The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first Euro-American settlement in the area was Agua Negra Chiquita, "Little Black Water" in Spanish, in 1865. The name was changed in 1890 to Santa Rosa (Spanish for "Saint Rose"), referring to a chapel that Don Celso Baca (the founder of the city) built and named after both his mother Rosa and Saint Rose of Lima. The "Rosa" may also refer to the roses in the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe and is indicative of the Catholicism of the Spanish colonizers who settled in the area.
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Start Santa Rosa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Santa Rosa’s history is told.
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CommonsDodge Rampage2017
CommonsSanta Rosa New Mexico downtown2012
CommonsGreetings from Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Bridge over Rio Peco…2011 · postcard
DocumentGreetings from Santa Rosa, New Mexico - Large Letter Postca…2010
CommonsReproductive cycle of trucks2009
LOCCar sign for the Auto Route 66 Museum2006
LOCRoute 66 restaurant, 1819 Will Rogers Drive2006
CommonsNMMap-doton-SantaRosa20044 historic places in Santa Rosa
4 places in Santa Rosa are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.