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A Forgotten Kingdom: The Spanish Frontier in Colorado and New Mexico, 1540-1821

A Forgotten Kingdom: The Spanish Frontier in Colorado and New Mexico, 1540-1821

Management, Bureau of Land
Interior, U. S. Department of the

Paperback

Series: Cultural Resources

AnthropologyArchaeology

ISBN10: 1496016068
ISBN13: 9781496016065
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 20 2014
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.44 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
This volume represents a bridge between Colorado's prehistoric past and the time of Anglo-American settlement in our state. Few people realize that hundreds of years before the discovery of gold in Colorado during 1859, a highly developed European civilization had explored and settled the area now known as New Mexico and Colorado. Spanish conquistadors roamed the plains in the mid-1500s. They came here permanently in 1598 and founded the second oldest city in North America. This long cultural heritage was overshadowed when Colorado [and New Mexico] became part of the United States during the mid-1800s. This publication is neither prehistory nor purely western history. It reveals an aspect of our past that is sometimes overlooked and often forgotten. This volume represents a modest contribution to the Columbus Quincentennial year. It is fitting that during this 500th anniversary of the discovery of the New World, Spanish contributions to our western heritage are recognized.

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