Camino Real in New Mexico

The Camino Real in New Mexico was the northern part of a historic roadway known as the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro that from 1598 ran from Mexico City northward through central and northern Mexico and the Trans-Pecos part of what is now Texas to San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh) in Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, now the state of New Mexico.

Road sections on the National Register of Historic Places

Fourteen sections of the Camino Real (El Camino Real) in New Mexico were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2018.

Some or all of them are parts of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (transl. Royal Road of the Interior Land), which was an historic 2,560-kilometre-long (1,590 mi) trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, from 1598 to 1882. It was the northernmost of the four major "royal roads" that linked Mexico City to its major tributaries during and after the Spanish colonial era.[1]

The listings are by county from the south to north:

  • Socorro County (adjacent, to north of Sierra County)
    • 11000173 Camino Real–Qualacu Pueblo, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,[2] east of the vicinity of San Antonio Qualacu Pueblo
    • 11000164 Camino Real–San Pascual Pueblo, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,[2] southeast of the vicinity of San Antonio, New Mexico San Pascual Pueblo
    • 14000898 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–Arroyo Alamillo North Section, NRHP-listed November 5, 2014, vicinity of San Acacia[3][4]
La Bajada Hill switchbacks, viewed from above on La Bajada Mesa, with La Bajada, New Mexico, in the valley of the Santa Fe River below
  • Santa Fe County (further to the north)
    • 11000169 Camino Real–Alamitos Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,[5] Santa Domingo Pueblo.
    • 11000168 Camino Real–La Bajada Mesa Section, Santa Fe, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,[2] La Bajada Mesa
    • 11000170 Camino Real–Canon de las Bocas Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,[2]Santa Fe Canon de las Bocas
    • 13000774 El Rancho de las Golondrinas Section–El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Santa Fe
    • 13000775 La Cieneguilla South Section–El Camino Real de Tierra Adento, September 25, 2013, La Cienega[6]
    • 100002204 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–La Bajada North Section, listed March 19, 2018, La Cienega
    • 100002205 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–La Bajada South Section, listed March 19, 2018, La Cienega
Camino Real–Jornada Lakes Section
Nearest cityEngle
Area98 acres (40 ha)
Built1598
MPSCamino Real in New Mexico, AD 1598–1881 MPS
NRHP reference No.11000167[7]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 2011

Camino Real–Jornada Lakes Section, near Engle, dates from 1598. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It has also been denoted LA 71818.[8]

References

  1. ^ Snyder, Rachel Louise. "Camino RealArchived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine" American Heritage, April/May 2004.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Weekly List". National Park Service. February 2, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  3. ^ El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–Arroyo Alamillo North Section
  4. ^ weekly
  5. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/11000169, although not covered in any NPS Weekly list announcement
  6. ^ La Cieneguilla South Section–El Camino Real de Tierra Adento
  7. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  8. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Camino Real-Jornada Lakes Section / LA 71818". National Park Service. Retrieved August 8, 2019. With accompanying pictures