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VELTRI’S VAULT with Pat Veltri – Histories and Features

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A Sweet 100 Years: Raton’s Pappas Family Celebrates a Century of “Going Forward”in the Food Service Industry

Posted on Jan 16th, 2024 - By Annetta Martinez - 0 Comments

A Sweet 100 Years: Raton's Pappas Family Celebrates a Century of “Going Forward”in the Food Service Industry By Pat Veltri One hundred…

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Arthur Johnson Memorial Library: A Paranormal Playground? By Pat Veltri

Posted on Dec 5th, 2023 - By Annetta Martinez - 0 Comments

      It was business as usual on a Thursday evening at the Arthur Johnson Memorial Library, the one night of the week…

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Ruth Brown Saunders: Colfax County Educator By Pat Veltri

Posted on Jun 19th, 2023 - By Annetta Martinez - 2 Comments

Ruth Brown Saunders: Colfax County Educator By Pat Veltri Wilson School, the First Year Wilson School, courtesy of Bill Littrell's…

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Raton’s Kearny Entrada: A History Lesson Packed with Fun

Posted on Sep 19th, 2022 - By Annetta Martinez - 0 Comments

Raton's Kearny Entrada: A History Lesson Packed with Fun By Pat Veltri Saturday, May 27, 1954...It was a beautiful Spring day, bright and…

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The Clifton House: Relay Station and Hostelry on the Santa Fe Trail By Pat Veltri

Posted on Aug 27th, 2021 - By Annetta Martinez - 0 Comments

Readers, take a moment and skip backward in time to nineteenth century Colorado Territory, circa 1870. Put yourself in a top of the line Barlow and…

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Richard J. Bonahoom: Raton’s Legendary Police Chief By Pat Veltri

Posted on Feb 24th, 2021 - By Annetta Martinez - 2 Comments

   Imagine this scene from Raton's past: Saturday night, sometime in the early 1950s. A tide of miners, ranchers, race trackers, and…

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Theater Group Found Home at Shuler and National Popularity

Posted on Feb 8th, 2021 - By Annetta Martinez - 0 Comments

In Fond Memory of Bill Fegan Actor, Director, Producer, Booking Agent, Entrepreneur who established a permanent base for professional theater in…

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Carolyn Volpato Woodul: Coal Camp Kid from Koehler By Pat Veltri

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2020 - By Bev Eddy - 7 Comments

A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, accompanied by a rumble of thunder somewhere in the distance. Gently falling rain pitter-pattered against…

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Milbe Benge’s Paintings Capture an Untroubled Point in Time Through Natures Eyes

Posted on Mar 24th, 2020 - By Bev Eddy - 0 Comments

The late Byron Nelson, popularly considered one of the greatest professional golfers of all time, and his wife Peggy, were positively delighted with…

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THE RATON HUNGER PANTRY: FIGHTING HUNGER SINCE THE EARLY 1980S

Posted on Feb 10th, 2020 - By Holly Mayfield - 6 Comments

By Pat Veltri A flatbed trailer hitched to a pickup truck is parked in front of the Presbyterian Church. The trailer is loaded with dozens of…

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4 Comments

  1. Carla Greenleaf Carla Greenleaf March 11, 2020

    I remember more articles than these; are there more subjects? like City of Bethlehem, Powerplant, aren’t there others? I have been a Pat Veltri fan for a long time.

    • Bev Eddy Bev Eddy March 11, 2020

      Look in the heading Veltri’s Vault which is under the Features tab at the top of the page, click on it then a drop-down menu has the rest of her articles.

  2. Eric Scandrett Eric Scandrett June 22, 2017

    This is the most wonderful site on the Internet. I just found it! Thank you so much for all you do and the research is out of this world. When are you going to do one on the History of Raton’s La Mesa Park. There is a wealth of information at the Arthur Johnson Library on the track that I researched when I was in Raton for my 50th High School Class reunion. Keep you the good work. You are awesome.

  3. Eva Sandoval Eva Sandoval March 14, 2015

    Love all the work you do on this site!

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