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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E8Z_tiguex-province_Rio-Rancho-NM.html
More the one hundred prehistoric and historic pueblos and other archeological sites and over 15,000 petroglyphs or rock art sites give ample evidence of the occupation of this valley for at least 12,000 years. Spanish explorers who came into the a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUK9_bernalillo_Rio-Rancho-NM.html
The Pueblo Indian province of Tiguex, in the area of Bernalillo, served as winter headquarters for Francisco Vquez de Coronado in 1540-42 during his explorations of the Southwest. Bernalillo was founded after the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUK8_spanish-entrada-site_Rio-Rancho-NM.html
Among the many prehistoric and historic sites located nearby is a camp where Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's troops may have spent the winter of 1540-41. Coronado also visited the ancient pueblo of Kuaua located to the north. Kuaua's ruins are pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUK7_dulcelina-salce-curtis-1904-1995_Rio-Rancho-NM.html
(front)Teacher, agriculturalist, farmer and conservationist, Dulcelina Curtis led efforts to control flooding of arroyos in Corrales where a flood-control channel is named in her honor. The first woman appointed to a board of the U.S. Agricultural…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLX7_pueblo-of-santa-ana_Rio-Rancho-NM.html
The Keres-speaking pueblo of Santa Ana was established on its present site in 1693, as part of Diego de Vargas' reconquest of New Mexico. The spot, exposed to flooding, was poorly suited for farming, and today the residents live on their farms alo…