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A town of northern New Mexico north-northeast of Santa Fe. It developed as an art colony after 1898 and has attracted many artists and writers, including John Marin and D.H. Lawrence. Population: 5,190.

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Taos (rhymes with house) means "in the village." The northernmost of the Pueblo Indian villages in New Mexico, Taos was described first in 1540 by Spanish explorers. This agricultural community, distinguished by its five-story buildings, had been residence to several hundred Tiwa-speaking inhabitants since at least A.D. 1200–1250. The Spanish renamed the town San Gerónimo de Taos, and Fray Pedro de Miranda built an outpost near the village in 1617. Taos participated in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, which drove the Spaniards out of New Mexico. The community endured the reoccupation in 1692, but it rebelled again in 1696. This rebellion was quelled by Don Diego de Vargas.

After 1696, Spanish authorities and their Mexican successors ruled Taos peacefully by tolerating traditional religious practices and recognizing an annual trade bazaar that attracted plains Indians eager to acquire Pueblo wares and crops. Known as the Taos Fair after 1723, the institution brought a short season of peace to the province and boosted New Mexico's economy. In 1796, Fernando Chacon granted land to seventy-three Hispanic families to settle where the present incorporated town of San Fernando de Taos is located, three miles south of the pueblo.

During the Mexican era (1821–1846), Taos became important as home to many American traders, most notably Christopher "Kit" Carson. Taoseños revolted against Mexican rule in 1837 and against American rule in 1847, killing the trader Charles Bent, the first American territorial governor. Retribution led to strained relations among Anglos, Hispanos, and Taos Indians for decades to come.

By 1900, Taos had become home to the Taos school of American painters, most notably Bert Phillips and Ernest Blumenschein, who attracted many other artists in the early twentieth century, among them Mabel Dodge, Andrew Dasburg, Georgia O'Keeffe, and John Marin. Since the 1950s, Taos has become a favorite Western resort for tourists and skiers. In 1970, after a half century of legal battles, Taos Pueblo regained title to Blue Lake, a sacred site off-reservation within the nearby Carson National Forest.

Bibliography

Bodine, John J. "Taos Pueblo." In Handbook of North American Indians. Edited by William C. Sturtevant et al. Volume 9: Southwest, edited by Alfonso Ortiz. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.

Grant, Blanche C. When Old Trails Were New: The Story of Taos. New York: Press of the Pioneers, 1934. Reprint, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991.

Porter, Dean A., Teresa Hayes Ebie, and Suzan Campbell. Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898–1950. Notre Dame, Ind.: Snite Museum of Art; distributed by University of New Mexico Press, 1999.

Simmons, Marc. New Mexico: A Bicentennial History. New York: Norton, 1977.

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Taos (tous), town (1990 pop. 4,065), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), seat of Taos co., N N.Mex., between the Rio Grande and the Sangre de Cristo Mts.; founded c.1615, inc. 1934. In an area of pueblos and scenic beauty, Taos developed as an art colony (principally after 1898) and attracted many painters and writers, notably John Marin and D. H. Lawrence. Artist organizations and galleries include the Harwood Foundation (gallery, studios, and school; operated by the Univ. of New Mexico). The town was founded in the early 17th cent. by Spaniards. For many years, Taos was an important Native American and Spanish trading point. It was the center of the Pueblo revolt (1680) and of a Native American uprising (1847). Kit Carson's grave and preserved house (1825) are there. The city is also the headquarters for Carson National Forest.

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Taos, New Mexico
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Coordinates: 36°23′38″N 105°34′36″W / 36.39389°N 105.57667°W / 36.39389; -105.57667
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Taos
Area
 • Total 5.4 sq mi (13.9 km2)
 • Land 5.4 sq mi (13.9 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 6,969 ft (2,124 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 4,700
 • Density 874.5/sq mi (337.6/km2)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code 87571
Area code(s) 575
FIPS code 35-76200
GNIS feature ID 0911545
Website www.taosgov.com

Taos (play /ˈtaʊs/) is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico, incorporated in 1934. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,700. Other nearby communities include Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, and El Prado. The town is close to Taos Pueblo, the Native American village and tribe from which it takes its name.

