New Mexico History

Some buildings are constructed. La Cienega School was raised, piece by piece, by a community that wanted its children educated close to home. Work began in 1934 under the Civil Works Administration and continued through 1936 under the Works Progress Administration, two of the federal work programs that put people to work during the Great Depression years.

Did you know the village in northern Taos County carried a saint's name for four decades before it became Questa? The place where the Red River meets the high country near the Rio Grande was officially founded in 1842 as San Antonio del Rio Colorado, a name that honored Saint Anthony and the Rio Colorado, the Red River that still runs through the canyon east of town.