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Ghost Ranch was given by Arthur and Pheobe Pack to the Presbyterian Church in 1955. The 21,000 acres that comprise Ghost Ranch were part of a land grant to Pedro Martin Serrano from the King of Spain in 1766. The grant was called Piedra Lumbre (shining rock). The name "Ghost Ranch," or the local name "El Rancho de los Brujos," was derived from the many tales of ghosts and legends of hangings in the Ranch's history. For over fifty years the Church, the staff, the National Ghost Ranch Foundation and many friends and supporters have built the programs, facilities and grounds into a nationally known study and conference center. Ghost Ranch is also frequently used in movie productions - our requirements are posted at www.shootnewmexico.com. In 1990 the National Ghost Ranch Foundation purchased the main building of Plaza del Monte Retirement Center, then owned by the Board of Pensions, Presbyterian Church, (USA). Plaza Resolana en Santa Fe was the new name given to the Santa Fe location of Ghost Ranch (now called Ghost Ranch Santa Fe). In northern New Mexico villages, la resolana is a space on the south side of a building - protected from the wind and warmed by the absorbed rays of the winter sun - where people gather to exchange news and share stories. It has been described as a place where the community comes together in dialog and out of which a body of knowledge grows. ...

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