Guadalupe
Comanche Country
By 1700 the Comanches had acquired the horse and began moving into this area.
Mela Leger
At four, Manuelita de Atocha (Mela) Lucero Leger read Spanish language newspapers to her blind grandfather in Colonias.
Puerto de Luna
Established by the early 1860s, Puerto de Luna is one of southeast New Mexico’s oldest permanent settlements.
Santa Rosa (1)
Population—2469 Elevation—4620 ft. The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa...
Santa Rosa (2)
Population—2469 Elevation—4620 ft. The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa...
Trail of the Forty-Niners
To give gold-seekers another route to California, Capt. Randolph B. Marcy and Lt. James H. Simpson opened a wagon road from Arkansas to...
Vásquez de Coronado’s Route (3)
In 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and a small army set out from Mexico to search for the fabled Quivera and its cities of gold.
Vásquez de Coronado's Route (7)
In May 1541, Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado halted his expedition along the west bank of the Pecos River for four days...
Vaughn
Population –737 Elevation –4028 ft. Vaughn, a decision point in the transcontinental railway system, is located along the route of the...