Taos is a definitely a different kind of place— unique in its colorful history and characters — that live on in local legend.
Some of these legends are known only to the people of Northern New Mexico, and bind us together in a shared mythology.
Taos News loves to bring you these quixotic stories each year in Tradiciones: Leyendas (Legends).
Look for more special sections to come in the following weeks — on roots and arts — and a salute to our Unsung Heroes.
In this year’s issue, Josephine Ashton unearths a forgotten radio interview to bring us an image of a Modernist Taos painter in her profile on Dorothy Eugenie Brett.
Padre Antonio José Martínez was a pivotal political, spiritual and cultural leader during New Mexico’s transition from Mexican governance to the U.S. in the mid-1800s.
And we look into the legend of the Taos Revolt of 1847 and the gruesome fate of the first U.S. civil territorial governor, Charles Bent.
We hope you enjoy this year’s issue of Tradiciones: Leyendas.
