Grace Schmitt moved to Madrid, NM in 1968 and remained in the area, living in Cerrillos, NM for over 40 years. She ran the kitchens at the Mineshaft Tavern in Madrid, NM and the Golden Inn in Golden, NM at a time when the are was opening up to a new generation of "settlers" in south centeal Santa Fe County. In the mid-1970s, she provided safe haven at her Card House Cafe in Cerrillos, NM for many a situationally weary "Madroid" back in the day when the wind blew through the thin walls of their fragile, old balloon-frame homes that most often lacked insulation, electricity and running water. She served good, homecooked food at "peoples' prices" and often renewed faith in the human spirit fpor many a weary travelers....