This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Missions of New Mexico an Unusual Chapter of History
Frail narrative of early Spanish missions in New Mexico highlights Franciscan labor and Pueblo cooperation shaping 46 missions built without funds or formal plans. Notable sites include Pecos and Jemez missions, Pecos National Monument, and the Acoma stronghold linked to Fray Alonzo de Benavides, with legends of great cedar beams and arduous mountain transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Santa FE
Franciscan Fathers and Indians of
Southwest
Museum of
Edger L. Hewett
Reginald G. Fisher
Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles de Pordimciia
Pecos
Coronado
Gran Quivira
Mountainair
Fray Alonzo de Benavides