The name Otowi comes from the Tewa word p’otsuivi, meaning “gap where water sinks.” It is an appropriately descriptive name for the area, located along the Rio Grande at the head of White Rock Canyon. In 1886, a station and bridge were built here for the Chili Line, a narrow-gauge railroad that ran from Antonito, Colorado to Santa Fe. In 1923, a post office was built here to serve the Los Alamos Ranch School. In 1928, Edith Warner, a former schoolteacher, was hired to manage the station. She came looking…
