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Las
Misiones de los Pueblos de Salinas
Trailhead Sign
Location
of sign - Salinas Pueblos Missions National Monument Gran
Quivira Visitor Center, New Mexico
Photo
taken- March 2010
Text
of sign:
Las
Misiones de los Pueblos de Salinas
Salinas
Pueblo Missions National Monument preserves the remnants of three
ancient Indian villages where Spanish friars started
missions
nearly 400 years ago. These pueblos were major trade centers
for centuries prior to the arrival of Spanish explorers. Salt
taken
from nearby dry salt lakes was an important commodity traded between
Pueblo and Plains Indians - so important that
Spanish
government officials called this entire region the "Salinas
Jurisdiction".
In
1583, explorer Antonio Espejo reported that this area had
"eleven pueblos with a great many people, over 40,000
souls."
Graphics
on the Sign:
In
addition to the text there are inset pictures of the ruins plus a
relief map of the area that makes up the background of the sign.
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