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The territorial legislature located Rio Arriba's county seat in Las Nutrias and renamed the village in 1880. [5]: 352–353 The Denver and Rio Grande Railway's 1881 arrival at Chama, [9] about ten miles to the north, had profound effects on the development of the region by bringing the area out of economic and cultural isolation. [8]
Rio Arriba County (Spanish: Condado de Río Arriba) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census , the population was 40,363. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla . [ 2 ]
On June 5, 1967, Tijerina and 20 men occupied the Rio Arriba County courthouse in the town of Tierra Amarilla. They attempted to make a citizen's arrest of the district attorney, Alfonso Sanchez (who was not present), "to bring attention to the unscrupulous means by which government and Anglo settlers had usurped Hispanic land grant properties ...
May 6—A District Court judge has granted a Rio Arriba County man's request to circulate a petition seeking the recall of County Commissioner Alex Naranjo. District Judge Marie Ward — a ...
May 9—A bridge on U.S. 84 north of Hernández in Rio Arriba County reopened early Thursday morning after an hourslong closure due to damage. The bridge crosses the Rio del Oso, a tributary of ...
Location of Rio Arriba County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
Chimayo is a census-designated place (CDP) [4] in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico.The name is derived from a Tewa name for a local landmark, the hill of Tsi Mayoh.
Vallecitos is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Description ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;