Corrales Chronicles
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Corrales Chronicles/I Didn’t Know That
Submitted by Mary Davis, Village Historian Did you know that Corrales’ rural heritage is threatened and that the draft 2024 Comprehensive Plan proposes several actions to help preserve that heritage?…
Corrales Chronicles: I Didn’t Know That
By Mary Davis, Village Historian
with postscript from CHS Marketing Historic Old San Ysidro Church might not be standing today and Corrales Historical Society might not exist if Ward Alan Minge…
Corrales Chronicles: How the village looked in 1893
By Mary Davis, Corrales Village Historian The image is a detail of an 1893 map prepared by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showing our section of the Rio Grande…
Corrales Chronicles: Rosie Targhetta
by Mary Davis, Corrales Village Historian Did you know that Rosie Targhetta, born and raised in Corrales, was “adopted as a surrogate daughter†by a woman who with her husband…
Corrales Chronicles: How Corrales Cools Off
By Mary Davis, Corrales Village Historian As summer heat begins to roast Corrales, it seems appropriate to write about a cooling subject: swimming pools. Did you know that by 1958…
Corrales Chronicles: Corrales’ First School
By Mary Davis, Corrales Village Historian Did you know that the first school in Corrales was founded by a Presbyterian pastor who had roots in Corrales? A 2020 master’s degree…
One Hundred Year-Old Structures Dot the Village
By Mary Davis, Corrales Village Historian Did you know that there are buildings standing in Corrales today that were built well over a century ago? We are lucky that any…
Corrales Chronicles
Did you know that this year in Corrales there will be two offerings of the old Spanish Christmas presentation of Las Posadas (the inns), the …
More on Hippies in Corrales
By Mary Davis This 1970 picture of a group standing in the patio of the Territorial House restaurant was lent to the Corrales Historical Society by Pat Windisch, who had…
Corrales Chronicles: Territorial House Restaurant
By Mary Davis This 1970 picture of a group standing in the patio of the Territorial House Restaurant was lent to the Corrales Historical Society by Pat Windisch who had…
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