By Davide Arminio

Sixty years ago in Gallup, New Mexico, a new construction site sprang up. It wasn't a store, nor a house or a facility. It was the Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral, designed to become a city landmark, conceived and made possible by a large contribution of the local Italian community.

Gallup is a city born of both the coal mines and the transcontinental railroad. It was a place where immigrants crossed paths with Native Americans - Navajos, Zuni and other tribes. Italians found their way to this area in western New Mexico, some by chance, some to work in the mines, others seeking opportunity in that thriving community.

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