Slouching Towards Santa Fe

Chronicles of the City in the mid-20th Century

Saturday, June 7, 2025

1948 - The Last Valedictorian

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  Ralph Eagle Getz, 1948 Santa Fe High School Valedictorian It came up in a lunchtime conversation with an old friend, herself a graduate a...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

1943

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1943 - Wartime America, Small Town Santa Fe

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1943 - America at War and winning. In the Pacific, in Europe, in northern Africa, the allies were turning the tide of the war. At hom...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

1966 - The Danish Bride

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Have I told the tale of the Danish Bride? It all happened in 1966. Dorte Meyer, a young student from Copenhagen, was traveling throug...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

1954 - Old and New

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For all the emphasis on history and tradition, the City is always ready to try something new. Take the Plaza in 1954, for example. Tha...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

U.S.S. Santa Fe

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1942 – The Lucky Lady

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The US Navy's newest Light Cruiser launched in June 1942, named after our little City, The USS Santa Fe. The honor of christening came t...
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