Taos is also the county seat of Taos County. The name is also referred to by the nearby ski resort of Taos Ski Valley. The English name Taos derives from the native Taos language meaning "place of red willows".

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History

Taos Pueblo

Main article: Taos Pueblo

The Taos Pueblo, that borders the town of Taos on its north side, has been occupied for nearly a millennium. It is estimated that the pueblo was built between 1000 and 1450 A.D., with some later expansion, and the pueblo is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States.[1]

Located in a tributary valley off the Rio Grande, it is the most northern of the New Mexico pueblos. The Pueblo, at some places five stories high, is a combination of many individual homes with common walls. There are over 1,900 people in the Taos pueblo community. Some of them have modern homes near their fields and stay at their homes on the pueblo during cooler weather. There are about 150 people who live at the pueblo year-around. The Taos Pueblo was added as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 as one of the most significant historical cultural landmarks in the world; Other sites include the Taj Mahal, Great Pyramids and the Grand Canyon in the United States.[1]

Spanish colonization

Taos was established c. 1615 as Fernandez de Taos, following the Spanish conquest of the Indian Pueblo villages. Initially, relations of the Spanish settlers with Taos Pueblo were amicable,[2] but resentment of meddling by missionaries, and demands by encomenderos for tribute, led to a revolt in 1640; Taos Indians killed their priest and a number of Spanish settlers, and fled the pueblo, not returning until 1661.[3]

In 1680, Taos Pueblo joined the widespread Pueblo Revolt. After the Spanish Reconquest of 1692, Taos Pueblo continued armed resistance to the Spanish until 1696, when Governor Diego de Vargas defeated the Indians at Taos Canyon.[3]

During the 1770s, Taos was repeatedly raided by Comanches who lived on the plains of what is now eastern Colorado. Juan Bautista de Anza, governor of the Province of New Mexico, led a successful punitive expedition in 1779 against the Comanches.

U.S. territory and statehood

Mexico ceded the region to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican-American War. After the U.S. takeover of New Mexico in 1847, Hispanics and American Indians in Taos staged a rebellion, known as the Taos Revolt, in which the newly appointed U.S. Governor, Charles Bent, was killed. New Mexico was a territory of the United States beginning 1850 and became a state in 1912.

For historical reasons, Taos Plaza is one of the few places in the country where the American flag may properly be displayed continuously (both day and night). This derives from the time of the American Civil War, when Confederate sympathizers in the area attempted to remove the flag. The Union officer Kit Carson sought to discourage this activity by having guards surround the area and fly the flag 24 hours a day.[4]

"The Padre of Isleta", Anton Docher first served as a priest in Taos before leaving for Isleta in 1891.[5]

Taos art colony

Main articles: Taos Society of Artists and Taos art colony

Beginning in 1899, artists began to settle in Taos; six formed the Taos Society of Artists in 1915. In time, the Taos art colony developed. Many paintings were made of local scenes, especially of Taos Pueblo and activities there, as the artists often modelled Native Americans from the pueblo in their paintings. Some of the artists' studios have been preserved and may be viewed by visitors to Taos. These include the Ernest L. Blumenschein House, the Couse/Sharp Historic Site, and the Nicolai Fechin house, all of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6][7] Influential later 20th-century Taos artists include R. C. Gorman and Agnes Martin.

Historical places and tourism

National Register of Historic Places

Taos Pueblo
E.L. Blumenschein House Library, National Register of Historical Places
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Taos County, New Mexico

Taos is home to more than twenty sites on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]

Pueblos

Three miles north of Taos is the Taos Pueblo; south is the Picuris Pueblo.

Taos art colony

Many of the historic sites are homes and studios of artists, including the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio—Joseph Henry Sharp Studios, the Nicolai Fechin House, the Leon Gaspard House, and the Ernest Martin Hennings House. On Ledoux street, just south of the Taos Plaza, is the Ernest L. Blumenschein House and Harwood House.

