and the Home Education Livelihood Program (HELP) to alleviate the grazing restrictions of the northern New Mexico subsistence rancher.

Dec. 22, 1992: Sangre de Cristo Water Co. has a property tax valuation of $13.6 million, $30 million shy of the minimum amount city consultants estimate it would cost the city of Santa Fe to buy it. If the water company were for sale, that is.