From The Santa Fe New Mexican

September 8, 1959: Three political floats in Monday's annual Santa Fe Fiesta parade failed to win any official prizes but set off the loudest cheers and jeers from the fiesta crowd. The trio of anti-administration displays lampooned Gov. John Burroughs, the Thunderhead Oil and Gas Co. of Albuquerque and the controversy over state asphalt purchases. Some of the signs on the floats made a play on the Spanish word 'burro.' Others included: 'Don't Mix Booze and Asphalt' - 'Goobers to Gobernador' -'Have Asphalt, will Gravel.' The governor and Lt. Gov. Ed V. Mead rode in horse-drawn wagons at the head of the parade that included impressive religious memorials as well as humorous and political caricatures among the 50-plus floats.

September 8, 1984: A woman who said she needed money so her baby could have an operation defrauded a Santa Fe man out of $5, police said Friday. He wrote her a check for $5 and then after calling local radio stations to see if a fund-raising effort was under way, he called police.