The Galisteo Pass is a historic mountain pass in New Mexico in the United States.
Location
editThe pass is located in the Manzano Mountains,[1] near the Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA.[2]
Historical significance
editFor Native Americans, the pass enabled them to travel from the pueblos to the Southern Plains.[2] It acted as a trading route for them.[2]
In the 1590s, Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate went through the pass.[3][4]
During the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848, General Manuel Armijo went through the pass.[5]
References
edit- ^ Hoig, Stan (2012). Came Men on Horses. Boulder, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781457173998.
- ^ a b c La Vere, David (2004). The Texas Indians. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 54.
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- ^ Glassman, Stephen (2008). It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 4–5. ISBN 9780762755912.
- ^ Hickerson, Nancy Parrott (2010). The Jumanos: Hunters and Traders of the South Plains. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292789753.
- ^ Connelley, William Elsey (2009). War with Mexico, 1846-1847: Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California. Berwyn Heights, Maryland: Heritage Books. p. 209. ISBN 9780788414619.
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