Near Mountainair in Torrance County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Quarai Ruins

Salinas National Monument

— 1 Mile West —

Quarai Ruins Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, May 22, 2018

1. Quarai Ruins Marker

Inscription. On the edge of the Plains stands the abandoned Tiwa Pueblo Indian village of Quarai (ca. 1200–1670s), the southernmost of the Tiwa villages, located along the eastern flanks of the Manzano Mountains. The Spanish Franciscan mission church of La Purísima Concepción (1630) is the most complete remaining example of the large Salinas churches.

Erected by New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. (Marker Number 79.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 34° 36.014′ N, 106° 17.048′ W. Marker is near Mountainair, New Mexico, in Torrance County. It is at the intersection of Manzano Quarai Road (State Highway 55 at milepost 70) and County Road B076, on the left when traveling north on Manzano Quarai Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 122 Manzano Quarai Road, Mountainair NM 87036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Albuquerque.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Torreón (approx. 0.7 miles away); Seat of the Inquisition / Sede de la inquisición (approx. 0.7 miles away); Administration of Souls / Administración de almas (approx. ¾ mile away); 1830 Church / Iglesia de 1830

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Village of Quarai / Pueblo de Quaral (approx. 0.8 miles away); Famine and War / Hambruna y guerra (approx. 0.8 miles away); Saint Francis of Assisi / San Francisco de Asís (approx. 6 miles away); Sôr María de Ágreda (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountainair.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, May 22, 2018

2. Quarai Ruins Marker

Mission La Purisima Ruins image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, May 22, 2018

3. Mission La Purisima Ruins

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2018, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 526 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 5, 2018, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.