Taos, New Mexico, received its title from a phrase within the indigenous Tiwa language that means “place of the crimson willows.” In 1540, Spanish explorers trying to find the fabled “Seven Cities of Gold” stumbled on Taos Pueblo, a cluster of adobe dwellings, some 5 tales tall, which have housed the Tiwa for greater than 1,100 years and represent the oldest repeatedly inhabited neighborhood in america. Following Spanish conquest, a settlement grew; the mission church of St. Francis of Assisi nonetheless stands. At first amicable, relations between the Spanish and Natives deteriorated, resulting in a 1680 revolt and persevering with tensions. Adobe fortifications erected on the city’s heart in 1796 at the moment are generally known as Taos Plaza. American acquisition of New Mexico in 1847 triggered one other rebel at Taos. The area achieved territorial standing in 1850, with Taos changing into generally known as the house of western scout Package Carson. On the flip of the nineteenth century the city’s mix of native pageantry and Spanish custom started attracting artists and writers, together with D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Taos stays a vibrant heart of inventive expression and cultural range (taosgov.com). —Deborah Archuleta-Moreno writes in Roswell, New Mexico.
This text appeared within the Winter 2023 concern of American Historical past journal.
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