New Mexico tour

Fun times with friends on the New Mexico trip! Thanks to Davie Garrison and Donna Esposito for the photos of Taos today.

0. Wednesday, April 17
1. •Breakfast at the Hilton Buffalo Thunder in the Iguana Café
2. •Travel to Taos where our 1st stop is a guided tour of the Taos Pueblo
   https://taos.org/what-to-do/taos-pueblo/
3. •Next stop is The Millicent Rogers Museum with one of the finest collections of Native American jewelry, Maria Martinez pottery, textiles, and Spanish devotional artwork in New Mexico complete with a guided tour and a visit to the gift shophttps://millicentrogers.org/pages/welcome
4. •A brief visit to the historic and architecturally significant San Francisco de Asis Church https://www.san-francisco-de-asis.org/
5. •Lunch by the church at Ranchos Plaza Grill, a definite favorite of the localshttps://taosnews.com/stories/cooking-with-your-hands-your-mind-and-your- heart-at-ranchos-plaza-grill,33399
6. •Spend the remainder of the afternoon exploring Taos Plaza, the heart of downtown historic Taos filled with shops, galleries, monuments and museumshttps://taos.org/what-to-do/landmark-sites/taos-plaza/
7. •Check in at the beautiful El Monte Sagrado Resort in the heart of Taoshttps://www.elmontesagrado.com/
   •Dinner is nearby at Doc Martin’s located in the famous Taos Inn where you willexperience delicious food in a charming historic atmospherehttps://www.taosinn.com/
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   Julie Moore, Davie Garrison, Susan Dale, Anne Lupica at Long John Dunn coffee house.

   
   

   

   Our fabulous tour organizers, Lindy Isacksen and Linda Fritsch

   
   

   

   Margaret Baker and Renee Donnelly

   
   

Historical League New Mexico 3 day tour:

Tuesday, April 16: BUSY and enjoyable day!

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  Los Poblanos

  8:10 AM -- Leave Phoenix on Southwest Flight 530
• 10:15 AM – Arrive at Albuquerque International Airport
• Claim luggage and board tour bus
• Short ride to our 1st stop – Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm,
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• Enjoy a delicious box lunch from Los Poblanos on the way to our next stop -- Bandelier National Monument https://www.nps.gov/band/index.htm
• Head for our first night’s lodging at Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, a very nice Hilton property https://www.hiltonbuffalothunder.com/
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  Dinner is just minutes away at Gabriel’s Restaurant where we will ordersouthwestern fare from a menu created especially for ushttps://www.gabrielsofsantafe.com
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• Thanks to Donna Esposito, Claire Nullmeyer and Davie Garrison for great photos!
  
  
  
  

  

  Gardens at Los Poblanos

  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  Margarita time!

  
  
  

  

  First pool in Albuquerque was at Los Poblanos

  
  
  

  

  Bonnie Newhoff and Donna Esposito at Bandelier National Monument

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Annual Recognition Luncheon

We are all looking forward to this yearly event, celebrating all the volunteers for the Historical League and enjoying our entertaining and informative guest speaker, Robert Stieve from Arizona Highways.

Welcome to new member Mike Cady and his wife Dena

New Historical League member Mike Cady went above and beyond. Not only is he helping sell Tastes & Treasures II at shows, his wife, Dena, made a meal featuring recipes from the book. We should be so lucky to be invited to their house for dinner!
Stockyards Salmon Chili Citrus Glaze
Prescott Palace Prawns
St. Mary's Jazzy Jasmine Rice
Sprucedale Ranch Carrots
Sedona Schnebly Apple Pie Dessert

Then Dena prepared homemade jam from Josephine's for breakfast.

Historical League April meeting features dishes from Tastes & Treasures II

April 1 Historical League meeting included a lunch of Cowboy Coke burgers from Sprucedale Guest Ranch found in Tastes & Treasures II (page 117). Also featured Caesar salad with the recipe from long-time League member Alberta Lowry(page 158). Clede Gorrell is ready to enjoy her lunch. Thanks to the hospitality committee for decorating with Easter touches.

Encanto/Palmcroft Historic Home Tour March 24, 2019

Fun and successful day March 24 at Encanto/Palmcroft Home Tour with Julie Moore, Chris Hackett, Mary McMahon, Ruth McLeod (taking the pictures), Pat Christopherson, Susan Dale visiting with customers and sharing AZ history and recipes.  Susan's neighbor, Jenny, shopped with us.

Julie won the prize for biggest sale to John Lea, retired USMC!

2019 Historymaker Gala Silent Auction

There were amazing Silent Auction items at the 2019 Historymakers Gala. Thanks to Carolyn Hartman and Mary Pat Honey for procuring and organizing such fabulous items.
Some of the items included dining at Lon's at Hermosa Inn, El Chorro and Stockyards. These historic restaurants are also featured in Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona, with the book given as part of the auction prize. Some very fortunate winners will be reading the history and enjoying the delicious dinners soon.