A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1929 for $5,000 by contractor Marion L. Porter. This Mediterranean house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m235813) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1935 by carpenter Harold M. Trott who lived at 2918 Campus Blvd. This Spanish Pueblo Revival house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR . . . — — Map (db m235673) HM
Built in 1941. This Spanish-Pueblo Revival house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR 1774
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235589) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Constructed 1932 in the Monte Vista & College View Historic District. Lovingly restored by Master Builder Henry Pettine, Jr., alongside & for his son and daughter, 2012.
SR No. . . . — — Map (db m235597) HM
First occupied in 1932 by AT&SF boilermaker Aubrey T. Rogers and family, this Mediterranean style house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR 1774
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New . . . — — Map (db m235601) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
This Architectural Streamline Moderne home is a contributing structure to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774
Historical Society of New . . . — — Map (db m235683) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1929 by carpenter Wm. Kenworthy. This SW Vernacular house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774
Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m235669) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
First occupied by telephone lineman James Burchfield and his wife Annie in 1940. This Spanish Pueblo Revival house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic . . . — — Map (db m235591) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
This house was first owned by Louis & Caroline Herrera. It contributes to the Broadmoor Addition Historic District.
SR No. 2070
Historical Society of New . . . — — Map (db m235571) HM
Monte Vista and College View National Register Historic District. Built 1930.
SR 1774
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235633) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
First occupied in 1931 by Guy Boldes and Ruth Boldes. This Mediterranean house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m235632) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1931 by carpenter Harold M. Trott who lived at 2918 Campus Blvd. This Mediterranean house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. . . . — — Map (db m235678) HM
Built in 1937 by Charles McDuffie. Original cost $3,000. Southwest Vernacular home with Mediterranean style porch. Contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR 1774
A Registered Cultural Property
State of . . . — — Map (db m235596) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Home of Clarence R. Sousea who lived here sixty years. A contributing property to the Monte Vista and College Park Historic District.
SR No. 1774
Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m235593) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built 1931 by Jack Dalton. In the 1930s it was the last home in northeast Albuquerque. A contributing property to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. . . . — — Map (db m235634) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built 1929 by C. J. Brennan for Homa and Alma Lee, residents from 1929 to 1974. A contributing structure to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m235679) HM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church Built between 1949 and 1956, it bespeaks Albuquerque’s suburban growth, John Meen’s Territorial Revival architecture, and faith. A Registered Cultural Property State of New Mexico — — Map (db m180826) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Designed by T. Charles Gaastra. Dedicated February 1, 1931. An exceptional example of the Mediterranean Style and a landmark of its historic neighborhood.
State Register #830 . . . — — Map (db m235816) HM
The Honorable Mary Coons Walters
(1922 - 2001)
Ms. Walters, who was a transport pilot during World War II, was the only woman in her UNM law school class when she graduated at age 40. She served on the state Court of Appeals and as a . . . — — Map (db m45331) HM
In 1706, New Mexico Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes founded the new Villa de Albuquerque (now spelled Albuquerque). Here, the Camino Real wound its way through a series of farming and ranching communities to a nearby ford, linking the road . . . — — Map (db m179424) HM
Dedicated to the prisoners of war and those missing in action whose supreme sacrifice has helped keep our nation ever free 200th · 515th Placed by Richard L. Cordova, ex-POW Chairman of San Felipe Restoration Project Bicentennial Year . . . — — Map (db m180895) WM
Built in 1706 and occupied for many generations by the Armijo family who were prominent in local history. This hacienda was gay with social life.
During the turmoil of the early settlement the Mexican, Spanish and American Civil War . . . — — Map (db m703) HM
Confederate Soldiers who
served in Gen Sibley's Brig
with Maj Trevanion T Teel
were buried here when Conf
Flag was flying over Old Albuqerque
in April 1862 — — Map (db m6677) HM
Illustrious son of the Province of Asturias Spain, Governor of New Mexico.
Sculpture funded by the City of Albuquerque 1% for Arts Program as per City Council Resolution 57, 1984.
