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The Oldest House in America

After visiting San Miguel Church on Old Santa Fe Trail in the historic district of Santa Fe, New Mexico, I decided to follow the sign by the church and walk down the street to check out what the sign claimed...

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Fray Marcos de Niza and His Monument

March 26, 2009 Driving south on Duquesne Rd in the Santa Cruz County sector of the Coronado National Forest in Southern Arizona one comes upon a broad, grassy plain which looks more like it belongs in the grasslands of the Great Plains rather than...

2 comments    travel history mexico
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Hugo O'Conor - Founder of Tucson

Most people equate the mid-nineteenth century potato famine with the coming of the Irish to the U.S. While millions came as a result of that famine, they were by no means the first Irish to come to the U.S. Many came during colonial times. The...

5 comments    travel education texas
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Colonial Mexico

Mexico is named for the Aztec god of war. The Aztecs were an aggressive, imperialist people, who had come from somewhere in the north to conquer Mexico about two hundred years before the Spanish came and conquered them. As the Aztecs conquered...

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Cry of Dolores Grito de Dolores Mexican Holiday September 15

What the heck is the Cry of Dolores? US schools teach little about the history and culture of our closest neighbor. Happy Independence Day Mexico!

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Lady in Blue

Every place has its myths and stories from the past. We are told that myths always start with some grain of factual truth and just evolve over time. In some cases the facts and the myth don't diverge that much and it becomes relatively easy to...

2 comments    religion history texas
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The Baja peninsula and its most attractive cities

The Baja California peninsular, in English the Lower California peninsula is a peninsula in western Mexico. It extends someĀ 775 milesĀ from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja...

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American History You Never Knew - New Spain: The First and the Last

In the 2010s, the history of New Spain, Mexico, and the United States is still unfolding. Additional information garnered regularly from newly discovered historical and genealogical records, the oral histories within families, and the unsealing of...

9 comments    mexico pacific northwest
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Galveston Tx. Vacation ~ Galveston History ~ Linocut of Dazzling White Sacred Heart Church

Learn why this Gulf of Mexico town got its name going back to the time of the Revolutionary War. Beautiful buildings, rich history (even Civil War bunkers), and laid back lifestyle lures tourists there today.

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Celebrating El Día de los Muertos

November 1st and 2nd are celebrated in Mexico as the Day of the Dead or El D

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