Other historic sites

The center of the Taos Downtown Historic District is the Taos Plaza. Just west of that is the La Morada de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. North of the Taos Plaza is the Governor Charles Bent House and the Taos Inn. Further north in Taos the The Bernard Beimer House. On the southwestern edge of the Taos Historic district is La Loma Plaza Historic District. East of the plaza on Kit Carson Road is the Kit Carson House.
North of Taos is the Turley Mill and Distillery Site and the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Just outside of Taos in Ranchitos is the Martinez Hacienda, the home turned museum of the late Padre Antonio José Martínez. South of Taos is the Ranchos de Taos Plaza with the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church.
Taos Historic District Places from Taos Plaza
Governor Charles Bent House, Taos Inn, The Bernard Beimer House, Taos Art Museum, the Nicolai Fechin House, Taos Pueblo Mabel Dodge Luhan House
La Morada de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Kit Carson House, Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio—Joseph Henry Sharp Studios, Ernest Martin Hennings House, the Leon Gaspard House
   Taos Plaza    
La Loma Plaza Historic District Ernest L. Blumenschein House, Harwood House

Other Historic Places

Twenty miles northwest is the D. H. Lawrence Ranch (originally known as the Kiowa Ranch and now owned by the University of New Mexico), the home of the English novelist in the 1920s. It is believed that his ashes are buried there at the D. H. Lawrence Memorial. Another novelist who lived for a while in Taos was Alexander Trocchi.

Tourism

Art

There are many ways to explore art in Taos. There are three Art Museums in Taos: Harwood Museum of Art, Taos Art Museum and Millicent Rogers Museum that provide art from the pueblo Native Americans, Taos Society of Artists and modern and contemporary artists of the Taos art colony. The town has more than eighty art galleries and there are several houses of the Taos Society of Artists.[9][10]

Performing Arts

There are several local venues for the performing arts in Taos. The Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) draws nationally renowned and local performers at the Taos Community Auditorium. They also presents independent film series. Three chamber music groups perform at TCA: Taos School of Music, Taos Chamber Music Group, and Music from Angel Fire. The Harwood Museum of Art is site of other performances and lectures. The Town of Taos Convention Center offers a venue for other local performances.[11]

Recreation

Summer activities

The Taos valley, Rio Grande and Taos mountains provide many opportunities for recreation, such as fly fishing, horse back riding, golfing, hot air ballooning, llama trekking, rafting, mountain biking and more. Nearby, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad provides a ride through the Toltec Gorge and Rocky Mountain passes in an authentic narrow-gauge steam railroads.[12]

Winter activities

In the winter many people come to Taos to ski. Wheeler Peak, at 13,161 feet, is the highest peak in New Mexico. The Taos area has four ski areas - Taos Ski Valley, Red River ski area, Sipapu (ski area) and Angel Fire ski area. Other winter activities include hot air ballooning, horseback riding, snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling.[13]
Destinations from Taos
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Tres Piedras, Toltec Gorge Taos Pueblo, Valdez, Questa Taos Ski Valley, Wheeler Peak, Red River
Carson National Forest Angel Fire, Eagle Nest
   Taos    
Rancho de Taos, Ojo Caliente Sipapu, Penasco, Picuris Pueblo Santa Fe National Forest

Demographics

As of the census[14] of 2000, there were 4,700 people, 2,067 households, and 1,157 families residing in the town. The population density was 874.5 inhabitants per square mile (337.6 /km2). There were 2,466 housing units at an average density of 458.8 per square mile (177.1 /km2). The racial makeup of the town was 68.04% White, 0.53% African American, 4.11% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 21.66% from other races, and 4.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 54.34% of the population.

There were 2,067 households out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.7% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.0% were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the town the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,016, and the median income for a family was $33,564. Males had a median income of $27,683 versus $23,326 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,983. About 17.9% of families and 23.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.8% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.

Geography and climate

View northerly from Taos Plaza toward Taos Mountain.

Taos is located at 36°23′38″N 105°34′36″W / 36.39389°N 105.57667°W / 36.39389; -105.57667 (36.393979, -105.576705).[15]

The town has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14 km2), all land.[16]

Taos is located near the Rio Pueblo de Taos, a tributary of the Rio Grande. Just to the west of Taos is the Rio Grande Gorge, cutting through the basalt flows of the Taos Plateau volcanic field and crossed by the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, now a part of U.S. Route 64.[17]

The elevation of the town is 6,967 feet (2,124 m).[18] Just north of Taos is Wheeler Peak, at 13,161 feet (4,011 m), the highest point in New Mexico.[18] Taos has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with extreme diurnal variations of temperature and low rainfall. Even when summer days get extremely hot, nights can be pleasantly cool.

