PHOTOS OF FAIRVIEW CEMETERY BY SIMONE FRANCES FOR OLD SANTA FE TODAY, 5TH EDITION.

ABOUT THE TOUR

The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is excited to announce a walking tour of Santa Fe's historic Fairview Cemetery, guided by archaeologist Dr. Alysia L. Abbott. This tour will delve into the cemetery's history and the notable individuals interred there. Participants will learn about the archaeological methods used to uncover these histories, how the cemetery illustrates Santa Fe's evolution from a Spanish Colonial outpost to its status as a Territorial Capital, and the concept of mortuary equality during the Territorial era in Santa Fe.

Fairview Cemetery: A Postmortem Melting Pot
Fairview Cemetery holds the mortal remains of many of Santa Fe’s most prosperous citizens and community leaders from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fairview is also the resting place of the indigent and the unknown who lived and died in Santa Fe for decades. Walk past the carefully constructed family mausoleums and elaborate monuments of Catrons, Spiegelbergs, Oteros, and Staabs, alongside the unmarked graves of Santa Fe’s unknown and unclaimed dead.

Additional Information
This two-hour tour will begin at Fairview Cemetery. Closed-toe shoes are highly recommended. Price per person is $55 for members and $65 for non-members.

On this walking tour, you may encounter walking on uneven surfaces, longer standing and walking periods, various terrains, unpaved areas, trip hazards such as uneven ground, sunken graves, and loose stones. Many cemeteries have areas where the soil has settled, creating potential pitfalls. Please watch your step.

Cancellation Policy
A full refund for the tour only will be given if canceled on or before October 7, 2024. After that date, a no refunds will be given for reservations for the tour. Participant(s) will be issued a tax-donation for the amount retained at the foundation.

ABOUT THE GUIDE

Dr. Alysia L. Abbott is an archaeologist who has been researching the known and lost cemeteries and graveyards of Santa Fe for a decade. She has been documenting the monuments and researching the history of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery in Santa Fe intensively since 2014. Most recently, Dr. Abbott directed the recovery excavations of graves from the Old Masons and Odd Fellows Cemetery, exposed by the La Secoya de El Castillo development in 2021.

A summary of Dr. Abbott’s research on Santa Fe Cemeteries, “A Hidden History of the Dead” was published in El Palacio in the fall of 2021.

Dr. Abbott holds degrees in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Texas and the University of New Mexico. She and her husband archaeologist David Eck live in Santa Fe.

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