Buck McCain, Artist, Santa Fe Bronze, Inc. . . . — — Map (db m70364) HM
Historic site of Our Lady of Angels First public school in Albuquerque. Directed by sisters Blandina, Isadora, Berchmanns, Mary and Fidela. Sisters of Charity September 21, 1881 Marker by New Mexico Chapter Daughters of Founders & . . . — — Map (db m180881) HM
In this plaza were enacted A.D. 1706 by Governor and Captain General Don Francisco Cuervo Y. Valdez ceremonies incident to the founding of the Villa of Albuquerque named after the Spanish Viceroy Don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva Enriquez Duke . . . — — Map (db m45271) HM
In February 1706 several families participated in the founding of Albuquerque but the names of only 22 are preserved in the historical record. Within those families were many women honored as being founders of La Villa San Felipe de . . . — — Map (db m45230) HM
Cast in the foundry of Cyrus Alger & Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and originally designed to be mule-pack artillery, the Model of 1835 12-Pounder Mountain Howitzer was the smallest U.S. cannon of the period and could fire a 12-pound exploding . . . — — Map (db m45274) HM
1706-The Villa of "Alburquerque" was founded by Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes, Governor of the Spanish province of New Mexico. It stood on the Camino Real (Royal Road), which ran between Mexico City and Santa Fe. It became the . . . — — Map (db m45278) HM
First marker on left:
San Felipe de Alburquerque, named for King Phillip V of Spain and the Duke of Alburquerque was, founded in 1706 by Gov. Francisco Cuervo Valdez with 30 families from Bernalillo accompanied by soldiers to protect . . . — — Map (db m119449) HM
Oldest church in Albuquerque. Has continuously served the community without interruption since 1706. Originally founded and served by the Franciscan Friars, this parish church has been served successively by the Secular Clergy of Durango, Mexico . . . — — Map (db m119451) HM
While Confederate Brigadier General H. H. Sibley was assembling the bulk of his army at Santa Fe, Union Colonel E.R.S. Canby moved 1200 men from Fort Craig to occupy Albuquerque – "If it can be done without serious loss." Though outnumbered . . . — — Map (db m45270) HM
1706 1793 1796 Today
In recognition of the significant role
it has played in the history of our City,
State and Country, San Felipe de Neri
Church is on the registers of historic
places. San Felipe de Neri Church
has unceasingly served as . . . — — Map (db m180893) HM
You are currently standing at the entrance to Patio
Escondido Mall in Old Town Albuquerque. This mall
area was once home to the Sagrada, a school of the
sacred arts founded by Sister Giotto Moots in 1969.
Sister Giotto, a graduate and dean . . . — — Map (db m181104) HM
Piedras Marcadas Canyon The warmth of the sun, the whispers of the wind, the volcanic boulders, native plants, and desert animals are what the Pueblo people and other visitors to this volcanic landscape valued. Ancestral Puebloans were . . . — — Map (db m183130) HM
Piedras Marcadas Trail
About 200,000 years ago a series of volcanic
eruptions began to create this slope of eroded
volcanic boulders. The first two fissure eruptions yielded extensive amounts of liquid
lava which flowed naturally . . . — — Map (db m183133) HM
Piedras Marcadas Trail
The majority of these petroglyphs were made
by the ancestors of modern Pueblo people. The Ancestral Puebloans made petroglyphs by
carefully removing the desert varnish with hand-held stone tools to expose the . . . — — Map (db m183134) HM
Piedras Marcadas Trail
Identification of some petroglyphs is based
on interpretations by today's Pueblo people.
