Historical Markers in Abiquiu, New Mexico

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Historical Markers in Abiquiu, New Mexico

1► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Abiquiu — Abiquiú —

Established on the site of an abandoned Indian pueblo, Abiquiú in the mid-18th century became a settlement of Spaniards and genizaros (Hispanicized Indians). In 1776, explorers Fray Francisco Atanacio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Vélez de Escalante . . . — — Map (db m73192) HM

2► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Abiquiu — Coelophysis Quarry — Ghost Ranch —

In 1881 David Baldwin discovered small fossilized bones on what is now Ghost Ranch. He mailed the bones to paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in Philadelphia. Cope had been through the area in the late 1870s and had urged Baldwin to explore and . . . — — Map (db m75212) HM

3► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Abiquiu — Georgia O’Keeffe — (1887–1986) — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative —

One of America’s great and most celebrated painters of the twentieth century, Georgia O’Keeffe is known for her unique depictions of natural and architectural forms. She began spending summers painting in Northern New Mexico in 1929 and moved from . . . — — Map (db m73124) HM

4► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Abiquiu — Red Rocks —

The colorful formations exposed here are the slope forming Chinle Shale of Triassic age, deposited in streams, lakes, and floodplains some 250 million years ago and the cliff-forming Entrada Sandstone of Jurassic age deposited as windblown sand some . . . — — Map (db m73158) HM

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