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Chapters: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, White Rock, New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Butterfield Overland Mail, Old Spanish Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Valles Caldera, Sandia Mountains, Rio Grande Trail, Jornada del Muerto, Caja del Rio, Continental Divide Trail, Organ Mountains, National Old Trails Road, La Luz Trail, Pajarito Plateau, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Fort Stanton, Santa Fe River, Rio Grande Valley State Park, Rio Grande Gorge, White Rock Canyon, Santa Fe River Trail, Paseo del Bosque Trail, Santa Fe Rail Trail, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Santa Fe (English pronunciation: Navajo: ) is the capital of the state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe (literally ‘holy faith’ in Spanish) had a population of 62,203 at the April 1, 2000 census; the estimate for July 1, 2009, is 73,720. It is the principal city of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Santa Fe County and is part of the larger Santa Fe-Espanola Combined Statistical Area. The City of Santa Fe was originally occupied by a number of Pueblo Indian villages with founding dates between 1050 to 1150. The Santa Fe River provided water to people living there. The “Kingdom of New Mexico” was first claimed for the Spanish Crown in 1540, during the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado almost 70 years before the founding of Santa Fe. Don Juan de Onate led the first effort to colonize the region in 1598, establishing Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico as a province of New Spain. Under Juan de Onate and his son, the capital of the province was the settlement of San Juan de los Caballeros north of Santa Fe near modern Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. New Mexico’s third Spanish governor, Don Pedro de Peralta…http: //booksllc.net/?id=19284345
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