Valencia County Historical Society

Events

Presentations & Events

Upcoming Presentations & Events

Sun., May 19, at 2:00PM New Mexico's Medal of Honor Recipients by John Taylor at the Belen Harvey House Museum.

Past Recorded Presentations

Geologic History of Valencia County by Paul Parmentier Link to a video of the presentation from November 2nd : https://tinyurl.com/56hwsecd

Los Lunas Mystery Stone by John Taylor Link to a video of the presentation from November 12th: https://www.facebook.com/pg/vchsnm/events/?ref=page_internal

Presentations & Events by Other Associations

Tue., Oct. 8th at 6:30 PM, in person event, Friends of Tijeras Pueblo presents Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, who will give a lecture on “Western Pueblo Glaze Paint Pigmenting Strategies”. Free.

At the Sandia Ranger Station, just off I-40 in Tijeras.

See this web page with more info: https://www.friendsoftijeraspueblo.org/

Wed., Oct. 9th at 10:30 AM, virtual and in person event, at the main Albuquerque Library at 5th and Copper Sts. in ABQ, the Albuquerque Genealogical Society (AGS) presents Jane Bardal. who will give a presentation on “Colorado’s Mrs. Captain Ellen Jack: Mining Queen of the Rockies”. Description: “Join us for a short business meeting, followed by a presentation by Jane Bardal. Program Description: Going beyond the names and dates on Ancestry, Jane Bardal conducts research on people involved in mining in Colorado and New Mexico. Jane will discuss how she used genealogical and historical resources in writing her book.”

See this web page: https://tinyurl.com/78dzpyau

If planning to attend the meeting via Zoom, register at this link: https://tinyurl.com/3mprnw93

Sat., Oct. 12th at 1:55 PM, in person event, the Magdalena Public Library at 108 North Main St. in Magdalena presents author and historian Dr. Richard Melzer, who will give a presentation on ”Famous and Unusual Graves in New Mexico’s History”. Free.

See this web page: https://tinyurl.com/bdhpu5ft

For more info call 575-854-2361 or e-mail library@villageofmagdalena.com

Sat., Oct. 12th at 10:30 AM, in person event, the Special Collections Library at the corner of Central Ave. and Edith in ABQ, as part of its series Ever Changing, Ever Growing, presents JACL Players, who will do a performance: Description: “Albuquerque’s readers theater group, JACL Players, chronicles the lives of 4,555 men of Japanese ancestry who the U.S. government incarcerated as "enemy aliens" in Lordsburg, Santa Fe, and Fort Stanton during World War II. The little-known stories of these camps and the townspeople who lived in close proximity are funny, tragic, hopeful, and inspiring. This multimedia performance is 50 minutes long and is followed by a post-play discussion with the cast.”

See this web page: https://libevents.abqlibrary.org/event/12571711

Sat., Oct. 12th at 2 PM, in person event, the Placitas Library at 453 highway 165 in Placitas presents Dr. Tom Sanford, who will discuss and sign copies of his book “A Whirlwind History of the Universe and Mankind”. Description: “Placitas Community Library will feature a book talk by Dr. Tom Sanford on October 12 at 2 PM. A Whirlwind History of the Universe and Mankind: From the Big Bang to the Higgs Boson.”

See this web page: https://tinyurl.com/38heu2m2

For more info call 505-867-3355.

Sat., Oct. 12th at 1 PM, in person event, Casa San Ysidro at 973 Old Church Road in Corrales, as part of its Second Saturday program, presents Ray John de Aragón, who will give a talk on “The Legend of La Llorona”. Free. Description: “The folklore of Spanish America is full of exciting accounts of a wandering tormented spirit called La Llorona, the 'Wailing Woman.' Historian, Ray John de Aragón, has traveled through villages and byways of New Mexico, in search of the origins of this phantom. In his full-length study, The Legend of La Llorona, Aragón details the stories woven together.”

See this web page: https://tinyurl.com/2zncf4ja

For more info contact Aaron Gardner at agardner@cabq.gov or call 505-898-3915.

