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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1827_la-castrense_Santa-Fe-NM.html
On this site stood the memorable Chapel of The Lady of Light, often called the "Castrense" which marked the northernmost limit of Mexican Baroque style. Here in Santa Fe flourished the Hispano-American civilization which this Chapel typified durin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181M_galisteo-pueblo_Galisteo-NM.html
Spanish explorers found several Tano-speaking pueblos in the Galisteo Basin in 1540. They were among the leaders of the Pueblo Revold in 1680. 150 Tano families were eventually resettled in Galisteo Pueblo in 1706. Droughts, famine, Comanche raids…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161D_santa-fe-trail_Santa-Fe-NM.html
This marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail, Kansas City to Santa Fe. 1822-1880.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11P6_sena-plaza_Santa-Fe-NM.html
When Don Juan Sena bought this land in 1796, Santa Fe belonged to Spain. When Major Jos? D. Sena built this house for his bride Do?a Isabel Cabeza de Baca in 1831, Santa Fe belonged to Mexico. In 1846 Santa Fe became part of the United States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11P5_a-building-stood-here-before-1680_Santa-Fe-NM.html
A building stood here before 1680. It was wrecked in the Great Indian Uprising. This house incorporates what remains.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11P3_captain-diego-arias-de-quiros_Santa-Fe-NM.html
In 1697 this property was granted to Captain Diego Arias de Quiros by Spanish royal decree for his part in the reconquest of New Mexico with De Vargas. In 1879 bought by L. Bradford Prince, later Territorial Governor. In 1942 bought by Field estat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11EI_galisteo-basin-southern-rockies_Lamy-NM.html
Galisteo Basin. The extensive lowland south of here is called Galisteo basin, a sag in the earth's crust where rock layers are depressed and thickened. It is one of the northernmost basins in the Basin and Range province in New Mexico and is borde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11BQ_colorado-volunteers-at-the-battles-of-glorieta-pass_Glorieta-NM.html
On this site and several miles to the west along the Santa Fe Trail, Colorado Volunteers and Regular U.S. Troops fought a Confederate force from Texas in the Battle of Glorieta Pass. Although no clear victory emerged after two days of fierce and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11BP_glorieta-pass-battlefield_Glorieta-NM.html
The Civil War battle fought in this pass is often referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West." Union forces dashed Confederate strategy to seize the southwest's major supply base at Fort Union; Colorado and California were to be next. The Texas va…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11B5_seton-village_Santa-Fe-NM.html
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), naturalist, artist, writer, authority on Indian lore, and first Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America, lived here during the last part of his life. The village includes his home, art collection, library, and I…