Treasure trails of the Southwest

About this book

New Mexico's many historic sites have fascinated generations of travelers. From ancient Indian pueblos along the Rio Grande to colonial-era villages in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the ruins of Anglo-American forts in the desert, New Mexico contains a wealth of places steeped in history. Pueblos, Villages, Forts, and Trails is a profusely illustrated guidebook to sixty-four intriguing sites. With easy-to-follow road directions, it is the ideal companion as you explore the state. Noble's engaging writing and vivid photographs bring to life New Mexico's historic Indian, Hispano, and Anglo-American peoples and their contributions and interactions through the centuries. As you travel through the state with this book, you will be able to visualize Coronado's soldiers as they approached the Zuñi Pueblo of Hawikuh in 1540, eighteenth-century Spanish colonists defending their mountains hamlets of Chimayo and Truchas against Comanche raiders, Confederate and Union soldiers clashing at Glorieta, and Billy the Kid escaping from the jailhouse in Lincoln -- Book jacket.