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The history of Albuquerque, New Mexico dates back up to 12,000 years, beginning with the presence of Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers in the region. Gradually, these nomadic people adopted a more settled, agricultural lifestyle and began to build multi-story stone or adobe dwellings now known as pueblos by 750 CE.
Etymology [5] Pop. [6] Area [3] [7] Map Bernalillo County: 001: Albuquerque: 1852: One of the nine original counties. The Gonzales-Bernal family, Spanish nobles who settled the territory in the seventeenth century 671,586: 1,166 sq mi (3,020 km 2) Catron County: 003: Reserve: 1921: Part of Socorro County.
The city was one of several in the region experiencing a severe winter storm on December 28–30, 2006, with locations in Albuquerque receiving between 10.5 and 26 inches (27 and 66 cm) of snow. [64] More recently, a major winter storm in late February 2015 dropped up to a foot (30 cm) of snow on most of the city.
As a result, the current minimalist section on the founding and naming of the outpost and eventual town is relegated to “a Duke” and a “town in Spain”. And the only citation is the “historical foundation”; typically defined as a social club of retirees who read a couple of books and were born and raised there.
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Huning returned to Albuquerque in 1864 with a new wife, Ernestine Franke, and moved into the house. During his residence at La Glorieta, Huning added two additional wings to the L-shaped building to create a fully enclosed patio. [3] The house was a popular location for social gatherings [6] and hosted such guests as William Jennings Bryan. [3]
George Richard Fischbeck (July 1, 1922 – March 25, 2015) was an American television weatherman on KOB-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from the early 1960s to early 1970s.