We cannot say for certain what all the images
represent, nor is it appropriate for modern
Pueblos to reveal the meaning of an . . . — — Map (db m183168) HM
Piedras Marcadas Trail
Petroglyphs represent a valuable record of
cultural expression and human occupation
in the Rio Grande valley. They have deep
spiritual significance to modern Pueblo
groups as well as other indigenous people
such . . . — — Map (db m183170) HM
La Jornada (The Journey), the bronze sculptural grouping on the corner along with the adjacent earthen work Numbe Whageh (Our Center Place) make up the City of Albuquerque's 1% for the Arts Funds Cuarto Centenario Memorial. The memorial . . . — — Map (db m71142) HM
(side one)
“Jornada De Paz”
Meaning "Journey of Peace" as the party made their expedition peaceful by not carrying weapons
In 1692 - 12 years following the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico, the . . . — — Map (db m45444) HM
On January 26, 1598, amid embraces and farewells, Governor Juan de Oñate left Santa Barbara, in present day Chihuahua, leading an expedition bound for New Mexico. Nearly 600 settlers accompanied him, along with Mexican Indian allies and Franciscan . . . — — Map (db m45443) HM
An electric streetcar system in Albuquerque was constructed in 1904 to replace the horse-drawn trolleys. Two streetcar companies were established, one for the downtown Albuquerque and Old Town Plaza areas (the Albuquerque Traction Company) and . . . — — Map (db m45447) HM
The Central Bank Building shown in this 1905 view stood at
the northwest corner of Gold Avenue and Second Street.
Central Bank and other financial establishments at Gold and
Second gave the intersection the name "Bankers' Corner.
Central . . . — — Map (db m236623) HM
This view of Gold Avenue, looking west from First
Street, was taken about 1890 during the New Mexico
Territorial Fair parade. Gold Avenue was the financial,
professional, and governmental center of downtown
Albuquerque. The domed building at the . . . — — Map (db m235908) HM
Harvey Girls
In 1883, the Fred Harvey Company hired women to serve in its diners and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Thousands of respectable, intelligent women were recruited from the Midwest and East Coast to come . . . — — Map (db m45326) HM
Built 1894. Originally the home and office of Dr. Walter G. Hope. An example of downtown Albuquerque's post-railroad buildings.
Site No. 768
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235909) HM
Hotel Alvarado was constructed in 1902 and demolished in 1970 in spite of local efforts to preserve it. The hotel and depot complex, shown in this 1908 photograph looking west, was designed by Santa Fe Railroad architect Charles Whittlesey in . . . — — Map (db m45446) HM
Constructed in 1906, this building was originally the residence of Clarence Hudson, one of Albuquerque's first advertising men.
Site No. 839
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235914) HM
This photograph shows the 1898 Territorial Fair
parade passing along the 300 block of Railroad
(Central) Avenue. Railroad Avenue was the main
thoroughfare of Albuquerque's New Town, and it
linked the railroad depot to Old Town Plaza. . . . — — Map (db m236626) HM
The corner of Railroad (Central) Avenue and Front (First) Street was prime real estate in 1882. The railroad had built its depot here in 1880, spurring the founding of Albuquerque's New Town. This view shows the first hotels, saloons, and stores . . . — — Map (db m235904) HM
Designed by architect A. W. Boehning, Sr., this Art Deco style building was completed in 1931.
Site No. 784
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235917) HM
1900's
The Rio Grande was once a meandering
river and flooded all the way to where you
are standing. At the turn of the century
levees were built here to prevent flooding.
1933
Mayor Tingley and the Middle
Rio Grande Conservancy . . . — — Map (db m236631) HM
The "Green Chair” was installed on the Easy Street beginner hill in 1967. It was built by a company from Denver Colorado called Miner-Denver. It was a small company that installed chairlifts from 1967 to 1970. Although short-lived, Miner-Denver . . . — — Map (db m180830) HM
Opened in 1935 as part of the Pig Stand chain, it offered “Wholesome Food and Service” to walk-in and drive-in customers.
