tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75265201436696552972024-03-05T17:23:11.147-08:00ShadowlandsFollow the books and adventures and New Mexico lifestyle of the author Anne J. Thomas. Writer of fiction and non-fiction about wild horses, memoirs, and historical romance, past lives and present-day stories along the Santa Fe Trail.Jackie Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09697109362394631760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526520143669655297.post-8328040109999613992020-11-22T09:51:00.007-08:002020-11-22T10:31:31.516-08:00Santa Fe! ~ Then and now.
For this post, I am doing something different. I didn't want to bring Fancy (my horse) into town, although my pup, Holly, joined me for most of these visits. I have chosen to do a "then and now" theme for the City of Santa Fe, in keeping with the past lives element in my novel "Into the Shadowlands." All of these sights within Santa Fe play a role in my book. (Some of these locations also appear in "Whispers across the plain," the sequel to Shadowlands.)
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View of Santa Fe from Fort Marcy Hill, around the time of the Santa Fe Trail.
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View of Santa Fe from Fort Marcy Hill, 2019.
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Looking down on the Santa Fe Plaza from the south-west corner during trail days. You can see the old La Parroquia Church in the background.
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Looking down onto the Santa Fe Plaza, same location, 2019. Now you see the St. Francis Cathdral in the background.
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Vintage photo of the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe.
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Palace of the Governors, same location, 2019.
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Fort Marcy Headquarters building, Santa Fe, on the north-west corner of the plaza.
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North-west corner of the Santa Fe Plaza, now the Fine Arts Museum, 2019.
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The Exchange Hotel on the south-east corner of the Santa Fe Plaza.
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Same location on the south-east corner of the plaza, now it is the sight of the La Fonda Hotel. 2019.
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Old photo of the plaza park in Santa Fe with the soldier's monument.
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Same location on the plaza park in Santa Fe, 2019.
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The St. Francis Cathedral under construction around the old La Parroquia in Santa Fe.
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The St. Francis Cathedral, same location, 2019.
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Burro Alley, back in trail days.
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Burro Alley, taken from the same location (on San Francisco Street) in 2019.
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Dona Tules' house on Grant Ave and Palace Ave. At the end of Burro Alley.
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Same Location of Dona Tules' house on Grant Avenue, now the Santa Fe Courthouse. 2019.
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The old jail on Water Street, Santa Fe.
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Same location as the old jail on Water Street, Santa Fe, now the Collected Works Bookstore, 2019.
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Jose Manuel Gallegos' house on Washington Avenue.
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The Gallegos House on Washington Ave, now the SantaCafe Restaurant, in 2019.
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The Loretto Chapel (completed in 1878.)
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The Loretto Chapel, same location, 2019.
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Alternate view of the Loretto Chapel (center) with the school on the left and the convent on the right (now the location of the Loretto Hotel.)
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Once you passed the Loretto Chapel, heading away from the plaza, you crossed this bridge over the Santa Fe River. This was the old Santa Fe Trail. You can see the San Miguel Chapel ahead, along with the St.Michael's School.
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The San Miguel Chapel and St. Michael's School. The old Santa Fe Trail is the road in the foreground.
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The San Miguel Chapel and school building (now the Lamy Building, housing the New Mexico Tourism Department.) 2019
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Vintage pic of the San Miguel Chapel, (The Oldest Church in the U.S.A) in need of repair.
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San Miguel Chapel, taken from same location, 2019.
Jackie Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09697109362394631760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526520143669655297.post-16656228850503113682020-11-22T07:15:00.003-08:002020-11-24T07:38:16.169-08:00Into the Shadowlands, Santa Fe Trail book tour, Warous (La Junta) to Santa Fe!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheA87Kx4c6GlQWHj0nz9SJ2GA_4ykJniDNaNctuTGVKuBJ16tTTstziP-bBodzraynwCw6oSV-wFV6GB8R07GOk-9UC4KuxQih30KiOm-dzwCMCSMSc2WEbHTho3Gq4iiumWr7o9DekpI/s456/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+1.43.08+PM+%25281%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheA87Kx4c6GlQWHj0nz9SJ2GA_4ykJniDNaNctuTGVKuBJ16tTTstziP-bBodzraynwCw6oSV-wFV6GB8R07GOk-9UC4KuxQih30KiOm-dzwCMCSMSc2WEbHTho3Gq4iiumWr7o9DekpI/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+1.43.08+PM+%25281%2529.jpg"/></a></div>
Once the two routes of the Santa Fe Trail re-united at Watrous (La Junta,) the Santa Fe Trail more-or-less followed one route. This is the same route my characters, Tate and Abby, followed in my novel, "Into the Shadowlands." From La Junta the trail went south towards Las Vegas and then cut through the Kearny Gap and into the mountain pass that continued on to Santa Fe. One of the first major landmarks travelers saw when they left La Junta, would have been the towering Hermit's Peak. Although not technically on the trail, it certainly was a 'sight' from the trail. At the base of this peak is where the fictional town of Celestial is situated in my novel.
