Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Salinas Pueblo Missions - Gran Quivira, NM

Salinas Pueblo Missions - Gran Quivira, NM

Carlson Branch Library, Fargo, ND

 

    Gran Quivira (aka Las Humanas) was the largest of the three Salinas Missions.
    I visited it twice, with my first visit stopped by a high-wind which had the elderly female ranger, who out-weighed me, ready to put a cross-boby block on me if I didn't return to the parking lot.

 

 

    Since the boardwalk to the ruins was under construction I debated taking the shortcut others had, but decided the asphalt path was more gradual. Another consideration, which didn't occur to me at the time, is that this is rattlesnake county.

 

 

 

 

    As you can see, Gran Quivira, which sits on a ridge top, was a sizable pueblo.

 

 

 

 

 

    An artist's conception of Las Humanas near its peak populaton in c1670 when it had 20 masonry blocks and 1500 to 2000 people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Continuing the loop around the Gran Quivira ruins....

 

 

 

    Here's the last photo I have of the Gran Quivira Pueblo Mission ruins since, in learning to use my new memory card reader for my camera, I copied other photos over those previously taken here.
    Gran Quivera was one of the primary locations where the Plains and Pueblo Indians met to trade until the successive crop failures in the 1670s along with raids by the Apaches forced many to flee south to relatives along the Rio Grande.


[Return to the top of the page] .Links:
Routes:

Th 19 Jun Actual Route: Bowman Lions Club RV Park - Bowman Lib - Dickinson W/M - Belinger - Medora - Theodore Roosevelt NP Cottonwood CG

F 20 Jun Actual Route: TR NP Cottonwood CG - Medora - Belfield - Kildeer - Beulah - Hazen, ND, City RV Pk

Sa 21 Jun Actual Route: Hazen City RV Pk - Stanton Gift Shop/Lib - Knife River Indian Villages Historical Sites - Washburn - Washburn bd

Su 22 Jun Actual Route: Lewis & Clark Interpretative Ctr - Fort Mandan - Washburn - Underwood - McClusky - Carrington Lions RV Pk

M 23 Jun Actual Route: Carrington Lions RV Pk - Carrington Lib - Cooperstown - Mayfield Trk Stp

T 24 Jun Actual Route: Mayfield Trk Stp - Blanchard - Fargo McDs - Fargo Lib - Fargo W/M

W 25 Jun Actual Route: Fargo W/M - Fargo Lib - Fargo W/M - N. Fargo Trk Stp

Th 26 Jun Actual Route: N. Fargo Trk Stp - Fargo Lib - Dilworth, MN W/M

F 27 Jun Actual Route: Dilworth, MN W/M - Fargo Br Lib - VA Hosp - MN Rest Area

Sa 28 Jun Actual Route: MN Rest Area - Dilworth, MN W/M - Fargo Br Lib - 55th St Fargo W/M


Finding Campgrounds:

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.

No comments:

Post a Comment