San Miguel

Meta L. Christy, DO, is recognized by the American Osteopathic Association as the first black osteopath.

Raised on a ranch at La Liendre, Fabiola received a degree from New Mexico Normal School.

The Civil War battle fought in this pass is often referred to as the “Gettysburg of the West.

Interstate 25 cuts through dipping strata that form hogback ridges between the Great Plains and the south end of the Rocky Mountains.

This ranching community was established by Vincente Romero in the early 1850s.

Population—14,322 Elevation—6470 ft. Las Vegas served as an important stop on the Santa Fe Trail and later as a major railroad center.

Las Vegas, NM

The upper Pecos River Valley was on the frontier of Pueblo Indian civilization from at least the 13th to the 19th centuries, when the...

Humans have inhabited the Pecos Valley for at least 12,000 years.

Near this spot on November 13, 1821, a band of six Missouri traders led by William Becknell encountered a force of more than 400 Mexican...

This community was established in 1794 on a Spanish land grant of the same name.

Opened by William Becknell in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail became the major trade route to Santa Fe from Missouri River towns.

Soon after the Spanish Government approved the San Miguel del Vado Land Grant in 1794, settlements such as San Miguel, Puertecito, San...

This bridge was one of several constructed by the American Metal Company in the 1920s to provide Pecos River crossings for mining and...

Couched between high sandstone bluffs in a beautiful valley of the Pecos River, this park is located near the picturesque Spanish...

Originally named La Cuesta by its founders, this village was renamed Villanueva in the late 19th century.

The Mountain Branch and the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail meet at Watrous.