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Santa Fe de Nuevo México (English: Holy Faith of New Mexico; shortened as Nuevo México or Nuevo Méjico, and translated as New Mexico in English) was a province of the Spanish Empire and New Spain, and later a territory of independent Mexico.
In 1598, Juan de Oñate led the first caravan of settlers, leaving from the mission at San Bartolomé, near Santa Bárbara. They planned to establish a new province called Santa Fe de Nuevo México, so named because they thought they would find wealthy cultures similar to the Mexica (Aztecs) who originally inhabited Mexico City.
near Lower Spring, Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Mexico (south of present-day Ulysses, Grant County)
- Attacked by Native Americans
- Ashley-Henry Fur Company, partner in the Ashley Smith Fur Company and Smith, Jackson and Sublette
- American
- Clerk, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, explorer
In 1863, the territory was split and created the familiar boundaries of southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. About that time, part of Rio Arriba County was split to cover the area of present-day San Juan and Rio Arriba counties- but in 1887 (25 years before New Mexico Statehood) Rio Arriba County was split in two, forming San Juan County.
Spanish Governors of New Mexico were the political chief executives of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (New Mexico) between 1598, when it was discovered during an expedition by Juan de Oñate, and 1822, following Mexico's declaration of independence. The territory was subsequently occupied by the United States beginning in 1846, and ...
Nuevo México is often incorrectly believed to have taken its name from the nation of Mexico. However, it was named by Spanish explorers who believed the area contained wealthy Amerindian cultures similar to those of the Aztec Empire (centered in the Valley of Mexico), and called the land the "Santa Fe de Nuevo México".
In 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado set out from Compostela in New Spain (Mexico) and conquered native pueblos near modern-day Santa Fe, claiming all lands to the north, including Colorado, for the Kingdom of Spain.
