More Than a Scenic Mountain Landscape

More Than a Scenic Mountain Landscape
Author: Thomas Merlan
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-06-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781511517393

This study focuses on the cultural-historical environment of the 88,900-acre (35,560-ha) Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) over the past four centuries of Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. governance. It includes a review and synthesis of available published and unpublished historical, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic literature about the human occupation of the area now contained within the VCNP. Documents include historical maps, texts, letters, diaries, business records, photographs, land and mineral patents, and court testimony.

The Place Names of New Mexico

The Place Names of New Mexico
Author: Robert Julyan
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826316899

The indispensable traveler's guide to the history of places throughout the Land of Enchantment.