THE PADRE OF ISLETA
The Story of Father Anton Docher
By Julia Keleher and Elsie Ruth Chant
The story of Father Anton Docher while a Catholic priest in Isleta Indian Pueblo in New Mexico from 1891 until his death in 1928. Nik collection 1 2 15 – create stunning images faster.
- Isleta, or Shiewip, is situated on the Rio Grande at what once was the intersection of important north-south and east-west Pueblo roads. The north-south route later became the Spanish Camino Real, or “Royal Road,” making Isleta an important settlement at the crossroads of both Pueblo and Spanish trade routes.
- Lee 'The Padre of Isleta The Story of Father Anton Docher; Facsimile of the 1940 Edition' por Julia Keleher disponible en Rakuten Kobo. Bandelier, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Father Anton Docher are names closely associated with the early coloni.
- South Padre Island is located on the coastal tip of Texas. We have beautiful beaches, warm Gulf waters, fishing, boating, bird watching, and shopping.
- 'The Padre of Isleta' spent thirty-four years (from 1891 to 1925) there and is now buried near the church altar. A recommended book is Julia M. Keleher and Elsie Ruth Chant's The Padre of Isleta: The Story of Father Anton Docher (Sunstone Press Publishing, 2009). The pueblo now has a population of approximately 1,100.
San Agustin Mission Church is located in Isleta Pueblo, south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, off I-25. The mission church is located at 71 Tribal Rd. 35, Isleta Pueblo, NM, and is open daily from 10-3 pm. Call 505-869-3398 for further information on visiting the mission church.
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Adolph F. Bandelier, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Father Anton Docher are names closely associated with the early colonial days in New Mexico. All of these characters appear in this narrative of Isleta Pueblo which tells the story of Father Docher’s life in the Indian pueblo from the day when he first arrived along the road that was bad, but the sunset beautiful in 1891 until the time of the death of his two great friends, Bandelier and Lummis, and his own death several months later in 1928.
Father Docher’s job was not an easy one, but his great patience and understanding helped him through many difficulties. The story goes into many of these and into much of the legend and superstition of Isleta Pueblo which the Padre encountered during his long life there. Principle 5 5 download free. He was particularly interested in the story of Father Padilla, the Franciscan friar who came with Coronado’s band, whose body was buried in the church at Isleta but which refused to stay underground.
Julia Keleher was a member and Professor in the English Department of the University of New Mexico from 1931 to her retirement in 1959. She was also a professional writer and edited each of her brother, William A. Itools pro 1 6 6 download free. Keleher’s books, all of which have been published by Sunstone Press in its Southwest Heritage Series. Her collaboration with Elsie Ruth Chant resulted in this fascinating collection of incidents for all readers interested in the American Southwest. She was married to Lloyd Chant and raised two children, George Ashley Chant and Julia Jane Chant.
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ISBN: 978-0-86534-714-4
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ISBN: 978-1-61139-197-8
136 pp.,$19.99