Saturday, April 23, 2022 --A Spring Field Trip for FCHS Members to Los Luceros Historic Site

The Los Luceros Historic Site is one of New Mexico’s most scenic and historically significant properties located north of Espanola along the Rio Grande.  Our "Behind the Scenes" tour will be led by Interpretive Ranger, Rebecca Ward.   Click here for Details and to sign up now.

We will see the beautiful grounds (the apple orchards will be in bloom), the Historic District, visit the restored chapel, a hacienda, River House and see the barn area with bottle-fed lambs. Bring your lunch to sit by the Rio Grande and binoculars to view the birds and see the petroglyphs across the river.

Group Size:   Limited to 20 current FCHS members

Fee: None, but donations are appreciated

Travel:   1 ½ hours travel, 81 miles one way

Sign Up:   Please email Pat Harris at friendsofchs@comcast.net to sign up

Details:   Upon signup, more details will be emailed to you.

Santa Fe Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, March 13, 2022: Clearly Indigenous Native Visions Reimagined in Glass. The exhibit embodies the intellectual content of Native traditions express in glass. The artists have melded the aesthetics and properties inherent in glass art with their cultural ways of knowing, whether re-interpreting traditional stories and designs in the medium of glass or expressing contemporary issues affecting Indigenous Nations.”  

In addition, we will see a new exhibit which opened last week featuring ancestral pueblo pottery (800-1100) with fascinating isometric designs. This walk-through exhibit will provide the “old”, and “Clearly Indigenous” provides a wonderful modern contrast.

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An Invitation to the 3-Day Chaco Canyon Adventure

September 14 - 17, 2021

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Have you ever been to Chaco Cultural National Historic Park and wished you had more time to see and experience it all? It’s not possible to get there, see everything, and return home in one day. Now you can join the Friends of Coronado Historic Site for 3 days of Chaco immersion to learn more about the culture, livelihood, and beliefs of the people who lived there.  

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This program will have 2 full days and 2 half-days of outdoor workshops, hikes, and lectures by experts in photography, archeology, astronomy, and natural history. In addition, meals will be homestyle cast-iron cookery with commentary by our professional Chef.

This fund-raising program runs from September 14 to 17, 2021. Participation is limited to 25 people and participants must be FCHS members who have been fully vaccinated. The cost is $325 per person. All fees, camping sites, instruction, and meals are provided.

Attendees will furnish their own transportation to and from Chaco along with personal camping and outdoor gear. We will be situated at the group campground, in tents or under shade structures. There are no facilities at Chaco aside from the campground and 2 restrooms (that do have potable water). There is no store - no ice, food or drink, gasoline, electricity, or cell phone service. One RV site, without hookups, is available to our group for an additional $60.

Local Field Trip, August 21, 2021:  Richard and Shirley Flint talk about their newest book, Overhaul, a Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops.  This will be followed by a tour of Wheels Museum, at 1102 2nd St. SW, Albuquerque.

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The talk will be a social history talk about the repair shop. During the peak of World War II, the repair shops ran 3 shifts a day and had 2,000 employees and turned out 40-43 overhauled steam locomotives a month. The Flints interviewed former workers to get firsthand stories. When AT&SF first set up shop in Albuquerque, they found it was mainly a farming community. They brought in skilled machinists and boilermakers from the eastern US and Europe. It took several decades for other people to train for technical jobs. Besides a lot of injuries, there was friction between the workers. Books will be available for sale.