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Historic Sites in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Echo Ampitheater Near Ghost Ranch

Echo Ampitheater
1 August 2010
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The name “Rio Arriba” means “Upper River.” The County is so named because the Rio Grande, the lifeline of the state, runs through it.

Under Mexican rule (established in 1821) New Mexico was divided into two territories. Rio Abajo, the “Lower River,” comprised everything south of Santa Fe. Most of New Mexico’s landed gentry traced their ancestry directly from Spain and lived in Rio Abajo. Rio Arriba, the forgotten “Upper River,” evolved into a creative, diverse, isolated, shunned, independent, self-reliant and quirky cultural mix.

Quoted from The History of Rio Arriba by Raymond Ortiz and Lauren Reichelt published on the Rio Arriba County Website.

 

Historic Sites in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Sequenced By Name
(Click a Column Heading to Resequence)
Name Year Address City Authority Number
Becker Bunk House and BarnCounty Road 340 South of Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000777
Blanton Log HouseCounty Road 340 South of Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000778
Bond House710 Bond StreetEspanolaNational1980002564
Burns Lake BungalowHalf Mile South of East end of Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000780
Casados HouseHighway 84 North of State Route 95Los OjosNational1985000825
ChamaUS Route 64/84ChamaNew Mexico
Chimayo Trading Post and Trujillo House110 Sandia DriveEspanolaNational1999000500
Continental DivideUS Route 64/84ChamaNew Mexico
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad San Juan Extension Between Antonito and Chama via Cumbres Pass ChamaNational1973000462
El Barranco Community DitchExdending from the Chama River at Chama Division to Upper Brazos DitchLos BrazosNational1986002296
El Porvenir Community DitchExtending from 4.5 Miles East of Encenada to 0.5 Miles N of EncenadaEnsenadaNational1986002300
Embudo Historic DistrictHighway 68EmbudoNational1979001547
Encenada Community DitchCounty Road 328EncenadaNational1986002303
Foster HotelFourth and TerraceChamaNational1986000225
Gonzales HouseCounty Road 155, Two Miles East of Highway 84AbiquiuNational1996000258
Jaramillo House and BarnCounty Road 573 at County Road 327EnsenadaNational1986002309
Jicarilla Apache Historic DistrictMain Street, Highway 17, Apache, Keliiaa, and Sand Hill DrivesDulceNational1984002956
La Puente Community DitchExtending from Parkview discharge pt. to 0.7 Miles Southwest of La Puente on the Chama RiverLa PuenteNational1986002294
La Puente Historic DistrictRoughly bounded by Main Road in La Puente from drop-off of 2nd to 1st plateau East to Church on West.Los OjosNational1985000826
Los Brazos Historic DistrictRoughly bounded by Highway 84, North Road, fence line and drop-off to Rio BrazosLos OjosNational1985000827
Los Luceros HaciendaNear End of Los Luceros Road (Highway 48)Los LucerosNational1983004157
Los Ojos (Parkview) Fish HatcheryEast end of Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000779
Los Ojos (Parkview) Historic DistrictRoughly Bounded by Highway 84, Junction of Old Highway With Highway 84, Drop-Off from First Plateau to Chama River Valley and East-West Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000828
Manzanares HouseCounty Road 340Los OjosNational1985000829
Martinez BarnCounty Road 340 South of Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000781
Martinez HouseCounty Road 340 North of Hatchery RoadLos OjosNational1985000782
O'Keefe Home and StudioCounty Road 164, House 13AbiquiuNational1998001197
Ortega CabinCarson National ForestCebollaNational1987002456
Our Lady of Lourdes GrottoHighway 64 and State Route 329Los OjosNational1986002318
Parkview Community DitchCounty Road 329Los OjosNational1986002305
Plaza Blanca Community DitchExtending from 2 Miles WSW of State Fish Hatchery to 1 Miles SSW of Plaza BlancaPlaza BlancaNational1986002298
Plaza Blanca Historic DistrictRoughly Plaza Blanca and Old Puente Ford Roads Adjacent to Plaza Blanca DitchPlaza BlancaNational1986002322
Rio Arriba County Courthouse 149 State Road 162Tierra Amarilla National1987000894
Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan PuebloOld Highway 74 Over Rio GrandeAlcaldeNational1997000738
San Antonio de Padua del Quemado ChapelHighway 80CordovaNational1978001821
San Joaquin ChurchCounty Road 329EnsenadaNational1986002310
San Juan PuebloHighway 56San Juan PuebloNational1974001201
Sanchez BarnsOff Highway 64BrazosNational1986002317
Sanchez HouseOff Highway 64BrazosNational1986002315
Sanchez-March HouseCounty Road 329Los OjosNational1985000830
Santa Clara PuebloHighway 30Santa Clara PuebloNational1974001199
Tierra AmarillaUS Route 84Tierra AmarillaNew Mexico
Tierra Amarilla Air Force StationState Route 112Tierra AmarillaNational2000000342
Tierra Amarilla Community DitchExtending from 2 Miles ESE of Tierra Amarilla to 0.2 Miles N of La Corridera RoadTierra AmarillaNational1986002307
Tierra Amarilla Historic DistrictRoughly along La Puente Road on both sides of Highway 84 and along Old Highway and Creek RoadTierra AmarillaNational1986002327
Trujillo (Fernando) HouseWest of Highway 84 and North of Highway 95Los OjosNational1985000832
Trujillo (Manuelita) HouseOff Highway 84 South of Los Brazos RiverLos OjosNational1985000831
Valdez BarnSan Joaquin Church Loop RoadEnsenadaNational1986002314
 
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