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Hermit's Peak.
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Las Vegas Plaza.
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Las Vegas Plaza before the park was planted.
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Looking down onto the Las Vegas Plaza, right at the end of the Santa Fe Trail era.
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Stephen Watts Kearny reading his proclamation on a rooftop on the northeast corner of the plaza, during the Mexican War, 1846.
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Kearny proclamation.
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Standing at the corner of the Las Vegas Plaza where the crowd gathered to hear Kearny read his proclamation.
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Kearny Gap.
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The story of Kearny.
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Story of William Becknell (Founder of the Santa Fe Trail.)
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Wagon ruts at Kearny Gap.
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View of Tecalote Mesa with the Hermit's Peak in the background.
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Stone ruins of a house at Tecalote. Similar, maybe, to the kind of house Marian Russell lived in and operated as a Trading Post in her book "Land of Enchantment."
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Church at Tecalote.
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Bernal (AKA Starvation Peak.)
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Church at San Miguel Del Vado.
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Ford at the Pecos River, San Miguel.
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Wagon ruts at San Miguel.
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San Miguel information.
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More information about San Miguel's history. Until 1835 (when Las Vegas was founded,) San Miguel was the first major settlement travelers of the trail would encounter on entry into what was then Mexico.
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Looking south, at the base of Glorieta Mesa (Rowe Mesa.)
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Pecos Ruins.
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Sketch of Pecos Ruins.
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At what was once Kozlowski's Ranch. A Stage Station at the beginning of the Glorieta Pass. Also a strategic spot during the Civil War battle of Glorieta.
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Pigeon's Ranch, a stage stop and hostelry. Also a very strategic location during the "Battle of Glorieta" during the Civil War.
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Pigeon's Ranch in 1880, at the end of the Santa Fe Trail era.
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Sketch of wagons finally arriving in Santa Fe.
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A re-creation of the arrival in Santa Fe sketch!Jackie Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09697109362394631760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526520143669655297.post-7955138151375187302020-11-19T06:48:00.001-08:002020-11-19T06:48:52.984-08:00Into the Shadowlands, Santa Fe Trail book tour. The Cimarron Cutoff Route.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8RwLLKfx1nuDjyv5Ah_5DMdaqN7hM8zq6R23i-x3LSmbUXvXP4_JZHLpspksCXI8tr-Ftm7ff_q2yCyPiPlD65LrOvBaq2SLU1pYNE9c_neszrOwlFcdrWEGL5wwUemapNUyokGl3n8/s456/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+1.43.08+PM+%25281%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8RwLLKfx1nuDjyv5Ah_5DMdaqN7hM8zq6R23i-x3LSmbUXvXP4_JZHLpspksCXI8tr-Ftm7ff_q2yCyPiPlD65LrOvBaq2SLU1pYNE9c_neszrOwlFcdrWEGL5wwUemapNUyokGl3n8/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-10-24+at+1.43.08+PM+%25281%2529.jpg"/></a></div>
Although the characters in my novel "Into the Shadowlands," did not take this route to Santa Fe, Fancy and I (and my little dog Holly) had a wonderful time visiting the major landmarks along what was often referred to as the "desert route." This branch of the trail was the original route used by traders when the Santa Fe Trail first opened. It is shorter than the Mountain Branch, but has a lot less available water and was more precarious during times of Indian troubles. For this post, I cover the Santa Fe Trail sites within New Mexico, from McNees Crossing to Watrous (La Junta,) where the two branches of the trail re-unite (having speparated in Kansas.)
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Fancy and I at McNees Crossing in northeast New Mexico.
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Standing at the crossing of the North Canadian at McNees.
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Rabbit Ears.
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Round Mound.
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Holly and I on the top of Round Mound.
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Josiah Gregg's sketch from the top of Round Mound.
