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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5T_dominguez-escalante-trail_Espanola-NM.html
On July 29, 1776, two Franciscans, Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante set out on horseback on an expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Monterey, California. The purpose of the expedition was two-fold: to ope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0V_abiqui_Abiquiu-NM.html
Established on the site of an abandoned Indian pueblo, Abiqui? in the mid-18th century became a settlement of Spaniards and genizaros (Hispanicized Indians). In 1776, explorers Fray Francisco Atanacio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre V?lez de Escalant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZZ_red-rocks_Gallina-NM.html
The colorful formations exposed here are the slope forming Chinle Shale of Triassic age, deposited in streams, lakes, and floodplains some 250 million years ago and the cliff-forming Entrada Sandstone of Jurassic age deposited as windblown sand so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZ3_georgia-o-keeffe_Gallina-NM.html
One of America's great and most celebrated painters of the twentieth century, Georgia O'Keeffe is known for her unique depictions of natural and architectural forms. She began spending summers painting in Northern New Mexico in 1929 and moved from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM185S_welcome-to-the-church-of-san-juan-nepomuceno_El-Rito-NM.html
This historical church was begun by the first Spanish settlers of the El Rito Valley in 1827 and completed in 1832. Originally flat roofed and with small window openings in the 5 ft. think walls, it not only served as an imposing temple, but also …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1846_truchas-peaks_Truchas-NM.html
Ice age glaciers carved these beautiful alpine peaks, among the highest in New Mexico Rockies, rising to 13,100 feet. Precambrian quartzite, some of the oldest rocks in New Mexico, forms the core of the Truchas ("trout") Peaks, part of the Pecos W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1845_truchas_Cordova-NM.html
In 1754, Governor Tom V?lez Cachup?n granted land on the Rio Truchas to families from Santa Cruz and Chimay?. Because Nuestra Se?ora de Rosario de Truchas was on the northern frontier, and subject to attack by Plains Indians, the governor stipulat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUR3_historic-los-luceros_Ohkay-Owingeh-NM.html
Historic Los Luceros includes a Pueblo Indian ruin and an 18th century rancho/hacienda on Sebastian Martia Serrano's 1703 land grant. Evolving out of family inheritance, local artistry and preservation efforts, the complex contains five adobe stru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQ8_espa-ola-valley_EspaAola-NM.html
When it was described by Gaspar Castano de Sosa in 1591, the Espa?ola Valley contained about ten Tewa-speaking pueblos, several of which are still occupied today. Juan de O?ate established New Mexico's first colony here in 1598. Long on the northe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQ2_the-bond-house_Espanola-NM.html
Frank Bond (1863-1945), prominent Espa?ola merchant, came from Ca?ada in 1882. In 1887 Bond married May Anna Caffal of Pueblo, Colorado and built the home. The house grew from a two-room adobe to this large structure. Acquired by the city in 1957,…