Tierra Amarilla (2)
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Manuel Martinez of Abiquiú received a large land grant in this area in 1832, but opposition from the Utes interrupted colonization until the 1860s. Tierra Amarilla, first called Nutritas, became the Rio Arriba County seat in 1880. In 1967 it was the focus of conflicts between National Guardsmen and land rights activist Reies López Tijerina.
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