Santa Fe : History of an Ancient City

by Noble, David Grant

• ISBN13: 9781934691038
• ISBN10: 1934691038
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research on the

Summary

"In 2010, Santa Fe officially turns 400 - four centuries of a rich and contentious history of Indian, Spanish, and American interactions. Pueblo Indians settled along the banks of the Rio Santa Fe as long ago as the sixth century C.E. By 1610, Spanish colonists had established the town as a distant outpost in Spain's expanding empire. Drawing on recent archaeological discoveries and historical research, this updated edition of a classic history details the town's founding, its survival through revolt and reconquest, its turbulent politics, its lively trade with Mexico and the United States, and the lives of its most important citizens, from the governors Peralta, Vargas, and Armijo to the madam dona Tules. The origins and transformations of the very building blocks of Santa Fe, from the iconic Palace of the Governors to the city's acequia irrigation system, are revealed in these pages."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chronology
Ancient Santa Fe: Ten Thousand Years of High Desert Living	p. 1
The Peralta-Ordonez Affair and the Founding of Santa Fe	p. 15
Twelve Days in August: The Pueblo Revolt in Santa Fe	p. 25
By Force of Arms: Vargas and the Spanish Restoration of Santa Fe	p. 37
Espanoles, Castas, y Labradores: Santa Fe Society in the Eighteenth Century	p. 47
When Santa Fe Was a Mexican Town, 1821 to 1846	p. 57
The United States' Occupation of Santa Fe: "My Government Will Correct All This"	p. 71
Santa Fe in the Days of the Trail	p. 85
Acequia Agriculture: Water, Irrigation, and Their Defining Roles in Santa Fe History	p. 95
The Palace of the Governors: A Witness to History	p. 109
A History of the Histories of Santa Fe	p. 123
Suggested Reading	p. 128
Illustration Credits	p. 129
Index	p. 131
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