ABQPedia

Oft-seen abbreviation for Albuquerque, and also the airport code for the city. (The airport code ALB is for Albany New York, and misrouted Albuquerque luggage sometimes ends up there.) Usually verbalized as "A-B-Q", occasionally as "Abby-Q". Other abbreviations: ALBQ, ALBUQ; nicknames "Duke City", "Burque".

(1989- ) Seth Elijah Adkins. Born in Albuquerque. Actor in many films and TV series; co-producer of Pirate Camp.

An early weekly newspaper in Albuquerque, published briefly in the spring of 1880 before the press was floated by flatboat down the Rio Grande to Socorro where editor A.M. Conklin began publishing the Socorro Sun.

Abbreviation sometimes used for Albuquerque. Other abbreviations: ABQ, ALBUQ; nicknames "Duke City", "Burque".

Abbreviation sometimes used for Albuquerque. Other abbreviations: ABQ, ALBQ; nicknames "Duke City", "Burque".

"...a private, coeducational, college preparatory day school serving middle school and high school students in grades 6 through 12." Opened 1955, with the support of Albert G. Simms and Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. Moved to current site in 1965.

See Kirtland Air Force Base

AKA: Albuquerque Army Air Field. Built on the site of the civilian Oxnard Field. Construction began January 7, 1941; finished August 8, 1941. Renamed Kirtland Army Air Field in February 1942. Placed under Air Materiel Command in 1946, renamed as Kirtland Air Force Base in 1947. Merged with Sandia and Manzano Bases in 1971.

AKA: Albuquerque Biological Park. City-run facilities including the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo, Botanic Garden, Tingley Beach and Aquarium.
Albuquerque BioPark website

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) in Albuquerque, 1907-09.

AKA: Daily Albuquerque Citizen (1902-03). Daily newspaper (except Sunday) in Albuquerque, 1895-1903.

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) in Albuquerque, 1883-1884.

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) in Albuquerque, 1884-86.

AKA: Evening Herald (1913-14). Daily newspaper (except Sunday) in Albuquerque, 1911-14.

Founded in 1706 as 'La Villa de San Francisco Xavier de Alburquerque' by direction of then-Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, the name honoring Saint Francis as patron saint and the Duke of Alburquerque who was viceroy at the time.

AKA: The Albuquerque Guard. Volunteer militia unit led by Captain J. E. Westlake. In the Territorial period, the Guards served to pursue and subdue outlaws and cattle rustlers, and served as honor guard and escort to important personages.

Established 1881 by the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church. For several years operated in the village of Duranes, then was taken over by the federal government and moved to its permanent site.

Began publication as a daily newspaper on October 4, 1880. The first editor was W.S. Burke, a former Kansas newspaper editor who later served as Bernalillo County's first superintendent of schools. Started by the just-organized Albuquerque Publishing Company.

Founded in 1930; for its first 6 years resident at the Kimo Theatre. Moved in 1936 to the current location near Old Town, in a building designed by John Gaw Meem and built as part of New Deal construction. A tax- exempt, 501c(3) organization. The Little Theatre has hosted many productions and actors, and is noted as where actress Vivian Vance got her start.

First professional baseball team in Albuquerque, started in 1890 by W.T. McCreight, a former major league player with the St. Louis Browns.

AKA: Albuquerque Sunday Morning Democrat. Daily newspaper (except Monday) in Albuquerque, 1886-87.

Organized in 1880 by Albuquerque businessmen including Franz Huning and William Hazeldine. The company purchased the defunct Golden Gate daily newspaper and began publishing The Albuquerque Journal as a daily morning newspaper. In 1933 the Company, under a Joint Operating Agreement, merged presses and facilities with the afternoon Albuquerque Tribune, which arrangement lasted until the Tribune closed in 2008.

AKA: Railyards, Railroad Yards, Rail Shop, Railroad Shops, Railway Shops, Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops. Regional maintenance and repair facility for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, located in the Barelas district of Albuquerque. (The yard location was originally to be Bernalillo, but high asking price for the land there resulted in the shift to Albuquerque.) Established in 1880 at First and Central and expanding five miles out to a tie-treatment plant, the Yards fostered rapid population growth in the area and at one point between a third and a half of Albuquerque's working men were employed with the Yards. The largest such facility in the Southwest, it ran 24/7 but began to decline after dieselization of rail equipment. Abandoned for decades, the rail shops have recently seen use as a filming location, and in 1997 the Wheels Museum incorporated to eventually repurpose the site and buildings as a museum of transportation. Book: Overhaul: A social history of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops by Flint & Flint.

From the 1880s, operated a narrow gauge trolley line between the Plaza and the railroad depot in Albuquerque. The mule- and horse-drawn cars ran up Railroad Avenue (now Central Avenue), and operated until replaced by electric streetcars in 1904.

Electric streetcar system created in 1904 to replace horse-drawn trolleys serving the Downtown area. Six miles of tracks connected Downtown to Old Town by 1908, with other lines running to the Lumber Mill and Las Barelas. The streetcars also connected to the system that served the University / Huning Highlands area, "the Highland". Replaced by buses in 1929. Road work in 2017 exposed some of the old rails, bringing into the public eye the old streetcar system.

Founded in 1922 as Magee's Independent, a weekly/semi-weekly paper 1922-23, then operating as the New Mexico State Tribune. The afternoon/evening paper merged with the morning Albuquerque Journal and renamed The Albuquerque Tribune in 1933, under a Joint Operating Agreement which shared presses and facilities under the control of the Albuquerque Publishing Company. Retired in 2008.

