The 30-inch core samples behind you were removed from the concrete foundation of the dam to allow access for future grouting and for a means to measure uplift pressure on the dam.
The sandstone samples on the west end are typical of . . . — — Map (db m177432) HM
George Martinez served the US Army Corps of Engineers from June 1960 through August 1991. He retired as the Maintenance Foreman at Conchas. His strong work ethics helped improve dam operations, maintenance, and the integrity of the facilities and . . . — — Map (db m177431) HM WM
Santa Fe Trail merchants, the Dold brothers built this two-story Territorial style adobe building around the nave of the town’s first church, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. — — Map (db m148857) HM
John Hill was the "supervising architect" using a Kirchner & Kirchner design. Built during a surge of civic improvements in New Town which included sidewalks, parks, and schools. Said to be the first municipal building in New Mexico. The structure . . . — — Map (db m45890) HM
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Meta L. Christy, DO, is recognized by the American Osteopathic Association as the first black osteopath. Dr. Christy graduated in 1921 from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as its first black graduate. The College . . . — — Map (db m45889) HM
Design by E.W. Hart • Built by M. M. Sundt
Named for Las Vegas’s first mayor, merchant, and benefactor, Don Eugenio Romero. The Fire Company was formed in 1882 and continued in service as a volunteer organization until 2003. Throughout that . . . — — Map (db m64894) HM
The Engine was built for the Santa Fe Railroad Co. by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, in 1902 & used in regular service on various divisions of the Santa Fe Railroad in New Mexico, for 51 years. It's last trip in railroad service ended in Belen, . . . — — Map (db m45888) HM
Once the largest post in the Southwest, Fort Union was established to control the Jicarilla Apaches and Utes, to protect the Santa Fe Trail, and to serve as a supply depot for other New Mexico forts. The arrival of the railroad and the pacification . . . — — Map (db m55197) HM
Interstate 25 cuts through dipping strata that form hogback ridges between the Great Plains and the south end of the Rocky Mountains. The Santa Fe Trail from here to Santa Fe, followed a natural valley eroded in less resistant strata between the . . . — — Map (db m55196) HM
“Don Luis” Stern’s trademark slogan was “La Tienda Barata”—or the inexpensive shop. Later the site of the West Las Vegas Town Hall and jail. The cells still exist in the rear of the building. — — Map (db m64897) HM
Las Vegas served as an important stop on the Santa Fe Trail and later as a major railroad center. Here General Kearny announced the annexation of New Mexico by the U.S. in 1846. In 1862, during the Confederate occupation of Santa Fe, Las Vegas . . . — — Map (db m45887) HM
Architect: Charles Wheelock • Contractor: John Bennett Wooten Built by a consortium led by Benigno Romero and Jean Pendaries to replace the two-story Territorial Style adobe Las Vegas Hotel. — — Map (db m64925) HM
Mr. Acalde, and people of New Mexico: I have come amongst you by the orders of my government, to take possession of your country, and extend over it the law of the United States, we consider it, and have done so for some time, a part of the . . . — — Map (db m148846) HM
Built by M.M. Sundt
Architects: Issac H. & William M. Rapp
The YMCA was organized in Las Vegas in 1900 with Attorney A.T. Rogers as president. The "Y" flourished for two decades before closing in 1924. The building then served as the Las Vegas . . . — — Map (db m45891) HM
Imagine going back in time to when this pueblo was flourishing. You are standing in the center of the pueblo. Towering above you is a five-story structure built of stacked, mortared, and plastered stones. Around you, pueblo life hums. People weave . . . — — Map (db m185319) HM
Architectural records reveal details that may hold a key to the past. The mission church ruins in front of you and pueblo ruins along the trail reveal the culture of the people who once called Pecos Pueblo home. Here at Pecos National Historical . . . — — Map (db m185361) HM
The Spanish returned to New Mexico 12 years after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. In front of you are the remains of the smaller church they completed in 1717.
Pecos Pueblo had entered a long decline due to disease, famine, and raids. Over time the . . . — — Map (db m185383) HM
Set at a natural crossroads, trade helped make Pecos Pueblo a powerful village of more than 2,000 people. Its strategic location was a natural meeting place for people from near and far. Native Americans traded ceremonial items such as macaw . . . — — Map (db m185317) HM
Pecos was one of the largest and most powerful pueblos in northern New Mexico when the Spanish established a mission here. A few years later, in 1625, the first church was completed. You can see remnants of its foundation in front of you. Arrival of . . . — — Map (db m185381) HM
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Humans have inhabited the Pecos Valley for at least 12,000 years. The fifteenth century Towa-speaking trading pueblo, Cicuyé, had over 2,000 inhabitants. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Franciscan churches were built . . . — — Map (db m119913) HM
The Pecos people farmed for generations before the Spanish arrived. Through the mission Franciscan friars taught the Puebloans about raising animals and ranching. The friars introduced domesticated livestock including sheep, goats, chicken, horses, . . . — — Map (db m185316) HM
Essential for any settlement, water is highly valued in the high desert. Fortunately water from the Pecos River, Glorieta Creek, and area springs sustained the pueblo's growth. Whether needed for making mud plaster, creating pottery, or growing . . . — — Map (db m185384) HM
Pecos Pueblo rose to power by capitalizing on the natural environment. The pass between the Glorieta Mesa and Sangre de Cristo Mountains was a well-established trade route - bringing wealth to Pecos. The pueblo sat atop a narrow ridge, elevating it . . . — — Map (db m185320) HM
After years of oppression, and epidemics and droughts that killed many, the people of Pecos rebelled against Spanish authority in 1680. Here they destroyed the mission church, the symbol of Spanish power.
The revolt united pueblos across the . . . — — Map (db m185382) HM
This is one of the finest surviving examples of Bishop Lamy's French-inspired gothic architecture in New Mexico. Completed in 1906, it is constructed of locally quarried stone instead of traditional adobe. Among its adornments is a painting of . . . — — Map (db m66172) HM
For the Glory of God and Country
These died in World War II
Martin Quintana Jr.
Ernesto Ortiz
Pablo V. Roybal
"They died that we may live in peace" — — Map (db m66205) WM
Pecos Pueblo is an icon in southwestern archeology. From 1914 until 1929 archeologist Alfred Kidder's innovative research methods exposed artifacts in layers, creating a timeline of the pueblo's history. What people throw away over time reveals a . . . — — Map (db m185318) HM
From 1863 to 1867, this mountain was the home of Juan Maria Agostini, an Italian penitent who lived there as a hermit, carving crucifixes and religious emblems which he traded for food. Leaving this area, he moved to the Organ Mountains, in southern . . . — — Map (db m73309) HM
Between Sapello and Mora, State Road 3 follows a narrow strike valley eroded into soft shale between ridges of resistant sandstone called hogbacks, both the result of uplift of the Rocky Mountains. To the east stretch the Great Plains, and to the . . . — — Map (db m73283) HM
Prominent landform of north-eastern New Mexico that extends for almost 100 miles
between Las Vegas and Clayton. From this point, the grass-lands
of the High Plains reach northwestward to the foot of the Southern Rocky Mountains which rise to . . . — — Map (db m144177) HM
Couched between high red sandstone bluffs in a beautiful valley of the Pecos River, this park is located near the picturesque Spanish colonial village of Villanueva. The park offers hiking trails with historical markers and camping/picnicking sites — — Map (db m124188) HM
