Valencia
Ana de Sandoval y Manzanares (c 1650–1734)
Sausal, NM
After surviving the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, the widowed and destitute Ana de Sandoval y Manzanares led her family back to New Mexico.
Bélen – On the Camino Real
Los Chaves, NM
Population – 5617 Elevation – 4800 ft. By the mid 18th century, Spanish colonization had begun along the Río Grande south of Albuquerque.
Belen on the Camino Real.
Population: 7,269; elevation: 4,800 ft. By the mid-eigtheenth century Spanish colonization had begun along the Rio Grande south of...
Camino Del Llano
Belen, NM
Camino Del Llano (Road to the Plains) play a significant role in the history of Belen and the surrounding communities.
Casa Colorada
A Spanish settlement with houses built of red adobe was established in this vicinity in the 1740s, but abandoned shortly thereafter.
Nina Otero-Warren (1881–1965)
Los Chaves, NM
Maria Adelina Isabel Emilia (Nina) Otero–Warren was born into two of New Mexico’s prominent Spanish colonial families near Los Lunas.
Peralta
Los Chaves, NM
After defeat at the Battle of Glorietta Pass one month earlier, Confederate Gen. Henry H. Sibley fought one of the last Civil War battles...
Tomé
For centuries, the prominent cerro, or steep hill, of Tomé was a significant landmark for travelers along the Camino Real.
Vázquez de Coronado’s Route (2)
Belen, NM
In the fall of 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado’s army traveled from Zuñi to his chosen winter headquarters in the Tiguex province on...