Sun., Oct. 13th at 2 PM, in person event, the Sandoval County Historical Society at 160 Edmund Road in Bernalillo presents Raymond Sisneros, who will give a presentation on “Early History of the Navajo Tribe”. See this web page for detailed info about the presentation: https://tinyurl.com/ys7c5m7b

For more info call (505) 867-2755 or e-mail info@sc-hsm.org

Sat., Oct. 19th starting at 9 AM, in person event, the Valencia County Historical Society will host a field trip to the AT&SF 2926 [steam engine] Restoration Project, with historian John Taylor at the restoration site in Albuquerque. Meet at Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts at 251 Main. St, SE (under the water tower. Registration required. See this News-Bulletin web page with details and the fee ($10, to over costs): https://tinyurl.com/58k63yd5

For more info or to register call the museum at 352-7720.

Sat., Oct. 19th at 1:30 PM, virtual event, the Albuquerque Genealogical Society, as part of its continuing program on the ABCs of DNA, presents Marty Brady, who will give a presentation on “Y-DNA: How It Works, Why We Need It and How Surname Groups Can Help”. Description: “This presentation will explore the ways we use Y-DNA. It will also cover uses and benefits of Family Tree DNA Surname groups”.

See this web page for more info: https://tinyurl.com/4tyc8ec5

Sat., Oct. 19th at 2 PM, in person event, the Cibola County Historical Society at the Cibola County History Museum at 525 West High St. in Grants presents Rosalia Pacheco, who will give a performance as La Llorona, the Wailing Woman. Description:” This famous ghost from Spanish folklore is known throughout the world for her eerie, spine chilling cries as she searches for her lost drowned loved ones, her darling children. Early Spanish settlers knew of her. Her folk story was ancient in European mythology, but in New Mexico it is said she lived next door, or that an ancestor actually knew her.” Sponsored by the New Mexico Humanities Council.

See this web page: https://tinyurl.com/yvw3a3nd

Sat., Oct. 19th at 3 PM, in person event, the El Morro Area Arts Council presents VanAnn Moore, who will give a performance of “Amazing Women of the Wild West: Territorial New Mexico”. Free. Description: “This program examines the territorial women through living history portrayals of Doña Tules (Gertrudes Barcelo), Susan Shelby Magoffin, and Lydia Spencer Lane. These women represented what it took to survive and thrive during colorful and extremely challenging times in New Mexico’s Territorial Era. It brings history into an understandable and personal reality.” Sponsored by the New Mexico Humanities Council.

See this web page: https://elmorroareaartscouncil.org/events/women-of-the-wild-west/

At the Old School Gallery at 4009 Ice Caves Road (state route 53) near Ramah.

For more info send a message to emaacdirector@gmail.com

Sat., Oct. 19th at 2 PM, in person event, the Magdalena Public Library at 108 North Main St. in Magdalena presents Monika Ghattas, who will give a presentation on ” Los Arabes of New Mexico”. Free. See this web page: https://tinyurl.com/bdd85pd2

For more info call 575-854-2361 or e-mail library@villageofmagdalena.com

Sat., Oct. 19th from 10 AM to 4 PM, in person event, the Friends of Coronado Historic Site, at Coronado Historic Site, 485 Kuaua Road in Bernalillo, presents its Fiesta of Cultures. $10 admission for those 16 and over. Free for those under 16 and other groups. See this web page with a schedule of events and more details: https://tinyurl.com/mr37s7c8

For more info send a message to friendsofchs@comcast.net or call 867-5351.

Sun., Oct. 20th at 2 PM, in person event, the Corrales Historical Society presents Michael Heralda, who will give a talk on “Origins of Día del Los Muertos”. Free. At Casa San Ysidro at 966 Old Church Road in Corrales.

See this web page: https://www.corraleshistory.org/speaker.html - scroll down

For more info send e-mail to CHSSpeakerSeries@CorralesHistory.org

On Sat., Oct. 26th starting at 6 PM, at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts will present author Cody Polston, who will discuss and sign copies of his new book “Ghost Stories of Central New Mexico”, which will be available for sale at the event. Mr. Polston is the author of several fantasy, paranormal fiction and nonfiction books. He is also the writer for Ghost Hunter X magazine. This event is open to the public. See this link on the Valencia County News-Bulletin web site for more info: https://tinyurl.com/yjs57fah

Oct. 25th thru 27th New Mexico Jewish Historical Society 2024 conference; virtual and in person event; At NM Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM. See this web page with conference info:

http://bhaktishakti.xara.hosting/NMJH-Conference/

Link to registration page: https://nmjhs.org/product-category/conference/

Oct. 24th thru Oct. 28th: 15th Annual Fred Harvey History Weekend in Santa Fe. See this web page with more info and a link to order tickets: https://tinyurl.com/23jd9rx4

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