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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2943_gran-quivira-ruins_Mountainair-NM.html
The Tompiro Indian "Pueblo de las Humanas" (ca. 1300-1670s) had 1,500 to 2,000 inhabitants and was a trading center with Plains Indians. The village evolved for centuries on the fringe of the Mogollon and Anasazi cultures. There are two large…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2942_abo-ruins_Mountainair-NM.html
Located adjacent to the major east-west trade route through Abó Pass, the Tompiro Pueblo of Abó (ca. 1300s-1670s) was one of the Southwest's largest Pueblo Indian villages. Extensive Indian house complexes are dominated by the unique buttressed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2941_quarai-ruins_Mountainair-NM.html
On the edge of the Plains stands the abandoned Tiwa Pueblo Indian village of Quarai (ca. 1200-1670s), the southernmost of the Tiwa villages, located along the eastern flanks of the Manzano Mountains. The Spanish Franciscan mission church of La Pur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QXH_salt-mission-trail_Mountainair-NM.html
Located 10 miles from the center of the state, this high desert town was established in 1902. Ancient cities, pinto beans and ranching make its history. The railroad, natural beauty, Salinas Pueblo cultures and a pioneering spirit are reflected in…
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Founded in 1902, Mountainair developed as a major center for pinto bean farming in the 20th century until the drought of the 1940s. The region had been occupied earlier by the Tompiro and eastern Tiwa Pueblo Indians from prehistoric times through …
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Founded in 1902, Mountainair developed as a center for pinto bean farming in the early 20th century until the drought of the 1940s. The region had been occupied by the Tompiro and the eastern Tiwa Pueblo Indians from prehistoric times through the …
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In English:CrossroadsIn the 17th century, an ancient trade route that linked the Rio Grande to the Great Plains shared this fragile mountain valley with a bustling pueblo full of people who spoke Tompiro. When a single Spanish priest walked into t…