Chantal Foster of the Duke City Fix is reading Howard Bryan’s history book, “Albuquerque Remembered.” Go here to read a few fascinating tidbits about the Duke City, including this one:
- The city gallows existed at Central [aka Route 66] & Rio Grande where that Express Polish car wash is today.
And this one:
- It’s Albuquerque, not Santa Fe, that has a significant history of Native American presence. At the time of Spanish exploration in 1540, there were at least 12 pueblos scattered throughout the site of modern-day Albuquerque. Santa Fe, despite its well-marketed claims of a deep heritage, was at that time an “uninhabited locale.”