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Happy Black History Month! Today and every day we honor the generations of Black New Mexicans whose leadership, resilience, and advocacy have shaped our state and our nation. Because, Black History is New Mexico History! #BlackHistoryNM #BlackHistoryMonth2026 #NewMexicoHistory
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
riffoftheday.bsky.social
On a recent trip through the upper corner of New Mexico, we ran into a few old abandoned gas stations. Well, I love old gas stations! #photography #monochromephotography #newmexico #navahonations #b&wphotography #history #streetphotography #nikon #newmexicohistory #forgottentimes
April 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
pageandpostage.bsky.social
📜 Exploring the Gadsden Purchase and Its Legacy

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#GadsdenPurchase #StampCollecting #AmericanHistory #ArizonaHistory #NewMexicoHistory #RailroadHistory #CivilWarHistory
December 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM
centinelaweavers.bsky.social
In case you hadn't got a chance to see it yet- a Chimayo jacket was featured on Antique Roadshow!

You can watch the clip here:
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#antiqueroadshow #pbs #pbsantiqueroadshow #newmexico #weaving #textiles #fiberarts #appraisal #tapestry #fashionhistory #newmexicohistory
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
cybergata.bsky.social
From 1896-98, Frank Boyer walked from Georgia to New Mexico Territory to live in Blackdom, an all Black settlement in New Mexico. This is his family. #BlackHistory #NewMexicoHistory #NewMexico #Blackdom
February 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
oopspossum.bsky.social
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Quarai, in New Mexico. Built in the 1600's by Spanish missionaries, on the traditional land of Tompiro and Tiwa speaking Puebloans.
#newmexicohistory #landback #desert #landscape #landscapephotography #travelphotography
Photo of a desert landscape, with a ruin of a red stone Spanish mission on one side, and a few large cottonwood trees, with yellow fall coloration, on the other.
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
500ways.bsky.social
Discover 10 surprising facts about New Mexico in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/new-mexico ( #NewMexico, #AmericanDesert, #AmericanSouthWest, #Taos, #Albuquerque, #Pueblo, #NativeAmerican, #NewMexicoHistory, #NewMexicoGeography, #UnitedStatesHistory)
July 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
centersantafe.bsky.social
On July 16, 1945, the world changed forever. The first nuclear explosion, code-named Trinity, took place in the desert of southern New Mexico.

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#TrinityAnniversary #CENTERSantaFe #80YearsSinceTrinity #NewMexicoHistory
July 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
scottkiss.bsky.social
Framed in volcanic stone, this was taken from inside a cavate at Bandelier National Monument—part of a once-thriving ancestral pueblo carved into the cliffside.

Follow for more historic landscapes and boost this if you enjoy the view.

#Photography #BandelierNationalMonument #NewMexicoHistory
Photograph taken from inside a cavate dwelling at Bandelier National Monument, looking through a small porthole toward a cliff dotted with other carved-out spaces and scattered trees on the slope beyond.
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
Worried about a military takeover in the U.S.? The western part of the continent experienced this already, in 1847. #what’shistory #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory #skystorians
The Takeover of New Mexico
Preparations for war were in full swing in Santa Fe that second week of August, 1846. Rumors of the approaching American army under Stephen Watts Kearny had been swirling all summer and became more…
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August 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
Once upon a time, in the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, there was a chapel....and part of it still exists! #what’shistory #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory #skystorians
Contested Space: The Military Chapel of Santa Fe
In a recent post about the Santa Fe plaza, I included a set of maps. If you look closely, you’ll notice that even the oldest of them identifies a small building on the south side of the square as t…
lorettamilestollefson.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
centinelaweavers.bsky.social
An article about Chimayo appeared in an online article in New Mexico Magazine!
We thought we would share it if you hadn't seen it yet.

"The Magic of Chimayó by Don J. Usner"

www.newmexicomagazin...