Climate data for Taos, New Mexico
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 66
(19)		 73
(23)		 77
(25)		 82
(28)		 93
(34)		 97
(36)		 99
(37)		 99
(37)		 94
(34)		 86
(30)		 83
(28)		 66
(19)		 99
(37)
Average high °F (°C) 40.0
(4.4)		 45.4
(7.4)		 52.9
(11.6)		 62.8
(17.1)		 72.0
(22.2)		 82.1
(27.8)		 85.6
(29.8)		 83.3
(28.5)		 76.5
(24.7)		 65.9
(18.8)		 52.2
(11.2)		 41.8
(5.4)		 63.4
(17.4)
Average low °F (°C) 9.7
(−12.4)		 16.3
(−8.7)		 22.9
(−5.1)		 29.6
(−1.3)		 37.6
(3.1)		 45.6
(7.6)		 51.0
(10.6)		 49.8
(9.9)		 42.6
(5.9)		 32.0
(0.0)		 20.9
(−6.2)		 12.2
(−11.0)		 30.8
(−0.7)
Record low °F (°C) −27
(−33)		 −27
(−33)		 −11
(−24)		 0
(−18)		 13
(−11)		 28
(−2)		 36
(2)		 36
(2)		 22
(−6)		 0
(−18)		 −21
(−29)		 −27
(−33)		 −27
(−33)
Precipitation inches (mm) 0.67
(17)		 0.61
(15.5)		 0.82
(20.8)		 0.90
(22.9)		 1.20
(30.5)		 0.90
(22.9)		 1.64
(41.7)		 1.85
(47)		 1.28
(32.5)		 1.08
(27.4)		 0.73
(18.5)		 0.63
(16)		 12.31
(312.7)
Snowfall inches (cm) 7.2
(18.3)		 5.2
(13.2)		 4.9
(12.4)		 1.8
(4.6)		 0.4
(1)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.5
(1.3)		 2.8
(7.1)		 6.2
(15.7)		 29
(74)
Avg. precipitation days 4 5 5 5 6 5 10 10 6 5 4 4 69
Source: Western Regional Climate Centre [19]

Education

Elementary, Middle and High Schools

The town's public schools are operated by Taos Municipal Schools include Arroyos del Norte Elementary School, Enos García Elementary (also Taos Elementary School), Ranchos Elementary School, Taos Middle School, Taos High School and Taos Cyber Magnet School.[20]
Charter schools include Anansi Charter School, Taos Academy (State Charter), Taos Municipal Charter School and Vista Grande High School.[21] Also in the area are additional alternative and private schools: Chrysalis Alternative School, Sped Discipline, Yaxche Private School, Taos Christian Academy, and San Francisco De Asis School.[22]

Universities

Dallas-based Southern Methodist University operates a 295 acres (1.19 km2) campus at Fort Burgwin in Taos.[23]
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico (UNM) operates a community campus in Taos, with eight affiliated buildings in Taos, such as the UNM Harwood Museum of Art and Taos High School where some classes are held.[24][25]

Government

Taos emblem
Taos Town Hall

The town of Taos is incorporated under the mayor-council form of government. The town was incorporated on May 7, 1934.[26] The town seal is a logo of the town of Taos with the year of incorporation "1934" in the center, and on the outer edge, the words "Town of Taos, New Mexico".[27]

The elective officers of the town include: the mayor, 4 members of the governing body forming the town council, and a municipal judge.[28] The town council is the board of finance of the town. The town manager and finance director serve as the nonvoting members to the board of finance.[29] Key positiongs within the town government are town manager, appointed by the major, Town Attorney, Town Clerk, Town Engineer and Chief of Police.[30]

The current town officers serving from serving from March 2010-March 2014 are:[31]

  • Mayor: Darren Cordova (Democrat) serving from March 2010-March 2014.
  • Town council members: Michael A. Silva, Rudy Abeyta, Amy Quintana and Gene Sanchez. Silva and Abeyta are serving from March 2010-March 2014; Quintan and Sanchez from March 2008-March 2012.

