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The petroglyphs of Northern New Mexico
The life of Embudo Station Restaurant
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By Taylor Hood
By Taylor Hood
From the Editor Taos is a place of culture. It is a place of art and stories and people. It is a place with an identity all its own and nothing defines a people and place quite like the legends, or leyendas, they hold dear. That’s why it is such an honor to get to tell these stories, these legends of Taos, every year. There is no shortage of long-ago tales and myths of the Northern New Mexico landscapes. But we’ve managed to narrow this year’s issue of Tradiciones: Leyendas down to three such stories. First and foremost, what defines a place’s legends and myths more than the ghost stories they tell. That’s why we feel so lucky to get a ghost tour from Taos’ very own ghost expert Melody Romancito. Check out her fantastic story on page 4. Also in this issue, we take a look at the history of petroglyphs in the Taos area. Marked in straight lines chipped out of volcanic rock, these are some of our first legends. Check out page 8 for more. Finally, it sits on the side of State Road 68, sometimes bursting with life, but most often vacant and lonely. It’s the historic Embudo Station. We take a look at this oddity of Northern New Mexico and its past on page 12. Thank you for reading this issue of Tradiciones: Leyendas. Enjoy the tales and legends of our home. Immerse yourself in the history and try not to get too spooked out (Melody tries her best to frighten.) We hope you enjoy this issue and we look forward to telling more Legends of Taos in next year’s issue. Sincerely, Taylor Hood, magazine editor
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La Llorona, El Cucuyi and the Devil dances with your auntie by Melody Romancito
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LA LLORONA, EL CUCUYI AND THE DEVIL LEYENDAS
We are up to our necks in ghosts and legendary spirits in Northern New Mexico. I don’t think there is a place you can stay in the Historic District without hearing some sort of story about weird occurrences, if not downright hauntings. Leave the historic district and it really doesn’t let up. The stories just change like the neighborhoods and the neighbors along with it. If you’re lucky enough to be from the Taos area or know people who are, always take the time to listen to their stories about the supernatural. Even though they might say, “Oh I never saw anything, really,” it’s a sure bet they know someone who did and it’s not just your basic, could-be-anywhere spooky story, it always has that Taos artistic flourish – a little something extra that makes it puts it over the top, just like that little extra dollop of green chile.
LA LLORONA
The story of La Llorona is one that runs through our valley like the ditches and waterways we love and steward here with so much care. The people of Hispano and other bloodlines have used the tales of the weeping woman, La Llorona, to keep their kids from playing in the ditches and streams for generations. Her sad story is varied depending on the teller of the story and where they might be from, but always, the narrative centers around the drowning of her children and how she is doomed forever to search the waterways for them. “She’s so hungry for her little ones that she might grab you, too. You stay out of that ditch!” is the warning of parents everywhere in the valley, even today.
EL CUCUYI
Another larger-than-life boogeyman is El Cucuyi. He or she might have many different spellings of the name, but one thing this bugbear shares in all manifestations is his desire to take disobedient children. Unlike La Llorona, his malicious scouring of the countryside for bad girls and boys does not stop on dry land. He will get you anywhere. Also known as the Coco Man, he’ll grab your arm or foot if you let it hang out from under the covers, dangling like the fleshly temptation it is. Even if you think you’re all grown up and the Coco Man is a part of your childhood or tales your grandmothers told, you better bring that arm back in because, you just never know.
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In the old days, at night, if your fire in your fireplace threw out too many sparks, it was the horse shoes and hooves of the devil’s steed on the roof of your house making those sparks — not just a big sticky patch of piñon sap.
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THE DEVIL
Besides these lower-management spooks we also are a destination zone for the very Devil himself. He appears in plenty of places, even visiting folks in their homes, but one of the more striking kinds of stories are of his visitations in the popular watering holes and dancehalls of the past. To be accused of the devil visiting your home was no light thing. Even the most innocent of occurrences could result in your neighbors questioning your devotion to goodness. In the old days, at night, if your fire in your fireplace threw out too many sparks, it was the horse shoes and hooves of the devil’s steed on the roof of your house making those sparks – not just a big sticky patch of piñon sap. But what about being duped into dancing with the devil? That’s a story that gets told over and over. Many of the stories are about bars and dancehalls that are no longer standing. The story goes pretty much the same though. The night is late and spirits are high and everyone is having a great time and in walks this guy who is so good looking all the women are checking him out and all the men are asking where in the heck in Taos County is this guy from? He’s so charming and so good looking. He’s telling all the best jokes and buying drinks all around, and he’s dancing with all the ladies, not just the pretty ones, which endears him to everyone, but wait … and this is where the story starts to change. All of a sudden this charming guy just goes a little bit too far, somehow. The laughter gets a little too manic and then people report those shiny boots have turned into hooves of the beast and a tail is suddenly visible. Everybody comes to the same conclusion all at once. “This guy is not only too good to be true, he’s not even human. He’s the very Devil, and we’ve all been partying and dancing with him for the last two hours – and now he’s gone!” Of course, that last part depends on how much you like keeping that spooky story going. It’s one thing to kick the Devil out of your neighborhood watering hole. It’s another thing to keep him out of the homes and riverbanks of the entire valley.
