100 Years Ago: New Mexico's Early Film History



Maps of New Mexico



The Palace of the Governors: A Witness to History



Your Obedient Servant, W. H. Bonney



Remembering the Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp



Through the Lens - Imaging Santa Fe



Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico



The Last Hurdle:
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro



Rough Riders



Doña Teresa



USS New Mexico BB40:
The Drinan Diary



Tesoros De Devoción



New Mexico's Segesser
Hide Paintings



The Estancia Press



Fashioning New Mexico:
Victorian Secrets



The Last Hurdle: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
5 minutes and 8 seconds

At the end of an arduous 6 month, 1600 mile trek northward to Spain's new colonial capital of Santa Fe, Spanish colonists faced one last hurdle -- the La Bajada Mesa. Noted archeologist Michael Marshall walks us through the trail as it travels up the mesa. Historian Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez shares his thoughts on the significance of the Camino Real.
 
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