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Mesa Verde National Park - Wikipedia  Mesa Verde National Park is a National Park and World Heritage Site located in Montezuma ... They built the mesa's first pueblos sometime after 650, and by the end of the ... Verde from Arizona, and the Archaic people worked them into necklaces and ...... Mexican-Spanish missionaries and explorers Francisco Atanasio...
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Coronado's Expedition From Compostela to Cibola - DesertUSA  "The [well over 200] young cavaliers curbed the picked horses from the large ... the Sonoran Desert across Arizona to western New Mexico's Zuni Pueblos, and ... Spanish castaway and first Southwest explorer, Coronado had learned that the .... He set out on the 200-mile-long final leg of the trail to Cibola, beginning the...
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Coronado Expedition - From Cibola To Quivira - DesertUSA  He had dispatched Melchior Diaz to solidify the Spanish grip on the new ... to Tiguex then headed eastward, guided by Bigotes and Cacique over a trail now unknown, ... and "Sopete," Alvarado followed the Pecos River for some miles downstream. .... Upon arrival, he learned of The Turk's tales of Quivira and its kingdoms of...
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Jeopary Questions page 694 - TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON ...  AROUND THE WORLD BOOK: These "have one advantage over most other pets. They can be left alone ... Teenage Daughter"  LANDMARKS: It was from the Hopi that the Spanish first learned of this over 200-mile-long landmark in Arizona.
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona - Wikipedia  This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 45 National Historic ... The first designated was San Xavier del Bac Mission, in October, 1960. .... 1903 to study plant adaptation to an arid desert environment with long term experiments, ..... Museum to Spanish missions that itself is an architectural landmark.
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New Mexico facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Spanish explorers in 1540 called the area "the new Mexico." NICKNAME: Land of Enchantment. ... Almost square in shape except for its jagged southern border, New Mexico extends about 352 mi .... But just a few place-names, like Tucumcari and Mescalero, echo in English the presence of the...
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History of New Mexico - Wikipedia  The history of New Mexico is based on both archeological evidence, attesting to varying .... The Navajo and Apache made up the largest non-Pueblo Indian group in the ... in present-day northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. .... and Aguilar were arrested, turned over to the Inquisition, and tried in Mexico City.
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General Information - Grand Canyon Explorer  The first European to view the Grand Canyon was Captain Garcia Lopez de ... Cardenas was sent north from Mexico by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in search ... Cardenas and his party spent three days at the Canyon, trying to get down to the ... Powell became the first person to explore the entire length of the Canyon.
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Oraibi, Arizona - Wikipedia  Oraibi, also referred to as Old Oraibi, is a Hopi village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, ... Oraibi was founded sometime before the year 1100 CE, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements within the United States. Archeologists speculate that a series of ... Oraibi village, circa 1899. Built, 1150.
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The Coronado Expedition | The Arizona Experience - landscapes ...  Francisco Vzquez de Coronado led an expedition through Arizona in 1540 in ... men in Coronado's expedition were seeing the Grand Canyon and gazing at ... Two ships, commanded by Hernando de Alarcn, would carry the bulk of supplies up ... Lopez de Cardenas, to a vast river located 20 days journey from Tusayn.
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Early Conquistadors Explore the Southwest - The Arizona Experience  Stories of riches from the shipwrecked conquistador Cabeza de Vaca sparks a quest for gold and shapes the destiny of Arizona. ... Missionaries spread the Christian philosophy, and priests were a part of many exploratory and trading trips. ... The search for the Seven Cities sparked Coronado's explorations of present-day...
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Part 1: The Quest for a National Road - The National Old Trails Road ...  8 cited the experience with the Cumberland Road as evidence that furnishing .... A pamphlet called The Old Santa Fe Trail Across Arizona discussed some of the history. .... West of Needles, the road also can be traced to Father Garces. ... Indiana, and Illinois, where Congress intended for the road to reach the east bank of...
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Longhorn State Large Mammal | State Symbols USA  5 days ago ... In 1493, Columbus brought Spanish cattle to Santa Domingo. ... ideal characteristics - they can go incredible distances without water; rustle their own food; fend ... By the 1920's, the Texas longhorn was on its way to extinction.
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jeopardy/3180_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MUSEUMS | The pot seen here in this state's state museum is from the Mogollon culture, possible ancestor of the Hopi | Arizona. right: Marc. Wrong: Value: $400.
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History of Phoenix Area | Phoenix Media Kit  Phoenix's earliest inhabitants were the Hohokam Indians. ... its name, predicting that a great city would arise from the ancient Hohokam ruins like ... Mythology suggested the phoenix bird was immortal, rising from its ashes every 500 years. ... The future of Greater Phoenix is promising, as new settlers and visitors flock to...
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A - An Annotated Bibliography of the Tohono O'odham (Papago ...  A history of the Papago people for use at Indian Oasis Junior High, Sells, .... AThis desert people, once called Papagos before they reasserted the name ..... [This report, dated September 6, 1870, was written in Arizona City, Arizona Territory. ...... Roughly, it means 'spring at the foot of a black mountain,' and referred to the...
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Tour por aire y tierra en el grand canyon  canyon dream  Call Us To Book Your Tour, 1-888-261-4414 or 702 ... (dependiendo de las filas para entrada al parque nacional) - Llegada a Bright Angel Lodge. .... Being the largest National Park in the United States, you can hike, raft, picnic and ... So what exactly do you know about the famed rocky gorge located in the Arizona desert?
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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering ...  1775 Spanish colonial Catholic mission and convent); Utah: Mountain Dell Dam (1924 ... the most technologically advanced ranch in the Lower Dolores Valley of Colorado. ... USS Arizona (BB-39), submerged off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ..... century and named after the decorative shingles used on the exterior.
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Pueblos - History, Modern era, New mexico, Arizona, Texas ...  No one knows precisely when Pueblo peoples first arrived in the Southwest, but they ... Pueblo peoples have had to make due to the arrival of Europeans in the region. ... primarily along the upper Rio Grande River Valley in the state of New Mexico, ... The original pueblo, built in the twelfth century, was abandoned after the...
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Arizona National Parks and Monuments - Phoenix Relocation Guide  There are millions of acres of national forests, parks and recreation areas. ... and fifteen other national monuments are scattered throughout the state. ... Navajo National Monument, off US 160, is the site of the largest of Arizona's ... Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is off AZ 85. ... From Phoenix: 125 miles southwest.
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Instructions: Click on a river on the map to learn its name. You may ...  The natural course of the river flows into the Gulf of California, but the heavy use of the river as ... Just south of the town of Page, Arizona, the river forms the dramatic ... which is 217 miles long and from 4 to 20 miles wide between the upper cliffs. ... States from the twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua,...