Los Cerrillos’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Los Cerrillos. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first, confirmable human presence on the Galisteo River occurred around 10,500 years ago. Over the centuries, both large and small communities spread throughout the Galisteo Basin. Archeological evidence of pre-Columbian human inhabitants includes pottery, vases, cups, eating and cooking utensils, stone hammers, wedges, mauls, and religious items.
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Start Los Cerrillos’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Los Cerrillos’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTurquoise Trail - A Large Dead Tr…, 1995: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Los Cerrillos, decade by decade
LOCView of U.S. Interstate Highway 25 in the vast valley south…2021
CommonsSouthwest Chief at Los Cerrillos, February 20202020
CommonsLos Cerrillos, New Mexico, USA2019
CommonsWelcome to Cerrillos2018
CommonsSkrip's Studio2018
CommonsRail track2018
CommonsLos Cerrillos street art2018
CommonsLos Cerrillos fence2018
CommonsCerrillos Official Scenic Historical Marker2018
CommonsDiamond Tail Formation2017
CommonsTurquoise Cerillos Smithsonian2012Nothing in Los Cerrillos is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Los Cerrillos has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Madrid Historic District in Madrid, 2.3 miles away.
Los Cerrillos and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.