Timeline
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 6/17/10
     
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1200-1500s Pueblo Indians establish villages in Rio Grande basin.

1598 Juan de Oñate establishes first Spanish settlement.

1609-10 Pedro de Peralta establishes Santa Fe. Book records founding of New Mexico.

1680 Pueblo Revolt forces Spanish to flee.

1692-93 Don Diego de Vargas recolonizes Santa Fe.

1712 Proclamation establishes Fiesta de Santa Fe.

1846 Mexican-American War begins. U.S. Army occupies Santa Fe.

1891 Legislature pays to restore long-neglected archives.

1909 Legislature establishes Museum of New Mexico.

1929 Architect John Gaw Meem remodels La Fonda, blending preservation and design.

1936 Modern Indian Market celebrates Native arts and culture.

1945 Office of the State Historian is created.

1948 Native Americans win the right to vote in state elections.

1958 City enacts historic design ordinance.






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