Vrain who had also been associated with Bent's Fort. A pioneer in the grain industry of the valley was Col. Five mills were built in the Mora valley for this purpose.īeef and timber were also sold to the fort which enriched the towns of Las Vegas, San Miguel, Mora, and La Junta (which is now Watrous). Because of its presense, towns along the trail were allowed to prosper many supplying the fort with food. In 1851, Fort Union was established for the protection of the wagon caravans. They would become political leaders of the area.
One of the early merchants was Don Miguel Romero y Baca who moved to Las Vegas in 1851 with his five sons. He told the inhabitants from atop one of the adobe houses in the plaza that he did not come as a conqueror or expect them to take up arms against their own people, but that whoever took up arms against him, would be hung.Īfter the war, stores began to be built where houses had stood. When war was declared in 1846 with Mexico, Las Vegas was the first New Mexican town marched upon by the Army of the West, led by General Stephen Kearny. When the caravans arrived in the Las Vegas plaza,Ĭhurch bells rang and carts of the townspeople were set up in the plaza to supply the traders with food, wood, and other goods. Economic parternships were formed between the Mexican government officials and the American merchants so wagons full of goods could be traded in "los estados" and American goods could be sold to Nuevo Mexicanos. Las Vegas was founded and soon overtook San Miguel del Vado to the south as the main stopping place for the many traders heading west on the Santa Fe Trail. The Gallinas River provided a fertile valley for agriculture and critical water for irrigating crops. Twenty nine people in 1835 obtained from the Mexican government a land grant in order to establish "Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de Las Vegas" or "Our Lady of Sorrows of the Meadows". LAS VEGAS, New Mexico and surrounding area
Shopping in the Old Town Plaza and Bridge Street District Antique stores and Art galleries.
Walking Tour of the Carnegie Park Historic District.Walking Tour of Douglas/Sixth Street Historic District and Railroad Ave.Bent's Fort Cimarron Fort Union La Cueva Las Vegas City Map Las Vegas Montezuma Castle Raton to Las Vegas Map Santa Fe Plaza Taos Trinidad
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