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Pecos National Historical Park Marker
NM Hwy 63
Phone: 505-757-7241 Website
From I-25 exit 307 go four miles north to the park on State Road 63. From
Rowe, the park will be on your left. The Park has a visitor center, hiking
trails, and ranger-guided programs. There is no camping at the Park.
Marker GPS: 35.514999, -105.679271
The front of the marker reads:
Pecos National Historical Park
Humans have inhabited the Pecos Valley for at least 12,000 years.
The fifteenth century Towa-speaking trading pueblo, Cicuyé,
had over 2,000 inhabitants. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
Franciscan churches were built and rebuilt here under the direction
of the Spanish. By the 1780’s disease, raids and drought had
decimated the population, and in 1838 the last 17 inhabitants moved
to Jemez to live with their Towa-speaking relatives.
The back of the marker reads:
Within the boundaries of Pecos National Historic Park are ruts from
the Santa Fe Trail, the site of the 1862 Civil War Battle at Glorieta
Pass, and the 20th century cattle ranching operation of the Forked
Lightning Ranch, where movie actress Greer Garson once lived. Today
the valley is home to long-time residents and attracts many visitors.
Park GPS: 35.548050, -105.684118
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