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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEX_gallup_Gallup-NM.html
Long a major trading center for the Navajo and Zuni Indians living in communities north and south of the town. Gallup emerged in 1881 from a railroad construction camp. It is named for David Gallup, who in 1880 was paymaster for the Atlantic & Pac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEU_fort-wingate_Fort-Wingate-NM.html
The first Fort Wingate was established near San Rafael in 1862, to serve as the base of Col. Kit Carson's campaigns against the Navajos. In 1868 the garrison was transferred to the second Fort Wingate near Gallup. In that same year, the Navajos re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEG_pueblo-of-laguna_Laguna-NM.html
Keresan speaking refugees from Santo Domingo, Acoma, Cochiti, and other pueblos founded Laguna after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the Spanish reconquest of 1692. Named by the Spaniards for a marshy lake to the west, the pueblo still occupies its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEF_san-jos-de-la-laguna-mission_Laguna-NM.html
(Front of Marker:)The picturesque mission church of San Jos? de la Laguna was built around 1706 by Fray Antonio Miranda and shows the single - aisle floor plan commonly used in pueblo churches. It has been repaired many times, and acquired its dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEE_susie-rayos-marmon-ga-wa-goo-maa-early-riser_Troy-NM.html
Educated at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania under the U.S. policy of acculturating Indian children through school and removal from their homelands, Susie was instrumental in bringing education back to Laguna. A lifelong teacher, oral hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEC_san-jos-de-la-laguna-mission_Brundidge-NM.html
(Front of Marker:)The picturesque mission church of San Jos? de la Laguna was built around 1706 by Fray Antonio Miranda and shows the single - aisle floor plan commonly used in pueblo churches. It has been repaired many times, and acquired its dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOE2_pueblo-of-laguna_Acoma-Pueblo-NM.html
Keresan speaking refugees from Santo Domingo, Acoma, Cochiti, and other pueblos founded Laguna after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the Spanish reconquest of 1692. Named by the Spaniards for a marshy lake to the west, the pueblo still occupies its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOE1_old-acoma-sky-city_Acoma-Pueblo-NM.html
Legend describes Acoma as a "place that always was". Archeological evidence shows it has been occupied since at least the 13th century. Established on this mesa for defensive purposes, Acoma was settled by inhabitants of nearby pueblos which had b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOE0_pueblo-of-laguna_Acoma-Pueblo-NM.html
Keresan speaking refugees from Santo Domingo, Acoma, Cochiti, and other pueblos founded Laguna after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the Spanish reconquest of 1692. Named by the Spaniards for a marshy lake to the west, the pueblo still occupies its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMODY_pueblo-of-coma_Acoma-Pueblo-NM.html
Built atop a great mesa for defensive purposes, ?coma has been continuously occupied since the 13th century. A dramatic battle between the ?comas and O?ate's forces occurred here in 1599. The mission church of San Esteban was built between 1629 an…
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