"The only photograph of a Penitente procession known to be in existence (in 1920)."

Text was adapted from Earle R. Forrest's MISSIONS AND PUEBLOS OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST published in the late 1920's. Black and white photos by Mr. Forrest, which have been digitally enhanced.

In his Preface, Mr. Forrest laments:
"Today I cannot help but marvel at the ease with which the modern traveler can visit places in a few hours that were a matter of days twenty years ago; for a journey that required a week on horseback then is now (1920) made in a day. The automobile has changed what little was left of the old frontier."