A collection of interviews of people who represent a cross-section of Santa Fe during the best of times: native Santa Feans, both Spanish American and Anglo, artists, immigrants, those who came by accident, those who came intending to stay, those who fought to preserve the older cultures' traditions and values. List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(10) The Layout of a Town JOHN BRINKERHOFF JACKSON 11(3) A Santa Fe Girlhood AMALIA SENA S NCHEZ 14(14) The Jewish Merchants MYRA ELLEN JENKINS 28(1) Family Life and Scandals CONSUELO BERGERE MENDENHALL 29(5) From Mora to the Mission FRAY ANG ICO CH VEZ 34(8) Santa Fe and Indian Dances OLIVER LA FARGE 42(7) Watching the Town Change KATHARINE "PEACH" MAYER 49(5) Fiesta AMALIA SENA S NCHEZ AND OTHERS 54(20) Before the War ANITA GONZ LES THOMAS 74(25) Colorful New Mexico Politics MYRA ELLEN JENKINS 99(6) Politics AMALIA SENA S NCHEZ AND OTHERS 105(17) The Ranch at Rociada JOSEPHINE E. BACA 122(11) Man and the Land JOHN BRINKERHOFF JACKSON 133(1) An Artist's Santa Fe CHARLES "CHUCK" BARROWS 134(12) Indians, Attitudes, and Artists HAZEL FREDERICKSEN 146(10) Federal Indian Policy MYRA ELLEN JENKINS 156(7) Indians HAZEL FREDERICKSEN AND OTHERS 163(14) A Santa Fe Life ALICE HENDERSON ROSSIN 177(16) A Journalist's Story CALLA HAY 193(16) Remembering Mabel Dodge Luhan LETITIA EVANS FRANK 209(8) Landscape As Text JOHN BRINKERHOFF JACKSON 217(5) A Personal View of Santa Fe MYRA ELLEN JENKINS 222(3) How I Came to Santa Fe to Die PAUL FRANK 225(19) La Fonda ALICE HENDERSON ROSSIN AND OTHERS 244(9) An Indian View THOMAS AND DORIS DOZIER 253(10) Santa Fe, Pecos, and a Bit of Lebanon SAMUEL ADELO 263(14) Changes in Rural Life JOHN BRINKERHOFF JACKSON 277(3) Turn Left at the Sleeping Dog RICHARD BRADFORD 280(18) Department of Amplification OLIVER LA FARGE 298(5) A Texas Rancher at the Opera JAMES IRVEN STALEY 303(20) The Belle of the Ball MIRANDA SPERANZA MASOCCO LEVY 323(11) An Artist's Child Grows Up JERRY WEST 334(16) The Family Vernacular JOHN BRINKERHOFF JACKSON 350(1) Santa Fe by Accident MARGARET LARSSON 351(5) A Physician in the Fifties CAROL SMITH 356(11) Santa Fe since the Fifties ANITA GONZ LES THOMAS AND OTHERS 367(10) Postscript 377(4) Suggested Reading 381(2) Index 383