Abiquiu’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Abiquiu. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Abiquiú was first settled in 1742 by 24 Tewa Pueblo families led by a Roman Catholic priest, Francisco Delgado. The Tewa returned to New Mexico after a lengthy residence among the Hopi people in what would become Arizona. Their settlement in Abiquiú was part of the strategy by New Mexican colonists to defend its frontiers against marauding indigenous peoples such as the Apache, Comanche, and Navajo. Abiquiú was on the northern border of the Spanish settlements of New Mexico. In 1747, in one of the numerous raids in the area, the Comanche took 23 women and children captive, forcing the temporary abandonment of Abiquiú. The captives probably were sold or traded in the flourishing slave trade between and among the Spanish and the surrounding indigenous nations.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Abiquiu’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Abiquiu’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAbiquiu NM c. 1920, c. 1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Abiquiu
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Abiquiu, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Abiquiu
2 places in Abiquiu are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Abiquiu NM c. 1920 (c. 1920) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.