Author: Joe

Listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, the Santa Fe Plaza is a busy center of artistic commerce where centuries old buildings surround the park. Many of the buildings surrounding the park stand just as they did during colonial Spanish times. There are shops, restaurants, and hotels there are... Read More

Pre-conquest and Spanish Founding, circa 1050-1607 The Santa Fe’s area was originally occupied by a number of Pueblo Indian villages with founding dates from between 1050 to 1150. Most archaeologists agree that these sites were abandoned 200 years before the Spanish arrived. There is little evidence of their remains in... Read More