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The Story is in the Stones The petroglyphs of Northern New Mexico by Taylor Hood
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n the ancient desert, under the stars and moonlight of the New Mexico night, a person ran a careful finger down the smooth surface of a rock face. The rock wasn’t the perfect canvas, and the process of creating a picture wasn’t easy, but this ancestor of the Puebloan Peoples was determined to etch their thoughts and dreams, their voice, into the annals of time. Ink would never last through the harsh desert elements and paper was yet to be invented, so the process of the petroglyph was born. Did these ancient people know their voices would reach across time? Did they realize they had a direct line to later generations? Whatever they believed, the fact is their loves and hates, their passions and fears are immortalized throughout our desert community of Northern New Mexico in the form of rock carvings called petroglyphs. The canvas No strangers to making their voices heard across eons, volcanoes are central characters in the story of the Taos petroglyphs. According to the Taos Ski Valley Chamber of Commerce: “Millions of years ago, molten lava stretched across the Taos volcanic field. Upon cooling, extensive layers of lava formed the Pliocene-era Servilleta basalts. As the continent shifted, the Río Grande Rift exposed a winding path through the thick basalt crust. After tens of thousands of years of weathering, the Río Grande River formed its famous canyon walls. The basalt that remains underground and unexposed to the elements are light brown. Those exposed to the sun, snow, wind, water and ice develop a permanent patina of rich dark brown to an almost black. The more weathering, the deeper the patina.” The resulting rock fields around Taos made for the perfect canvases for early Pueblo artists.
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
The brush Using bone or harder stone tools, early artists would chip and carve images into the darkest stones they could find. Underneath the weathered rock surface is the light brown coloring of the actual stone. With this process, these storytellers were able to create straight-line artwork. Sometimes the work was intricate, and sometimes simple, but always meaningful. Pro tip: The darker the actual carving, the older the petroglyph. The art Petroglyphs are messages from the past. They are the precursors to art, and storytelling, and record-keeping. As such, their meaning is hidden in their mere existence. That said, most petroglyphs found in Northern New Mexico are either simple designs or wildlife. However, some can be found that show people, particularly hunters. These seem to be less art than storytelling as the volcanic canyon walls offered the perfect fertile ground for Puebloan Peoples to hunt. Like today, the art of the ancient world reflected how the artists experienced that world.
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Petroglyphs are carvings in the face of rocks. The desert patina that forms on the rocks surface over time, is chipped away to reveal the fresh stone beneath. Paintings on rocks are called pictographs. The word ‘petroglyph’ is derived from the Greek words ‘petra,’ meaning ‘stone,’ and ‘glyphein,’ meaning ‘to carve.’
Petroglyph sites near Taos
The Orilla Verde Recreation Area in the Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument is open year-round. In addition to hiking, visitors can enjoy wildlife viewing, fishing, paddle sports and biking in the area. According to taosskivalley.org: ‘For an easy walk/hike to view petroglyphs, park your vehicle at the La Vista Verde Trailhead (GPS coordinates 36° 20’ 30” N 105° 44’ 10 W) and proceed east on the trail. As you walk along the gravel path, the vast chasm walls of the Río Grande Gorge seem to reach the sky – but watch your step! Various indigenous cactus easily blend in with the clusters of rock, grasses and sage just off the trail and among the willows closer to the river’s edge.’ The Slide Trail is a more moderate climb. However, the juice is worth the squeeze as you’ll find ‘... picturesque views while you trek across seasonal small springs and arroyos that empty into the Río Grande below. Beginning at the parking lot near the Taos Junction Bridge, your hike up the Slide Trail will take you 1.3 miles to the rim of the Gorge.
