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Previous Albuquerque Marker
Photographer: Bill Kirchner
Taken: July 22, 2011
Caption: Previous Albuquerque Marker
Additional Description: In 1706, New Mexico Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes founded the new Villa de Albuquerque (now Albuquerque), which became the principal settlement of the Rio Abajo, or lower river district. Here, the Camino Real wound its way through a series of farming and ranching communities and led to a nearby ford which linked the Camino Real to settlements on the west bank of the Rio Grande.
Submitted: July 29, 2011, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p164793
File Size: 2.767 Megabytes

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