Original spelling of the city's name, founded in 1706 as "La Villa de San Francisco Xavier de Alburquerque" and in honor of the Duke of Alburquerque who was Viceroy at the time. There are various theories as to how the first "r" was dropped, including a lack of room on the sign for the train station; the most likely explanation is that the influx of Anglos into the area simply found it hard to pronounce. See: Albuquerque, Founding of

Co-founded, with Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation; the company was created in Albuquerque in 1975, then moved to Seattle in 1979.

Constructed 1902. Demolished February 13 1970. Designed by Santa Fe Railway architect Charles Whittlesey in the Mission Revival style, with some interior decor by Mary Jane Colter. The Hotel, part of the Fred Harvey chain, featured a long arcade of archways along the tracks. The noted Albuquerque rail stop hosted presidents, dignitaries, and Hollywood celebrities.

AKA: Albuquerque Rattlesnake Museum. In Old Town Albuquerque. Exhibit with live snakes and rattlesnake ephemera. Issues an "Official Certificate of Courage" to visitors.

AKA: American Lumber Mill, Albuquerque Lumber Mill. Opened 1903 near what is now 12th St. and Mountain; became, after the railroad, the second-largest employer in the area with 850-1200 men at peak, promoting itself as "the greatest individual enterprise in New Mexico". The Mill processed timber from the Zuni Mountains, transported along the Zuni Mountain Railway. Went into receivership 1914-1915 and changed hands several times before closing in 1942. The 110-acre site lends its name to the Sawmill Neighborhood / District.

Albuquerque's first newspaper, published weekly in 1853.

(1937-2020) Raised in Santa Rosa, then of Albuquerque where he graduated from Albuquerque High School. Master's Degrees in English and Guidance & Counseling from UNM; on the faculty there 1970s-1990s. Taught high school English in the 1960s. Noted advocate and supporter of Chicano / Latinx literacy. Recipient of numerous awards including a 1980 American Book Award, a 1980 NM Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, a 2001 National Medal of Arts, and a 2015 National Humanities Medal. Known nationwide for Bless Me, Ultima (1972), a novel set in New Mexico in the 1940s; the book, selected for The Big Read, is the first of a trilogy that includes Heart of Aztlan and Tortuga. Other works include Alburquerque and the Sonny Baca mystery series and the children's book The Farolitos of Christmas. The Rudolfo Anaya North Valley Library is named in his honor.

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Enacted in 1994 to prohibit further plantings in Albuquerque of trees and bushes known to produce large amounts of allergenic pollen; the majority of the prohibited trees are non-native. Restricted trees include all species of cottonwood/poplars except the native Rio Grande Cottonwood, Mountain Cottonwood, and Quaking Aspen; junipers and cedars excepting female and low-growing male bushes; the Siberian Elm and some other elms; some varieties of sycamore and ash; and all varieties of cypress and mulberry unless they are shown to have low pollen potential. The ordinance requires nurseries to provide labeling on landscape plants as to their pollen production.

Noted architects in the Albuquerque area include architectural historian Bainbridge Bunting, Mary Jane Colter (Indian Building of the Alvarado Hotel), John Gaw Meem (official architect for UNM, designed the Zimmerman Library), Antoine Predock (UNM Law School Building, Albuquerque Museum, Rio Grande Nature Center), and Bart Prince ("otherworldly" residences).

(1817-1882) Brother to Governor Manuel Armijo. Served as alcalde of Albuquerque three times in the period 1828-1834. Mercantile businessman and freighter, with a large family active in society and serving in public offices. Donated to the expansion of the San Felipe de Neri church. His house and store stands today on Old Town Plaza.

(1793-1854) Three times governor of New Mexico under Mexican control, serving 1827-29, 1837-44, and 1845-46. Served as alcalde of Albuquerque in 1822, 1824-25, and 1830, his brothers often serving in the years between. A trader and merchant, he had business and real estate interests in Albuquerque, eventually building a forty-room adobe mansion in Old Town, now known as the Bottger Mansion. As governor, involved in the deeding of several large land grants, including the Maxwell Land Grant. During the Mexican-American War raised a force of volunteers to oppose American incursion, but upon encountering Kearny's forces decided not to engage as he felt he could not expect reinforcements from Mexico.

(1845-1913) Bernalillo County Sheriff from 1879-86 and 1906-08. In this office, presided over the execution of Albuquerque's first police officer, Constable Milton Yarberry. Also served as County Assessor and Alderman of Albuquerque. Operated a mercantile business and was involved in real estate. Co-founder of the Albuquerque Electric Company in 1882.

Luxury hotel that operated 1881-1897 in Albuquerque. Located at the corner of Central and south Third Street, it hosted such notables as Wyatt Earp and Pat Garrett. As with so many large hotels of the time, it was destroyed by fire.

AKA: AT&SF, Santa Fe Railway, "The Santa Fe". Entered New Mexico in December 1878, reaching Albuquerque in April 1880. The AT&SF eventually served Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. (Despite the name, it did not actually service Santa Fe directly, eventually utilizing a spur from Lamy 18 miles away.) Influential in opening New Mexico up to tourism, especially in conjunction with the Fred Harvey Company, with colorful advertisements attracting visitors from around the world. The AT&SF was also innovative, providing amenities to travelers such as dedicated dining and observation cars. Merged in 1996 to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.

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Company jointly owned by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway. Established headquarters in Albuquerque in 1880 and began building west to California from a point 15 miles south of Albuquerque, along which railway Grants and Gallup developed.

Spanish land grant west of Albuquerque, between the Rio Grande and the Rio Puerco. The land was granted by Governor Diego de Vargas to Fernando Duran y Chaves in return for his help in the reconquest of the area after the Pueblo Revolt. In 1968 the land became controlled by the Westland Development Company, then in 2006 control was sold to SunCal, a California development company.