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History

1967 – New Buffalo Commune founded, “Summer Of Love” and “Back To The Land” movement
1968 – Main building burns and is rebuilt with family rooms
1969 – West and south adobes added
1969 – Film Easy Rider (based on New Buffalo) released
1971 – Arty Kopecky arrives, 1975-80 functions as dairy with local routes
1982 – Commune ceases, Rick Klein assumes ownership
1985 – John Kimmey begins venture raising native seeds
1988 – Chamisa Mesa alternative high school begins
1990 – New Buffalo Bed and Breakfast established, called by the LA Times “the ‘Far Out Inn’”
2003 – Purchased by private owner to preserve, restore and make sustainable
2004 – Library re-roofed and remodeled
2005 – Office and mud room built
2006 – Shop and apartment built
2007 – Well house rebuilt and roofed
2008 – Systematic renovation of main building begins, including removing adobe roof room-by-room, re-roofing, installing active solar in one wall of each bedroom and floor of center room, adding E and W wing sunrooms, raising walls and adding clearstory to kitchen, and finally rebuilding the massive buffalo room including addition of a one ton Finnish masonry fireplace and insulating walls, ceilings, and perimeters to R 60, 20, and 10 respectively
2009 – First chicken house built and egg production begins
2010 – 2300 kw grid-tied solar added
2011 – Farming resumes in earnest, establishing south and north gardens and initiating local farmers’ market, book New Buffalo released by UNM Press
2012 – North herb garden and arbor begun, Mayan labyrinth and pyramid built as celebratory grounds
2013 – Book Leaving New Buffalo released by UNM Press
2015 – Sheep barn built and four dairy sheep initiate herd, west pastures fenced, decision made to pass New Buffalo on to younger hands

Closet story…

Since Ferdinand and Isabella decided to base taxes on the number or rooms (including closets), Spanish homes used hooks and chests for storage. We’ve changed that, adding pantries, a root cellar adjacent to kitchen, closets, pantries, cupboards, etc We also have a sq. ft. goat barn, a large shop, and tool sheds near each of our gardens and hidden storage areas under our staircases. Perhaps even enough for a LDS community.

Community

Community
Learn more about the New Buffalo property and the spirit of the land: The pastures, gardens, and ecosystems

Culture

Culture
Learn about the buildings, the shop, barns, and other outbuildings, and what New Buffalo Center has become today

Spirituality

Spirituality
Discover the origins of New Buffalo and 1960s and ‘70s counterculture, based on Native American values and a vision of collaborative community and social harmony

New Buffalo is For Sale

New Buffalo is For Sale
In these interesting times, what can you depend on? If it’s your willingness to work with and learn from nature, the New Buffalo Center north of Taos in the foothills of the southern Rockies may be for you.

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