ABQPedia

AKA: Hispanic Culture Center. In Albuquerque's South Valley, Barelas Neighborhood, "dedicated to the study, advancement, and presentation of Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities". Opened in 2000. Features art collections and hosts cultural events and exhibits. Home to the Roy E. Disney Theater. Seasonal events include Dia de los Muertos, Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Carnaval/Black History Month, and Cinco de Mayo.
National Hispanic Cultural Center website

Event held periodically, usually annually, in the western United States from 1891 until 1916 (by which time it was called the International Irrigation Congress); with the opening of the West to agriculture, a politically and commercially important event. The 16th Congress was held in Albuquerque in 1908 with the Interstate Industrial Exposition and as part of the New Mexico Territorial Fair. The event drew national attention to Albuquerque as the host city, and drew attention to the potential for New Mexico being made a state; President Roosevelt sent a message to the Irrigation Congress stating that he hoped he would soon be signing statehood legislation papers for New Mexico.

See Territorial Fair

Incorporated in 1881 to stage the annual Territorial Fair.

See Los Lunas Mystery Stone

Offers passenger service along the Rio Grande Valley between Belen and Santa Fe. True to the name, the Express cars are boldly decorated with images of New Mexico's State Bird. Administered by the Rio Metro Regional Transit District.
New Mexico Rail Runner Express website

Company formed in 1880 by Franz Huning, William Hazeldine, and Elias Stover as a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The company was designed to masterplan the site of New Albuquerque, which was about to grow as being the location for the main yards for the railroad. The company chose a site several miles to the east of Old Town, procured land for the project, and hired civil engineer Walter Marmon to survey the site and lay out and name the town's streets.

See Albuquerque Tribune

Grew up in Albuquerque. Formerly with the rock band, The Electra. Founder of the Calvary Chapel Education Association. Television and radio host; produced and directed a documentary series on Albuquerque's Pimentel and Sons guitar makers. Teaches church history through Calvary Albuquerque; author of numerous works on religion and teaching.

May 22 1957. Accidental release of a 10 megaton hydrogen bomb from a B-36 bomber as it approached for a landing at Kirtland Air Force Base. The 42,000-pound Mark 17 thermonuclear weapon, one of the most powerful ever constructed, fell in an uninhabited area south of the air field. The unarmed weapon did not detonate, but left a 12-foot-deep 25-foot-wide crater in the mesa. The event was kept quiet until the Albuquerque Journal revealed the story in 1986 after a Freedom of Information Act search.