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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/HM1Y31_homesteader-mary-ellen-mollie-hall-warren-klapp-1862-1933-historical_Moriarty-NM.html
Eighty-million acres of public land in the West went into private ownership by 1900 through the 1862 Homestead Act. New Mexico drew hundreds of settlers who built homes and farmed 160-acre allotments in pursuit of a better life. Mollie Klapp was o…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FG5_laguna-del-perro_Estancia-NM.html
Numerous salt ponds and lakes of which Laguna del Perro is the largest occurs in the lowest part of the Estancia basin, a closed depression between the Manzano Mountains to the west and the lower Pedernal hills to the east. The Basin was filled wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FG4_mountainair_Mountainair-NM.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FG3_mountainair_Mountainair-NM.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FG2_tajique_Estancia-NM.html
The pueblo-mission of San Miguel de Tajique was established in the 1620s. In the 1670s famine, disease and Apache raids caused the abandonment of the Jurisdiccion de las Salinas (1598-1678)which included Tajique. Modern occupation of Tajique began…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E90_salt-missions-trail_Estancia-NM.html
Estancia. "Resting Place" Has been on the map since 1776. Known for its spring fed pond. Now its a city park. It become the County Seat in 1905 and was the scene of the last hanging in New Mexico in 1922.
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