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<blockquote>"At last, some of the most persevering of our adventurers succeded in ascending the summit of the Round Mound, which commands a full and advantageous view of the surrounding country, in some directions to the distance of a hundred miles or more. Looking southward a varied country is seen, of hills, plains, mounds, and sandy undulations; but on the whole northern side, extensive plains spread out, studded occasionally with variegated peaks and ridges. Far beyond these, to the north-westward, and low in the horizon a silvery stripe appears upon an azure base, resembling a list of chalk-white clouds. This is the perennially snowcapped summit of the eastern spur of the Rocky Mountains......."</blockquote>
<blockquote>...."As the caravan was passing under the northern base of the Round Mound, it presented a very fine and imposing spectacle to those who were upon its summit. The wagons marched slowly in four parallel columns, but in broken lines, often at intervals of many rods between. The unceasing 'crack crack,' of the wagoners' whips, resembling the frequent reports of distant guns, almost made one believe that a skirmish was actually taking place between two hostile parties." Josiah Gregg, from his book "Commerce of the Prairies."</blockquote>
Recreation of Gregg's sketch by Holly and me!
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View of Point of Rocks with antelope and mirages, from the northeast.
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Point of Rocks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmEiX8ZQhUoOmOBszNHYMtXXFir6Lg7MvLGYnC9L-mVDMt1OrGnipJ_JH18eZp1fr0pgGbJYJCumhij-arU9CqtLvUlewxkq93TbqUHhFMlCk5yoOEzirP5HKvbu2WzjDsl4ODqfKSTQ/s2048/Point+of+Rocks.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmEiX8ZQhUoOmOBszNHYMtXXFir6Lg7MvLGYnC9L-mVDMt1OrGnipJ_JH18eZp1fr0pgGbJYJCumhij-arU9CqtLvUlewxkq93TbqUHhFMlCk5yoOEzirP5HKvbu2WzjDsl4ODqfKSTQ/s320/Point+of+Rocks.jpg"/></a></div>
Wagon ruts at Point of Rocks.
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Lone grave at Point of Rocks.
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Wagon Mound, as seen from the direction of Point of Rocks.
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Wagon Mound.
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Wagon Mound, as seen from the south above Watrous (La Junta.)
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View of elk and the Turkey Mountains at Watrous, (La Junta.)
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View of mustangs and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Watrous, (La Junta.)
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Fancy and I looking down into New Mexico from the Raton Pass.
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<blockquote>"Next day we reached the top just about sunrise, and the finest view perhaps I ever saw met the eye. It is very difficult to contrast these pure American landscapes with any other; everything is on so grand a scale. There may be finer single mountains, like Vesuvius, lonlier valleys, like some in Switzerland, but there is nowhere such vastness and grandeur. The most striking feature of the scene was the contrast in tone and color between the view to the north and that to the south. To the north the outline was cut clear and distinct, and the picture cold and majestic; to the south there was warmth and richness of color, a light velvetty purple haze seemed draped over the stretch of mountain and plain; the one awed, the other attracted" ~ Joseph Pratt Allyn, 1863</blockquote>
View of the Colorado mountains from the pass.
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The switchbacks on the Raton Pass.
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Sketch of wagons on the Raton Pass.
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<blockquote>"Worse and worse the road! They are even taking the mules from the carriages this PM and a half dozen men by bodily exertions are pulling them down the hills. And it takes a dozen men to steady a wagon with all its breaks locked - and for one who is some distance off to hear the crash it makes over the stones, is truly alarming. Till I rode ahead and understood the business, I supposed that every wagon had fallen over a precipice." ~ Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846.</blockquote>
Another sketch of Raton Pass.
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The St. James Hotel, Cimarron.
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Vintage photo of the St. James Hotel, Cimarron.
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Maxwell's Grist Mill, Cimarron.
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Vintage photo of Maxwell's mill, Cimarron.
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Kit Carson's House, Rayado.
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Vintage photo of Kit Carson's house, Rayado.
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Maxwell's house, Rayado.
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View at Rayado.
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Wagon ruts near Rayado, next to Rayado Mesa.
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Ocate Crater.
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Ocate scenery.
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Fort Union.
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Vintage Fort Union.
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Livery at Loma Parda.
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Baca's Dance Hall, Loma Parda.
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Samuel Watrous House, Watrous (La Junta.)
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Vintage photo of Watrous House, Watrous (La Junta.)
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Sapello Stage Station, Watrous (La Junta.)
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