NM# Centennial newsletter

…marking a light Centennial week, especially after deleting two Friday events already over. Centennial Journeys and Spanish Market look particularly appealing. So does catching up on events we missed in the Centennial albums on Facebook. 

New for You: A Centennial Journeys Moment          Interested in hearing about some of the weird, wacky and wonderful characters and events in New Mexico's history? We're sharing Centennial Journeys with you! Centennial Journeys is a series of two-minute programs offering interesting and often overlooked pieces of New Mexico’s history from the arrival of United States troops in 1846 to the present. Listen for them on your favorite New Mexico radio station, and now each newsletter will now feature a Centennial Journeys program as well. This week find out about New Mexico's remarkable Camel Corps of 1857. To hear more Centennial Journeys programs, please visit NMBroadcasters/centennial.   Check Out NM Centennial's Facebook Page!          Facebook.com/pages/NM-Centennial Couldn't make it to Santa Fe to see the Centennial Pony Express Ride? Or did you miss the Cattle Drive of the Century down in Hobbs? Check out NM Centennial's facebook page to see albums of these events and more! Centennial Spanish Market is just around the corner!           The Traditional Spanish Market is the oldest and largest Spanish Market in the US. This year it celebrates New Mexico's Centennial and will feature the work of over 300 Hispanic artists on display on the Santa Fe Plaza and surrounding streets. It's just around the corner-- so be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, July 28 through Sunday, July 29. For further information please call (505) 982-2226, or visitwww.spanishcolonialblog.org or NMCentennial.org   More Events Statewide...        Lecture by John L. Kessell: ¡Más Allá! Don Bernado de Miera y Pacheco and the 18th Century Kingdom of New Mexico Saturday, July 21 at 10:30am to 12pm. From the day of his baptism in 1713 to 1741, Bernardo Miera y Pacheco’s life is a virtual blank. Yet by the time he died in Santa Fe in 1785,  Miera y Pacheco had worn more hats, drawn more maps, known more Indians, & explored more of the boundless Kingdom & Provinces of New Mexico than any vecino before or after him. Bernardo Miera y Pacheco embodied the very heart and soul of 18th century New Mexico. Botts Hall, Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102 For more information, please call (505) 848-1376. For more information, please visit Centennial Speakers Series Geocaching New Mexico Centennial Project: Taos Has a Secret Saturday, July 21 from 9am to 5pm. This event is part of an Official Centennial Project, featuring eleven monthly events in celebration of New Mexico’s Centennial. Hidden as part of each of these events will be one special cache containing a clue to the final New Mexico Centennial Puzzle Cache which will be published in December. Come and have fun to celebrate New Mexico’s Centennial … Taos style! The event will start at 9am at Fred Baca Park. When you get to the coordinates you will see tennis courts. Look for the covered picnic area on the west side of the tennis courts. Fred Baca Park, Taos, NM. For more information, please visit NMCentennial.org