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Police officer involved in the Socorro UFO sighting of April 24, 1964. Sometimes erroneously recorded as "Ronnie".

Company created in 1946 to run the Los Alamos Laboratory and the community of Los Alamos, building much of the housing. The company name reflects one of the indirect references to Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project -- for security reasons, the town was variously referred to as Site Y, Project Y, and "the Zia Project". The Company managed Los Alamos until 1986.

Adopted for the State Flag in 1925, based upon a design by Harry Mera with the Museum of Anthropology. Mera appropriated the design from a pot in the Museum's collection, made by an anonymous Zia Pueblo potter.

(1921-2007) Newspaperman who took over the Gallup Independent in 1964. Due to his actions in exanding the paper's coverage to the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni reservations, he was in 2004 named a Friend of the Navajo.

AKA: "Old Man Gloom". Giant effigy burned annually in September as part of the Santa Fe Fiestas. In the course of the event Zozobra ("Anxiety", in Spanish) is formally blamed for all of the ills of the world, and sentenced to death by burning. Onlookers are encouraged to write their woes onto papers to be added to the blaze. Up to 50,000 people attend the event, which includes music, dancing, and a crescendo of fireworks. As the event proceeds, Zozobra groans and moans in protest; it is considered a great honor to be "his voice". The 2007 Zozobra was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest marionette in the world at 49.11 feet. The event, begun by local artist Will Shuster in 1924, is currently presented by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe.
Burning of Zozobra website
State Historian webpage on Zozobra

AKA: Zuhl Collection. Fossil & mineral gallery at New Mexico State University, featuring over 1,800 specimens including petrified wood. The lifetime collection of Joan and Herb Zuhl, who loaned the collection the University and provided money for the development of the gallery space.
Zuhl Museum website