Taos is predominantly made up of Democrats; In 2008, approximately 74% of registered Taos County voters were Democrats, 13% Republicans and about 13% were alternate parties or decline to affiliate with a party.[32]

Transportation

Public Transportation

Chile Line, Taos public transportation

The Chile Line, operated by the town of Taos, is Taos' only public transportation system. The transit system provides paratransit service for citizens with special needs and ensures that all route buses are American Disability Act (ADA) equipped.[33]

Taos Express

Taos Express, a service of the Town of Taos, provides transportation on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from the Taos Plaza to the New Mexico Rail Runner, Santa Fe Municipal Airport, and Santa Fe transit.[34]

Regional public transportation

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has public transportation service between regional areas. The Taos region has service to Cerro, Penasco, Questa, Red River, the Rio Grande corridor and the University of New Mexico - Taos Klaur campus. At the OhKay Owingeh Casino passengers can connect to other regional routes, such as Espanola, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Northern Pueblos area.[35] In 2003 the Regional Transit District Act was enacted, which authorized the creation of Regional Transit Districts (RTD's) in the state of New Mexico; In September, 2004, the North Central Regional RTD was the first RTD to be certified by the New Mexico Transportation Commission.[36]

Airports

Taos Regional Airport (SKX) is under the direct supervision of the Town of Taos. The airport is located just a few miles north of the Town of Taos on U.S. Route 64 towards the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.[37]

Other airports in New Mexico include the Santa Fe Municipal Airport and Albuquerque International Sunport.[38]

Media outlets

Print and online newspaper publications

El Crepusculo de la Libertad was the first Taos newspaper, which began in 1834 with the first printing press west of the Mississippi.[3] Its successor The Taos News, which also does business as El Crepusculo, is the primary printed newspaper in Taos.

Newspapers

Online Taos news forums

Taos News is an online news site by Topix that pulls and reports news articles about Taos.[41] Taos Horse Fly is an online news forum by Lydia's Clear Blue Sky, LLC.[42] TaosVision is an online site of video news highlights about Taos[43]

Television

There are two local cable television stations: Taos Local Television Public Access Channel 2[44] and Channel 22.[45] See also List of television stations in New Mexico.

Radio

Radio stations in Taos include:

Radio Station Frequency FM/AM Format
KBOM 94.7 FM Top-40.[46]
KKIT 95.9 FM "The Mountain", pop, rock, classic rock.[46]
KKTC 99.9 FM "True Country".[47]
KLNN 103.7 FM Adult contemporary music.[48]
KQBA 107.5 FM Hot AC.[46]
KRDR 90.1 FM Variety.[46]
KTAO 101.9 FM Solar radio station with an adult album alternative music format.[46]
KVOT 1340 AM Talk (progressive).[49]
KXMT 99.1 FM Radio Exitos is the local 24-hour Spanish radio station serving Taos, northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.[50]
KYBR 92.9 FM Spanish.[46]

In the media

On September 18, 1991, the PBS TV series Reading Rainbow shot its seventy-third episode "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" here. The title was based on a book by Tomie dePaola and was narrated by Harold Littlebird (born 1951). Santa Fe's Dominic C. Arquero introduced himself at this program's beginning.[51][52]

The Taos Gorge Bridge is featured in the 2009 film, Terminator Salvation,[53] the 1994 film Natural Born Killers,[54] and in Wild Hogs.[55]

Taos Hum

An ongoing low frequency noise, audible only to some, is thought to originate somewhere near this town and is consequently sometimes known as the Taos Hum. Those who have heard the Hum usually hear it west of Taos near Tres Orejas. The Taos Hum was featured on the TV show Unsolved Mysteries,[56] and it was also briefly mentioned in an episode of The X-Files.[57]

Events

Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival

The Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival was a film festival held in the town from the mid 1990s to 2003. The festival's top prize was 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land.[58][59][60]

Sister cities

Taos has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International:

Notable residents

Gary Johnson, Former two-term governor of New Mexico
Kit Carson, American explorer and frontiersman
D. H. Lawrence, author

Gallery

  • Pueblo Peak

  • View of Taos from mountain trail

  • Downtown Paseo Del Pueblo Norte in Taos

  • Spanish Revival-style First Baptist Church

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