Description
In 2010, Santa Fe officially turns 400 four centuries of a wealthy and contentious history of Indian, Spanish, and American interactions. Pueblo Indians settled along the banks of the Rio Santa Fe as long ago as the sixth century CE. By 1610, Spanish colonists had established town as outpost in Spain’s expanding empire. Drawing on up to date archaeological discoveries and historical research, this up to date edition of a classic history details town’s founding, its survival through rebel and reconquest, its turbulent politics, its energetic trade with Mexico and america, and the lives of its most vital citizens, from the governors Peralta, Vargas, and Armijo to the madam dona Tules. The origins and transformations of the very building blocks of Santa Fe, from the enduring Palace of the Governors and town’s acequia irrigation system, are revealed in these pages.