SR 1566
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235896) HM
Roosevelt Park offers an excellent example
of a municipal park created under the New
Deal. The project was begun by the Civil
Works Administration (CWA) in 1933 and
completed the following year by the Works
Progress Administration (WPA). Over . . . — — Map (db m235822) HM
Attorney, public servant, and activist, Graciela Olivárez was a high school dropout who became the first woman graduate of Notre Dame Law School where an award is presented each year in her name. She led national anti-poverty efforts and ensured . . . — — Map (db m45225) HM
Dedicated to the members
of the 200 and 55 C.A.A.A.
of New Mexico who served in
the Philipines in World War II
In grateful appreciation and
honor to those living, and
those who made the supreme
sacrifice, this monument has
been . . . — — Map (db m235812) WM
[Introductory marker] (Photo #2) This Memorial honors the sacrifice of the Veterans of the U.S. Army, 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) Regiments.
The names of the men who served are listed according to their regimental . . . — — Map (db m235697) HM WM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
A living monument to the soldiers of the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) regiments who served and sacrificed in the Philippines during World War II.
SR #1783 . . . — — Map (db m235685) HM WM
"This memorial is dedicated to the
eternal memory of the thousands
of people who perished in the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Although spirited from the material life,
they remain forever with us in
thought, word and deed. This . . . — — Map (db m236633) WM
A flame burns on this spot and in the hearts of the people of this state and nation as a reminder of the sacrifices of those who have served in the Vietnam conflict.
The prisoners of war and those missing in action in that conflict are not and . . . — — Map (db m187258) WM
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
In loving honor of Officer Germaine Casey of the Rio Rancho Police Department who, on the 27th of August 2007, selflessly gave his life in the . . . — — Map (db m187256) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Boca Negra, the “black mouth,” is considered
the birthplace of Petroglyph National Monument. Through the efforts of private citizen groups in
the 1960s, this area became Indian Petroglyph State Park, which later became the . . . — — Map (db m182696) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
The boulder on your left is a good example of desert varnish,
the darkening of the rock's surface in response to natural
elements. Over the years the exposed surface of basalt darkens
in color due to . . . — — Map (db m182902) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Archeologists, currently using relative dating methods along
the escarpment, are arriving at the conclusion that the 23,000
petroglyphs found in the monument were created between
1000 B.C. — A.D. 1700. . . . — — Map (db m182865) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Notice the unusual and varied texture of this basalt boulder.
Basalt is generally considered to be the most common extrusive igneous rock on Earth, composed mostly of calcium-rich
plagioclase and . . . — — Map (db m182866) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Notice how the volcanic escarpment curves around the island-like field of native plants in the
middle of Boca Negra Canyon. This is an example of what geologists call reverse or inverted
topography. At . . . — — Map (db m182875) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Macaw Trail
The majority of these petroglyphs were made by the
ancestors of modern Pueblo people. The Ancestral
Puebloans made petroglyphs by carefully removing the
desert varnish with hand-held stone tools which . . . — — Map (db m182821) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Macaw Trail
Native vegetation is commonly featured in petroglyphs. This
yucca pod image conveys the importance of many native plant
species to the Ancestral Puebloans. The entire plant, from its
root to the tip of its . . . — — Map (db m182858) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail
Petroglyphs represent a valuable record of cultural expression
and human occupation in the Rio Grande valley. They have
deep spiritual significance to modern Pueblo groups as well as
other indigenous . . . — — Map (db m182697) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail
About 200,000 years ago a series of volcanic eruptions
began to create this slope of eroded volcanic boulders.
The first two fissure eruptions yielded extensive amounts
of liquid lava which flowed . . . — — Map (db m182699) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail
Notice the human figure in front of you which appears to be
wearing a mask and headdress. Some petroglyphs are easily
recognizable, however the original and true meanings are known
only by their creators . . . — — Map (db m182701) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail
Several stacked rock structures like this one are found in the
monument and are protected as archeological resources. This
structure has naturally eroded to its present state. Local
archeologists believe . . . — — Map (db m182703) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail
Due to extended periods of drought, the Pueblo people
searched for permanent sources of surface water that would
sustain their agricultural lifestyle. Many people settled along
the Rio Grande which . . . — — Map (db m182722) HM
Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail
Identification of some petroglyphs is based on interpretations
by today's Pueblo people. We cannot say for certain what all
the images represent, nor is it appropriate for modern Pueblos
to reveal the . . . — — Map (db m182724) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Although some images are easily recognizable (such as these
human footprints) according to modern Pueblo people, it is
culturally insensitive to reveal the meanings of some petroglyphs. While these . . . — — Map (db m183107) HM
Petroglyph National Monument What type of rock is this? The rock that makes up the West Mesa escarpment is vesicular basalt. The basalt flow originated from fissures marked by five volcanic spatter cones that be seen along the western horizon . . . — — Map (db m182820) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Notice that the prehistoric petroglyphs face south or
southeast. Perhaps this placement was deliberate to the
orientation of the daily rising sun. It is also thought that
many of the images were made . . . — — Map (db m182859) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
The placement of petroglyphs was deliberate based on the
boulder's orientation to the sun and the surrounding landscape.
