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Taos (/ t aʊ s /) is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano ...
Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. The pueblos are one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States. [3]
The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection in January 1847 by Hispano and Pueblo allies against the United States ' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican–American War. Provisional governor Charles Bent and several other Americans were killed by the rebels.
Río Arriba Rebellion. The Río Arriba Rebellion, also known as the Chimayó Rebellion, was an 1837 Pueblo - Hispano popular revolt in New Mexico which succeeded in briefly placing José María González and Pablo Montoya as governor of Mexico 's Santa Fe de Nuevo México territory. González and Montoya were both Taos Pueblo Indians and led ...
October 6, 2024 at 3:01 PM. Oct. 6—A rising influence in the arts community, the Taos Abstract Artists Collective is opening its third annual fall show at the Taos Center for the Arts. Slated ...
The Taos art colony was an art colony founded in Taos, New Mexico, by artists attracted by the culture of the Taos Pueblo and northern New Mexico. The history of Hispanic craftsmanship in furniture, tin work, and other mediums also played a role in creating a multicultural tradition of art in the area. The 1898 visit by Bert Geer Phillips and ...
The Mabel Dodge Luhan House, also known as the Big House, is a historic house at 240 Morada Lane in Taos, New Mexico, United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991. [2][3] It is now used as a hotel and conference center. It was a home of arts supporter and writer Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), where she orchestrated ...
November 16, 1978. The Turley Mill and Distillery Site is a historic site on the Rio Hondo about 11 miles (18 km) north of Taos, New Mexico. It was a mill and distillery which served as the headquarters of Simeon Turley's commercial and manufacturing empire. [2] Simeon Turley (1809–1847) and his brothers Stephen Turley (1786–1851) and Jesse ...