La Bajada’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of La Bajada. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called La Bajada was established in 1870; it closed in 1872. La Bajada is derived from Spanish meaning "the descent".
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Start La Bajada’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Bajada’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewLa Bajada Community Ditch and Mut…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to La Bajada
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La Bajada, decade by decade
2000
unknown3 items
Nothing in La Bajada is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean La Bajada has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Route 66 and National Old Trails Road Historic Distric at La Bajada in La Bajada, 1.7 miles away.
La Bajada and the nearest listed places
Closest to La Bajada
Santo Domingo Indian Trading PostSanto Domingo Pueblo · Building5.4mi
Cochiti PuebloCochiti · District6.8miPueblo of Santo Domingo (Kiua)Santo Domingo Pueblo · District7.4mi
Acequia System of El Rancho de las GolondrinasLa Cienega · Site7.6miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as La Bajada Community Ditch and Mutual Domestic Water Association, Acequia and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.