#newmexicomagazine #newmexicoarts #chimayo #chimayonewmexico #newmexicohistory #magazinearticle
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
Sunday on the plaza in 1800s Santa Fe ... #what’s history #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory #histfic
Shopping, Gambling, and Dancing, Oh My
In my forthcoming novel set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the young people at the heart of the story don’t go home after church. They go to the plaza. They aren’t the only ones. In fact, American newcom…
lorettamilestollefson.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
quizand.bsky.social
Discover 10 surprising facts about New Mexico at 500ways.com/new-mexico (#NewMexico, #AmericanDesert, #AmericanSouthWest, #Taos, #Albuquerque, #Pueblo, #NativeAmerican, #NewMexicoHistory, #NewMexicoGeography, #UnitedStatesHistory)
January 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
quizand.bsky.social
Discover 10 surprising facts about New Mexico at weirdestwebsite.com/new-mexico (#NewMexico, #AmericanDesert, #AmericanSouthWest, #Taos, #Albuquerque, #Pueblo, #NativeAmerican, #NewMexicoHistory, #NewMexicoGeography, #UnitedStatesHistory)
March 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
This is a new twist on historical fiction set in New Mexico. I recommend it for readers of all ages! #booksky #skystorians #booklovers #readerssky #fiction #promosky #books #kindlebooks #kindle #readmorebooks #booklove #novel #bookworm #bookshelf #ebooks #Newmexicofiction #histfic #Newmexicohistory
BOOK REVIEW: In The Shadow of Sunrise
I normally review books set in or about New Mexico in the 1800s, but I couldn’t resist sharing In The Shadow of Sunrise by Jennifer Bohnhoff with you. This novel tells a story from a much earlier t…
lorettamilestollefson.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
brandon-morgan.bsky.social
Here's the event page for my book talk next week: laii.unm.edu/events/2025/...

Please join me if you're in Albuquerque on the 29th at 2:00 at the Latin American and Iberian Institute at UNM.

#history #borderlands #USMexicoborder #columbus #PanchoVilla #MexicanHistory #Chihuahua #NewMexicoHistory
Raid and Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands :: Latin American & Iberian Institute | The University of New Mexico ...
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January 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
Corner adobe fireplaces are in a class of their own. Here's a little history about them in New Mexico. #what’shistory #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory #NewMexico #Southwest #AmericanSouthwest #adobe
Not As Simple As They Look
If you’ve been fortunate enough to tour an adobe home here in New Mexico, you may have noticed the corner fireplaces which are a signature element in these houses. Often built in a corner, the trad…
lorettamilestollefson.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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#what’shistory #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory
The Lone Star of Texas in Mexico
Shortly after American troops invaded New Mexico in Autumn 1846, they discovered four pieces of Mexican artillery in a village south of Santa Fe. Apparently, Governor Manuel Armijo had taken the gu…
lorettamilestollefson.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
kermitlopez.bsky.social
When his daughter is kidnapped by a band of invading Texas Rangers after the Civil War, Antonio Baca tracks them across the plains of #NewMexico & #Texas using his skills as a #Cibolero (buffalo hunter).

#NewMexicoHistory
#TexasHistory

Kindle: tinyurl.com/4d52uek
November 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
Advance copies of AN UNHAPPY COUNTRY, a tale of murder, betrayal, and love in Old New Mexico, are now available from Book Sirens. It's a pretty simple process. Download, read, then share a review if you want to. #booksky #what'shistory #bookreviews #newmexicohistory #newmexico #histfiction #readmore
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March 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
nmreader.bsky.social
Ever wonder about the strength of strong walls made from adobe brick? In the 1840s, they stopped cannon balls... #TaosPueblo #NMHistory #what’shistory #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory
Houses Made of Mud
In my March 5 post, I mentioned that one of the things that nineteenth century Americans disparaged when they first arrived in New Mexico was what they called “mud houses.” Newspaper correspondent …
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March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
citizenptnewsnm.bsky.social
New Mexico is set to spotlight its rich history with a $200K bill aimed at creating a documentary about the influential Padre Antonio Jose Martinez.

Learn more here

#NM #CulturalPreservation #NewMexicoHistory #CommunityIdentity #CitizenPortal #EducationInitiatives
Senate Bill 354 allocates $200K for Padre Antonio Jose Martinez documentary
New Mexico Senate allocates funds for educational documentary on historical figure Martinez
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February 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
nmreader.bsky.social
The Santa Fe, New Mexico plaza was once more than twice the size it is now. Here's what happened. #what’shistory #staycurious #history #Didyouknow #diveintodiscovery #Newmexicohistory #skystorians
The Evolution of the Santa Fe Plaza
When the Spanish settlers created the Santa Fe, New Mexico plaza in 1610, it was roughly twice the size it is today, even though they didn’t have sufficient buildings to surround it. That would com…
lorettamilestollefson.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
legendsofamerica.bsky.social
Gold, outlaws & ghostly legends… White Oaks, NM was once the “liveliest town in the Territory.”
From Billy the Kid shootouts to $20 million in gold, its boom-and-bust story still echoes today.

👉 www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-whiteoaks/
#GhostTowns #BillyTheKid #NewMexicoHistory
Welcome to White Oaks, NM. Photo by Kathy Alexander. White Oaks Saloon "No Scum Allowed". Photo by Kathy Alexander. The 1893 Brown Store building, which at various times held a school, a dance hall, and offices, by Kathy Alexander.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM