"Pueblos, Villages, Forts & Trails - A Guide to New Mexico's Past"
"Pueblos, Villages, Forts & Trails - A Guide to New Mexico's Past" by David Grant Noble from my personal research library. Softcover, 346 pages with additional suggested reading for each site and index. First edition, near fine. $15 plus $2.50 postage. Paypal, USPS money order or personal check. Shipping to CONUS.
This book 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. The author's engaging writing and vivid photographs bring to life New Mexico's historic Indian, Hispano, and Anglo-American peoples and their contributions and interaction throuh the centuries. As you travel through the state with this book, you will be able to visualize Coronado's soldiers as they approached the Zuni Pueblo of Hawikuh in 1540, eighteenth-century Spanish colonists' defending their mountain 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. 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. The author has squeezed a huge amount of valuable information into his handy guide to New Mexico's historical places.
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"Pueblos, Villages, Forts & Trails - A Guide to New Mexico's Past" by David Grant Noble from my personal research library. Softcover, 346 pages with additional suggested reading for each site and index. First edition, near fine. $15 plus $2.50 postage. Paypal, USPS money order or personal check. Shipping to CONUS.
This book 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. The author's engaging writing and vivid photographs bring to life New Mexico's historic Indian, Hispano, and Anglo-American peoples and their contributions and interaction throuh the centuries. As you travel through the state with this book, you will be able to visualize Coronado's soldiers as they approached the Zuni Pueblo of Hawikuh in 1540, eighteenth-century Spanish colonists' defending their mountain 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. 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. The author has squeezed a huge amount of valuable information into his handy guide to New Mexico's historical places.
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