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History as a town. 1706 – Town founded as a trading post between the Tiwa Puebloan peoples and the Hispanos in Nuevo México by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés for New Spain. [1] 1793 – San Felipe de Neri Church built. 1837 – Unrest. [2] 1846 – U.S. army fort built. [3] 1850 – Town becomes part of U.S.
The West Mesa Murders are the killings of eleven women whose remains were found buried in 2009 in the desert on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Several suspects have been named, but none were arrested or charged. While the killings were initially believed to be the work of a serial killer, the involvement of a sex ...
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot. The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage.
In the U.S. state of New Mexico, US 54 extends from the Texas state line by Chaparral, New Mexico, and ends at the Texas state line by Nara Visa, New Mexico. The highway runs for 356.176 miles (573.210 km) in New Mexico. Nationally an east–west route but is signed as a north–south route through the state.
35°08′54″N 106°40′04″W. / 35.14840°N 106.66767°W / 35.14840; -106.66767. Architect. John Gaw Meem. NRHP reference No. 82003321. Added to NRHP. May 27, 1982. Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm is a farm with a ranch house and inn that was established in the 1920s just north of Albuquerque, New Mexico ,
Blackdom is a historic freedom colony [ 2] in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States with a population of 300 at its height in 1908 [ 2] that was founded by African-American settlers in 1901 and abandoned in the mid-1920s. Founded by Frank and Ella Boyer under the requirements of the Homestead Act, the town experienced significant growth in ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The history of Albuquerque, New Mexicodates back up to 12,000 years, beginning with the presence of Paleo-Indianhunter-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 pueblosby 750 CE.
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