Publication

1994 - University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Language

English

Word Count

86,500 words, Guess

Page Count

346 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100826315143
  • ISBN-100826315097
  • ISBN-139780826315144
  • ISBN-139780826315090
  • LibraryThing3282765
and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number93042192
  • Better World Books9780826315144
  • Open LibraryOL1430771M

Classifications

  • DDC917.8904/53
  • LCCF797 .N63 1994
  • DDC979
and 1 more
  • LCCF799 .S63 1994

Alternate Titles

  • Pueblos, villages, forts and trails.

Description

New Mexico's many historic sites have fascinated generations of travelers. From ancient Indian pueblos along the Rio Grande to colonial-era villages in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the ruins of Anglo-American forts in the desert, New Mexico contains a wealth of places steeped in history. Pueblos, Villages, Forts, and Trails is a profusely illustrated guidebook to sixty-four intriguing sites. With easy-to-follow road directions, it is the ideal companion as you explore the state. Noble's engaging writing and vivid photographs bring to life New Mexico's historic Indian, Hispano, and Anglo-American peoples and their contributions and interactions through the centuries. As you travel through the state with this book, you will be able to visualize Coronado's soldiers as they approached the Zuñi Pueblo of Hawikuh in 1540, eighteenth-century Spanish colonists defending their mountains hamlets of Chimayo and Truchas against Comanche raiders, Confederate and Union soldiers clashing at Glorieta, and Billy the Kid escaping from the jailhouse in Lincoln -- Book jacket.

Subjects

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  • Pueblos, villages, forts & trailsUniversity of New Mexico Press1994

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