TCHS LECTURE Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 at 2 PM |
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Whatever happened to that 100 tons of gold and other treasure hidden in Victorio Peak on White Sands Missile Range? Was there really more gold in Victorio Peak than in Fort Knox? Did vice-president Johnson fly a helicopter to the site and sneak off with the booty? Jim Eckles will relate some of the peak’s history and answer these and other questions about the legendary lucre of Victorio Peak. There will even be pictures. reof Victorio Peak. There will even be pictures. |
| Jim Eckles worked in the Public Affairs Office at White Sands from 1977 to 2007. He just missed the gold search in early 1977 when Dan Rather was there for “60 Minutes,” but was there for the multi-year effort in the 1990s. He as been inside the peak, kicked rocks up and down its exterior, and listened to multitudes of stories and anecdotes about it. He says it was an interesting break from the typical bureaucratic work he faced piloting his desk in Public Affairs. Also, Eckles has written extensively about the missile range and the Trinity Site. He has two books out on those topics and frequently lectures about them. |
The Taos County Historical
Society is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1952
and dedicated to the recording and preserving of the irreplaceable
in Taos County. The Society encourages support through membership. |
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| The Taos County Historical Society was formed in 1952 for the purpose of "... preserving the history of the Taos area...". It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization managed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Monthly meetings, the first Saturday of the month are held at Kit Carson Electric Boardroom with a featured speaker are open to the public and supported through memberships. These are also open to anyone upon payment of annual dues. For more information visit the Society's website, ww.taoscountyhistoricalsociety.org |
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has successully launched "TAOS: A Topical History"  |
Mil Gracias, A THOUSAND THANKS, does not begin to cover the many, many individuals to whom we owe a debt of gratitude. This debt is not only the living but also to those men and women who long ago began to preserve the journals and documents we now depend upon for knowledge of the past: the chroniclers who accompanied the explorers and settlers and who, dusty, tired and hungry, sat in the light of a candle to record in their journals the events of the day and the Franciscan clerics who made detailed reports of their canonical visits to the mission churches of Nuevo México. Corina A. Santistevan Taos County Historical Society please send a check for $40 (book+shipping) payable to Taos County Historical Society and mail to: Taos County Historical Society PO Box 2447 Taos, NM 87571 |
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