Shoes, eggs and a duel in Belen, 1898
Dueling had been banned in New Mexico when one of the county’s last duels took place in Belen in early 1898.
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | Apr 4, 2024 | Features | 0
Dueling had been banned in New Mexico when one of the county’s last duels took place in Belen in early 1898.
Read Moreby Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Feb 22, 2024 | Features, News | 0
“We are just losing (history) every single day. Every time a building gets knocked down, we lose a little more history.”
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Jan 17, 2024 | Features | 0
These are the German Jewish immigrants and their families who were important merchants and businessmen in the area during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read Moreby Clara Garcia | News-Bulletin Editor | Aug 17, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, People & Places | 0
People and Places It’s clear that history is very important to Valencia County by the way it’s...
Read Moreby Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Jan 26, 2023 | Features, News | 0
The Valencia County Historical Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award will now be known as the Jim Sloan Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read Moreby Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Feb 24, 2022 | Features, News | 0
For 53 years, local historians have collaborated and celebrated our vast history and heritage as the Valencia County Historical Society.
Read Moreby John Taylor, guest columnist | Jun 24, 2021 | Features | 0
The first half of our veterinary history finished with a discussion of the “old-timers” who...
Read Moreby Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | Mar 11, 2021 | Features, News | 0
History runs deep here in Valencia County, and every year the Valencia County Historical Society...
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist and Jim Sloan | Dec 10, 2020 | Features, News | 0
Drivers traveling west into Belen on the Reinken Avenue. overpass seldom notice an old building to...
Read Moreby Richard Melzer, guest columnist | Oct 29, 2020 | Features, News | 0
The last edition of La Historia documented that many Americans reacted to the Spanish flu epidemic...
Read Moreby Valencia County News-Bulletin | Aug 20, 2020 | Features, News | 0
John Chavez remembers the day when he was reading a copy of “Boy’s Life,” the Boy Scouts’ monthly...
Read Moreby Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin Assistant Editor | May 14, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, News | 0
From mothers protecting their families to soldiers protecting their brothers in arms, what makes...
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