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Another Time in This Place Historia, Cultura y Vida en Questa NM About This Site Table of Contents An Introductory Note Preface & Acknowledgments A History Of Questa The Founders of Questa, by J.P. Rael Don Diego Vigil Floyd Hamblen A New Frontier From the Record Ancient Geological Events Formed Our Landscape Before the Spanish Entrada The Spanish Entrada and Northern New Spain Outside Influences Vecinos on the Northern Frontier The Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant The San Antonio del Rio Colorado Land Grant The U.S. Army of West Arrives in New Mexico John The Pathfinder” Fremont Comes to Rio Colorado Indians Depredations on Rio Colorado Continue More Arrivals and Visitors in Rio Colorado Mineral Resources Are Found Near Rio Colorado The Indian Threat Ends The Railroad Comes to Northern New Mexico Petitions to Validate the Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant New Mining in and around Questa The 20th Century Comes to Questa The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death El Oratorio de Doña Estefana Los Hermanos, La Morada y el Calvario Our Church of San Antonio Baptism Customs for betrothal and marriage Holidays Death Contact Menu About This Site Table of Contents An Introductory Note Preface & Acknowledgments A History Of Questa The Founders of Questa, by J.P. Rael Don Diego Vigil Floyd Hamblen A New Frontier From the Record Ancient Geological Events Formed Our Landscape Before the Spanish Entrada The Spanish Entrada and Northern New Spain Outside Influences Vecinos on the Northern Frontier The Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant The San Antonio del Rio Colorado Land Grant The U.S. Army of West Arrives in New Mexico John The Pathfinder” Fremont Comes to Rio Colorado Indians Depredations on Rio Colorado Continue More Arrivals and Visitors in Rio Colorado Mineral Resources Are Found Near Rio Colorado The Indian Threat Ends The Railroad Comes to Northern New Mexico Petitions to Validate the Cañon del Rio Colorado Land Grant New Mining in and around Questa The 20th Century Comes to Questa The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Death El Oratorio de Doña Estefana Los Hermanos, La Morada y el Calvario Our Church of San Antonio Baptism Customs for betrothal and marriage Holidays Death Contact Search Search Close this search box. Another Time in This Place Historia, Cultura y Vida en Questa, New Mexico, USA Tessie Rael de Ortega and Judith Cuddihy An Introductory Note …first-person accounts of Rio Colorado [Questa] have been included to give a first-hand view of what life was like here over the years. Read More » Table of Contents Front Matter From Our Hearts and Minds From the Record The Cycle of Birth, Life & Death Everyday Life in the 1920’s to 1940’s Appendix Read More » Preface & Acknowledgments This project started quite appropriately over ditch business—Judy Cuddihy was installing a head gate and Esther Garcia, one of the ditch commissioners, came over to Read More » Los Hermanos, La Morada y el Calvario Every year during Lent and Holy Week, newspapers and magazines all over the country contain an article of one kind or another about Los Hermanos Read More » Baptism When a baby was taken to be baptized, the Padrinos of the baby would say to the parents of the baby after they came back Read More » Floyd Hamblen The boy that grew up in Questa, who was an integral part of the community, merchant, farmer and a prosperous business man. – by J.P. Rael Read More » John The Pathfinder” Fremont Comes to Rio Colorado …who loves to be told of his greatness…” and jealous of anyone who may know as much or more of any subject than himself…” Read More » Our Water In the 1920s to 1940s, very few people had wells. They drank water from the the Red River, Cabresto Creek, or the ditches, whichever was Read More » Don Diego Vigil Don Diego Vigil lived in this valley for many years and during his stay he was very active and prosperous in all his enterprises. Read More » Ancient Geological Events Formed Our Landscape Landscape is an important backdrop to the events of history—the stage upon which it occurs—and sometimes even an actor. This has certainly been true throughout Read More » New Mining in and around Questa Mining would play an increasing role in the life and economy of Rio Colorado/Questa. The first Rio Colorado connection with the copper and gold rush Read More » Outside Influences Exploration, Mapping, and the Fur Trade Read More » « Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next » Acknowlegments We are grateful to following people and organizations, who were extremely helpful in producing this work: Nita Murphy, The Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico, Taos Sandra Jaramillo and staff, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Esteban Rael-Galvez, New Mexico State Historian Museums of New Mexico Library Taos Public Library Moby Dickens Bookstore, Taos Carol Rael for translations Website rendition by Dan Frank Digital...