Join us over the next four weeks as we celebrate our 25th anniversary by publishing our annual Tradiciones special edition. This year is steeped in history, legend, and myth, and Leyendas — the first in our four-part Tradiciones publications.
IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, HISTORY AND LEGEND WALK SIDE BY SIDE — and sometimes, the line between them vanishes entirely.
In this year’s Tradiciones: leyéndas, we share tales that range from the eerie to the absurd, each rooted in
the people and places that give our region its singular character. You’ll meet Charles Kennedy, the Moreno Valley
innkeeper whose hospitality turned murderous; encounter the restless spirits who still roam Taos Plaza, Red
River and Cimarron; and shake your head at the botched bank jobs, bungled arsons, and other “felonious follies”
that proves crime here can be as comical as it is cautionary.
These stories are more than curiosities. They are part of the cultural fabric — woven from frontier hardship,
mountain mystery, and a dash of the
