Large mounds, stone and adobe ruins and stroed kivas can be found in the Pecos National Historical Park. The pueblo was an important center for trade between Pueblo farmers and the nomadic Plains Indians. … [Read more...]
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Taos Pueblo-Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo was built on both sides of the Pueblo River, and is the final site in a chain of Pueblo Indian dwellngs in the Taos Valley, dating as far back as the 900s. The first known visitors where Europeans in 1540. In 1598 Mission San Geronimo … [Read more...]
Kit Carson House-Taos, New Mexico
Kit Carson was known as a trapper and mountain man. He served as an Indian Agent and Army officer during the Indian Wars. The adobe house which is one story, was built in 1825 and designed as a Spanish Colonial style in the shape of a "U", … [Read more...]
Taos Downtown Historic District-New Mexico
Taos named after Don Fernando de Taos, was established sometime between 1780 and 1800. It is one of the oldest European settlements in the Taos valley. Consisting of a central plaza with surrounding residential areas. Taos was originally contructed … [Read more...]
El Santuario De Chimayo-New Mexico
1816 the private chapel known as El Santuario De Chimayo, a small adobe church was built. Today this beautiful chapel is considered to be one of the most beautiful structures of Spanish Colonial architecture in New Mexico. … [Read more...]
San Juan Pueblo-New Mexico
In 1541 San Juan Pueblo was visited by the first Europeans during Coronado's expedition into the Southwest. In 1598 Juan de Onate, colonizer of New Mexzico, made San Juan the headquarters. … [Read more...]
The Seven Cities of Gold-Southern New Mexico
The Seven Cities of Gold has been the mysterious fable since 1539, when Fray Marcos de Niza claimed to have seen them. After Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire in the early 1520's he set out to discovery the legendary Seven Cities of Gold. The … [Read more...]