San Francisco de Asís, Golden
A brief sketch of Golden’s boom and bust as a mining town serves as preface to the restoration of San Francisco De Asís by Fray Angélico Chávez in 1960. The chapter then analyzes the concept of la querencia (attachment to and identification with a place) as it pertains to historic churches and the people committed to their caretaking. The discussion pursues a case in point—an abnegate, querencia-driven, recent restorer of San Francisco—and how resumed use of the church led eventually to conflict between the restorer and the new pastor and mayordomos. The chapter concludes with brief exposition of several ghost-town churches, and with visiting information to these and to Golden.
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1989 ◽
Vol 45
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pp. 363-381
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