Some boulders contain petroglyphs on east-facing sides while
other boulders have . . . — — Map (db m183109) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Authentic petroglyphs are valuable and irreplaceable cultural
resources that provide us with insight of the prehistoric
civilizations that once thrived here. Protecting these cultural
treasures is a . . . — — Map (db m182876) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
There are many complex and dynamic reasons why the
Ancestral Puebloans made their petroglyphs here. Some
possible reasons are based on cultural and spiritual beliefs.
Some Native Americans believe . . . — — Map (db m182862) HM
Boca Negra Canyon
Cliff Base Trail
Archeologists refer to these images as being made in the Rio
Grande style. This style developed rather suddenly around
the year 1300, coinciding with a dramatic increase in the local
population and the . . . — — Map (db m182903) HM
Spanish settlers had lived here before the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, but the area was resettled when the "Villa de Albuquerque" was founded in 1706. In addition to promoting colonization, the new town was intended to provide protection from attacks . . . — — Map (db m8504) HM
G-scale, or garden, railroads add variety to planted landscapes through movement, sound, and color. The hobby of garden
railroading originated in England during the early 1900s and first came to America around 1970.
The Botanic Garden is . . . — — Map (db m182215) HM
In the 1920s and 1930s, a dairy was in operation at this location along the Rio Grande. In the 1940s, the land was known as the Hedges Farm. The Hedges family grew alfalfa and corn for their horses and other livestock. J.W. and Lola Hedges built . . . — — Map (db m182214) HM
Covering a total of ten acres, the Rio Grande Heritage Farm represents Albuquerque farm life during the 1920s and 1930s. This period of time was chosen because, during those decades, farmers were making the life-altering transition from horse . . . — — Map (db m182155) HM
El Jardin de la Curandera Healers Garden
From historic to more recent times, nearly every New Mexican village supported a resident curandera, a traditional healer, more often a woman than a man. The curandera used hands, heart, intellect, . . . — — Map (db m182646) HM
Eaten by people since the Stone Age and cultivated by the Greeks and Romans, apples continue to be one of our favorite fruits. The heirloom apple varieties in the Heritage Orchard were selected for their popularity and longevity and their natural . . . — — Map (db m182202) HM
The first vineyards in North America were planted in New Mexico during the 17th century by Spanish settlers. They grew Mission grapes to make wine for religious ceremonies and other varieties for eating. For nearly three centuries, vineyards and . . . — — Map (db m182157) HM
Ben Abruzzo
1930 – Rockford, Illinois
Pat Abruzzo
1932 – Rockford, Illinois
1985 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ben Abruzzo was one of those rare individuals who undertake great enterprises – adventures of the human spirit which . . . — — Map (db m120091) HM
Bob Nordhaus, who returned to Albuquerque from Yale
University in 1935, was a major force in the early history
of the Sandia Peak Ski Area. He and friends skied the
Sandias at Tree Spring.
In the summer of 1937, after the Forest Service . . . — — Map (db m180854) HM
Five thousand feet below and about 20 degrees
warmer is the city of Albuquerque. It is situated in the
Rio Grande basin within the Rio Grande Rift, a zone of faults
that has formed basins and ranges from southern Colorado
into Mexico. This . . . — — Map (db m180877) HM