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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM296Y_route-66_Santa-Fe-NM.html
You are traveling an early alignment of U.S. 66, perhaps the most well-known road to follow this historic transportation corridor. A Spanish mission trail to Pecos Pueblo, the Santa Fe Trail and the National Old Trails Road all predate the Mother …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GHZ_don-juan-bautista-de-anza_Santa-Fe-NM.html
Don Juan Bautista de Anza, outstanding Spanish governor of New Mexico (1776-1787), explored a new road from Santa Fe to Arispe, Sonora, in 1780. This plaque is placed in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of that historic journey.
Don Juan Ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5L_a-two-way-street_Santa-Fe-NM.html
The Santa Fe Trail passed through what is now Amelia White Park. The paved road to the right, Old Santa Fe Trail, follows the path and ruts of the original trail route, whose travelers came from a variety of backgrounds. From the start, Hispanic t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1Q_the-founding-of-santa-fe_Santa-Fe-NM.html
(left tablet)On March 30, 1609, the Viceroy of New Spain appointed Don Pedro de Peralta Governor and Captain-General of New Mexico, instructing him to proceed to New Mexico with the greatest dispatch accompanied by twelve soldiers and priests. Ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G18_to-the-future_Santa-Fe-NM.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G16_1985_Santa-Fe-NM.html
By proclamation of the City Council, Santa Fe celebrated its 375th anniversary. During the year, this property was donated to the city by Archbishop Robert Sanchez and the Santa Fe Fiesta Council. These gifts, together with appropriations by the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G14_1982_Santa-Fe-NM.html
While responding to a request to give the Last Rites to a dying man, Franciscan Father Reynaldo Rivera, rector at St. Francis Cathedral, was kidnapped and brutally murdered, sending Santa Fe and the entire state into shock. Ironically, Father Rive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G13_1976_Santa-Fe-NM.html
Santa Fe, now 366 years old, joined the rest of the United States in celebrating the nation 200th birthday. New Mexico and the entire Southwest continued to see tremendous expansion and population growth with the influx of migration from the east.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G0Y_1960_Santa-Fe-NM.html
Santa Fe celebrated its 350th anniversary. During that year, special guests Maria Teresa Perez-Balsera and Maria Luisa Perez-Balsera arrived from Spain. The two ladies are direct descendants of Captain-General Don Diego de Vargas, the central figu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G0X_1945_Santa-Fe-NM.html
During World War II, the federal government set up a secret facility in Los Alamos to coordinate the Manhattan Project, resulting in the development of the first atomic bomb. On July 16, 1945, the atomic bomb was exploded at "Trinity Site&quo…