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New Mexico
Alamosa Rio Grande colony
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Mexican reales, lead balls, adobe-era household metal.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1859-1867 Hispanic farming colony on the Fort Craig road
A New Mexican farming colony founded in 1859 at the mouth of Alamosa Creek on the wagon road between Fort Craig and Fort Thorn, with 321 people in 1860. Floods damaged it in 1862 and destroyed it in 1867, and residents moved to Canada Alamosa (Monticello) and Alamocita.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
flood-prone river bottom, remote
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