Voices of Chaco: Cheyenne Antonio
C HEYENNE ANTONIO works as an energy organizer for nonprofit Diné C.A.R.E. (Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment). Her family is from Pueblo Pintado, about a dozen miles east of Chaco. Her job…
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Tag: Preservation
2025 True Heroes: Shel Neymark
EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT at the front desk of the Embudo Valley Library and Community Center, in Dixon. Volunteers like Shel Neymark help the local mayordomo book the community room for an acequia…
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The Journey of the Green Bridge
SURROUNDED BY TIMEWORN cultivators and tillage equipment, a steel bridge that predates New Mexico statehood rests on the grounds of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, in Las Cruces. The…
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Past Meets Present at Fort Stanton
“THIS PLACE IS A BEAST,” says Oliver Horn, Fort Stanton Historic Site’s regional manager. We’ve just begun our tour of the 240-acre property nestled in the Río Bonito Valley between the Capitán…
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The Fechin House Builds on Its Past
FOR THOSE WHO spend a fair amount of time in northern New Mexico, entering the historic Fechin House in Taos brings a sense of welcome familiarity. The home of the Taos Art Museum is known as an…
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Worth Every Last Drop
CANOEING A RIVER with ecology-minded people changes the view. Where many boaters see hazards in sandbars and downed trees with their knotted roots scrubbed bare and aimed skyward, Casey Ish recognizes…
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Protect Our Historic Sites
Volunteers donate time and gas money to monitor archaeological sites all across the state for erosion, vandalism, looting, and deteriorating conditions. The Salmon Ruins Museum’s team of site stewards…
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Tomé's Church Renovation Is No Small Miracle
"PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THE MIRACLES Jesus performed,” Father Michael Demkovich tells a dozen parishioners at Tomé’s Immaculate Conception Church during a Wednesday morning Mass. “But that wasn’t why he…
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Adobe Churches Face Challenges
SUNBAKED BRICKS OF MUD WERE an easy building material for Spanish colonists, who erected churches atop stone foundations and then plastered the walls with more mud—reapplying it when rains washed it…
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A Church Worth Saving
IN 1986, SERVICES AND PARISHIONERS at Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, in Doña Ana, moved to the new Our Lady of Purification, across the parking lot. The new church was larger and held amenities like…
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