New Mexico Communities
The Allure of Abiquiú
Spanish and Genízaro settlers established the Santa Rosa de Lima de Abiquiú on top of the ruins of a prehistoric Tewa Pueblo, P’efu in 1744.
Taos Pueblo
The World Heritage Society recognized Taos Pueblo as one of the most significant historical cultural landmarks in the world in 1992.
Kingston
With an abundance of silver, gold, and copper deposits, the Black Range experienced a population boom of miners, prospectors, investors, and entrepreneurs in the late 1800s. Rich lodes of...
Acoma Sky City
Acoma Sky City is one of the oldest communities in North American, occupied by the Acoma people for approximately one thousand years.
Hillsboro
Hillsboro is a small, quiet town located on Highway 52, about 30 miles from Truth or Consequences. The rolling, curvy stretch of road to get there from I-25 is...
Pinos Altos
Pinos Altos is a small community tucked into the beauty of the Gila National Forest, about 8 miles north of Silver City. Though today's population is around 300 people,...
Travelers Guide to Gallup
Home to over 20,000 people, Gallup is the largest community between Flagstaff and Albuquerque. Due to the remote location, the city is the primary transportation and financial hub for...
History of Gallup | Railroad to Route 66
The history of Gallup can be traced back thousands of years to the earliest inhabitants of the region. As the influence of the Ancestral Puebloans in Chaco Canyon expanded...
Dawson
Ghost towns litter the back roads in New Mexico. Miners settled most of these abandoned communities, extracting a variety of precious minerals and ores from the mountains and canyons...
Mesilla
Mesilla
Humans have inhabited the Mesilla Valley for thousands of years, from ancient hunter-gatherers to the Mogollon and, later, the Mansos. The river provided a steady supply of food and...