Petroglyphs carved on rock surface by prehistoric Native American(s) at the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico, USA. SHUTTERSTOCK
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The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
When Katherine Wells agreed to have her 188-acre parcel of land recorded by the New Mexico Archaeological Society’s Rock Art Field School led by Jay and Helen Crotty in 1993 and 1994, she had no idea that she would be donating to The Archaeological Conservancy in 2007 in what became known as The Wells Petroglyph Preserve. The preserve represents the most concentrated area of petroglyphs on Mesa Prieta and is on the National Register of Historic Places and the State Register of Cultural Properties. “Recognizing that the petroglyphs on Mesa Prieta offer an irreplaceable link to the past, an effort to organize a project to survey and record all the petroglyphs on the mesa was initiated in 1999. The organizers of the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project realized the preservation of that history was critical to the area’s quality of life,” says the organization’s website. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project relies on income from grants, generous donors, income from tours, sales of merchandise and various creative fundraising efforts to support educational, recording and numerous other preservation activities. For more information, visit mesaprietapetroglyphs.org.
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LOCKED IN TIME The life of Embudo Station Restaurant By Taylor Hood
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or years it has sat on the side of State Road 68, just south of Taos. At times it has tempted passers-by with its promise of relaxation on the banks of the Río Grande, at other times it has sat vacant, a tribute to better days. It was the Embudo Station Restaurant. Now it is simply a 5 1/2 -acre property with five residential structures and three apartments, river access, a concrete bridge over the Río Grande, a mountain of old signs (“For Sale” and otherwise) at its entrance, and a heap of potential. But that has always been the case for the picturesque property with its on-again-off-again history as a restaurant and commercial property. The history of the station property and the surrounding community is long, but quiet. Embudo was founded in 1881 as a station along the old Chili Line railroad from Santa Fe to Antonito, Colorado. Later, it became the site of the first United States Geological Survey (USGS) stream-gauging station. It also became the first USGC hydrographer training center. In 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Over its nearly 150-year history, the property has fluctuated between a bustling town center (relatively) with a popular restaurant nestled on the banks of the Río Grande, to a vacant set of forgotten buildings littering the side of the highway. BUT, there are a number of interesting points about this particular area, according to property owner, Preston Cox. “Embudo Station is near the bottom of the ‘wild and scenic’ section of the Río Grande,” Cox says in an email. “This means that the possibility of future river development is certainly limited by the Federal government. Even the mine in Questa would have a hard time opening because of strict standards. The property behind Embudo Station is all [Bureau of Land Management]. The prospect of future development is virtually none.” More to that point, the riparian zone – or the area along the banks of a river – of the Río Grande is one of the most protected riparian zones in the country due to its importance as a migration spot for endangered birds. That means commercial development along the Río Grande in New Mexico is rare. But Embudo Station is different.
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Embudo Station • The nearby Embudo Historic District was founded in 1881. • “Embudo” is Spanish for “funnel.” • Embudo Station was once a part of Dixon. • The land surrounding the station is protected by the Bureau of Land Management. • It was the site of the first USGS stream-gauge station.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM H. DENVER & RIO GRANDE DEPOT, EMBUDO, NEW MEXICO, CA. 1917-1920. COURTESY OF THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS PHOTO ARCHIVES (NMHM/DCA), WILLIAM H. ROBERTS COLLECTION, #149846A.
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t is privately owned and grandfathered-in as a restaurant and commercial property. All of this jargon is to say, Embudo Station exists much as it did when it was first founded over a century ago. And, if the federal and state protections succeed in their purpose, it will be likely to stay the same for many years to come. It is a property locked in time. So, what does the future hold for this “restaurant that was?” It’s currently for sale again (listed by Sothebys) and it is touting the Station’s history along with its access to summertime river sports. The pandemic has hit it a bit hard though and it has been for sale since late 2019. The hope for the surrounding community is that the new owner will revive the restaurant once again and bring back the lifeblood of Embudo. As of now, the Embudo Station sits empty, the occasional car or truck pulling into its dusty driveway; visitors looking to explore or potential buyers discussing bright plans for the future. Three cheap white deck chairs sit on the West Bank of the Río Grande, just down the hill from the old restaurant with it’s large front windows. They are dirty and have seen better days, but they still function and with a little TLC, they may become chairs that people want to sit on again. Because these chairs and the property they represent sit on the streaming shores of the “Grand River,” and that means someone will always be willing to fix them up. “The river will change you,” says Cox. “If you listen, you will have a lot to learn.”
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