This morning was a trip to Santa Fe's Governor's Palace and Plaza Center. Dating back to the 1500's and the oldest non-native complex in North America, it is now a tourist trap but of historical interest. The whole town appears to be brown adobe. Definitely different than Charleston and Savannah.
Pecos is located a little farther north and is close to the last set of hills before the Great Plains. The Pecos Indians must have been fairly smart as in the 1500s they suggested the Spanish go east and visit the Apache and Comanches for gold. That took care of the Spanish for awhile. Unfortunately they returned and by 1700 had pretty much destroyed the Pecos Indian tribe and by 1838 the tribe essentially disappeared due to war and disease.
Pecos is located a little farther north and is close to the last set of hills before the Great Plains. The Pecos Indians must have been fairly smart as in the 1500s they suggested the Spanish go east and visit the Apache and Comanches for gold. That took care of the Spanish for awhile. Unfortunately they returned and by 1700 had pretty much destroyed the Pecos Indian tribe and by 1838 the tribe essentially disappeared due to war and disease.
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