Peralta’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Peralta. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Peralta was the site of the Battle of Peralta, a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign during the Civil War.
"The Padre of Isleta", Anton Docher served as a priest in Peralta during his long period in Isleta.
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Start Peralta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Peralta’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewOur Lady of Guadalupe, State High…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Peralta
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Peralta, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Our Lady of Guadalupe, State Highway 47 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.