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History. The village of Corrales (Spanish for "corrals") is located along the Rio Grande and is built on the site of two Indian Pueblos settled before AD 500 by the Tiguex Indians, and which were later occupied by Spanish Colonists and explorers who colonized the region around 1540.
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Corrales, the Spanish word for corrals, was home to the Tiguex Indians for centuries before Spanish explorers laid claim to the region around 1540. Two pueblo ruins, unexcavated, are known to exist in the village, and many pithouses and artifacts have been discovered in villagers backyards.
For hundreds of years farming was a way of life in Corrales. The livelihood of the residents of this valley was completely dependent upon the river for irrigation of the fields in this semi-arid land. The ancient Tiguex Indians first inhabited this narrow strip of fertile land.
The CHS Archives Committee collects, preserves, and archives materials relating to the history of Corrales. This includes but is not limited to photographs, newspapers, and oral and written histories by residents.
Corrales Historical Society is a nonprofit organization which promotes greater appreciation for and better understanding of the history and traditions of the centuries-old community of Corrales, New Mexico and its residents of yesterday and today.
CHS is dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation and better understanding of the history and traditions of the community of Corrales, a centuries-old agricultural village just north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Old Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and also listed on the New Mexico Register of Cultural ...
The Corrales Historical Society (CHS) is a nonprofit corporation which is dedicated to promoting the greater appreciation for and better understanding of the history and traditions of the centuries-old agricultural village of Corrales, New Mexico and its residents of yesterday and today.
