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      • The Mescalero Apache were already living in the Tularosa Basin when the Spanish came in 1534, and Mescalero oral history says they have always lived there. In 1719, the Spanish built a chapel at La Luz (about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the future site of Alamogordo), although La Luz was not settled until about 1860.
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  2. The first Spanish settlers emigrated to New Mexico on July 11, 1598, when the explorer Don Juan de Oñate came north from Mexico City to New Mexico with 500 Spanish settlers and soldiers and a livestock of 7,000 animals.

  3. The New Mexico Museum of Space History boasts a majestic 78-foot tall golden cube building, where the focus is placed on "hands-on experience." Oliver Lee State Park, fifteen minutes South on Highway 54, is a historic site of numerous Union Army/Apache battles. Oliver Lee State Park is now enjoyed by campers, mountain climbers, photographers ...

  4. A transformation such as this seems to have happened to the stream in New Mexico that Eddy mentions, since a creek with the Spanish name "Alamo Gordo" appears on an 1851 United States Army map and was still present with this spelling on a Postal Service map as late as 1907.

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  5. The History of New Mexico. Chapter 4: Spanish Colonization of New Mexico, 1598-1700. By the mid-1550s, Spanish authorities and would-be encomenderos alike continued to dream of the prospect of wealth to the north, although the failures of Coronado had tempered their vision. In 1563 Francisco de Ibarra was tapped by King Felipe II to renew ...

  6. After several decades of desultory exploration by soldiers and friars, Juan de Oñate of New Spain was given contracts for colonization in 1595 and made the first permanent settlements a few years later. Santa Fe was established as the permanent capital in 1610. mission church of San Felipe de Neri.

  7. Dec 19, 2005 · The name "Alamogordo" means "Large Cottonwood" in Spanish, and references the native cottonwood trees that are common to the area. Photo Credit: "Alamogordo, New Mexico, December 19, 2005" by Ryan Michael is licensed under CC BY-SA.

  8. Aug 20, 2015 · Updated 20 August, 2015 - 03:57 Mark Miller. 335 years ago Indians drove the Spanish out of New Mexico and secured their culture for posterity. Read Later. Print. August 10, 2015, marked the 335 th anniversary of the Pueblo Indian uprising, during which they expelled the Spanish usurpers and tormentors from New Mexico.

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