New Mexico 2004

Sister Linda's new home in Santa Fe		Pecos National Historical Park (Note)
Remains of Mission of 1610 A.D.
Altar area of Mission	Mission Work Buildings	Lois climbing out of a kiva
Franciscans Memorial	View of Santa Fe from Cross of the Martyrs
Indian Market in front of Governor's Palace	Archaeology dig behind Governor's Palace	Thunderstorm Cloud
Santa Fe Farmers Market	Flower Display	Ande Marimba Band
30th Annual Bluegrass Festival	Gospel Bluegrass

Pecos National Historical Park was created to protect the site of one of the first pueblo communities in New Mexico. The Indians began settling in this area around 1100 A.D. In the next two centuries, the community grew to include several villiages. Around 1400 A.D. the smaller villiages began to come together and build a large pueblo and by 1450 A.D. the pueblo was five stories high and had a large wall around the whole area to protect from raiders. At this time the pueblo was home to about 2,000 Indians. Part of this move to the pueblo was caused by the raiding Indian parties from some of the "Plains" indians. In the 1500's Spanish explorers came into the area trying to find 'lost cities of gold'. The 'cities' were never found but other minerals like silver were found and the Spanish continued to bring people into the area. Along with the Spanish came the Catholic Priest and later the mission was built. The Spanish and the mission priest used the Indians to help with all type of work and over time began to control the lives of the Indians. In 1610 A.D. the Indians revolted against the Spanish and Catholic Priest in the mission and burned the mission done and ran the Spanish out of the region. 12 years later the Spanish came back and took the New Mexico territory back under their control. Just down the road, the town of Santa Fe was built and it was later to become the capital of the New Mexico territory when controlled by the Spanish and then later when it finally became a US state. Santa Fe is the oldest 'capital' in the US.
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