It is true: everybody has a story, but Cisco Guevara has many stories. Look for a few of his true tales in this 24th issue of Raices, the second in our four-part Tradiciones series. We distilled these nuggets from an interview Geoffrey Plant, Taos News assistant editor, did with Guevara on Voices of Taos.
Red River once had a women miner called "Loco Lily" Smith, but — other than a gossip-fueled "character sketch by an unknown writer — not much is known about the woman who ended her own life in 1954.
In August Virginia Dodier gave a fascinating talk on New Mexico’s early Presbyterians for the Taos County Historical Society. You’ll find an excerpt from “‘Our Mexicans’: Nuevomexicano Presbyterian Missionaries in Northern New Mexico, Civil War to Statehood” inside.
Dodier’s research ties in neatly with the 150th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church in Taos and the congregation’s celebration planned for this November. We hope you enjoy reading about our Protestant neighbors.
