HISTORICAL ATLAS

OF

NEW MEXICO

BY

WARREN A. BECK

&

YNEZ D. HAASE

PUBLISHED BY

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS

COPYRIGHT

1969

FIRST EDITION

SOFTCOVER IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION

New Mexico's long and dramatic history was in many ways predestined by its location, vast size, and abundant mineral resources. Treasure-hunting Spanish explorers tramped across its plains and scaled its mountains in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola in the sixteenth century. They clashed with descendants of the prehistoric Indian population to begin three centuries of struggles that lasted until after the white man's civilization came, in the nineteenth century, on the steamroller of U.S. expansion. The history of New Mexico is the story of the blending of the three cultures - Hispanic, Indian, and Anglo. In this volume, a historian and a cartographer collaborate to depict specific aspects of the state's geography and events of its history, the narrative illustrated by maps. Topics include geographical data from topography to weather, sites of prehistoric civilizations, Spanish and U.S. expeditions, first towns, historic trails, the Civil War, stagecoach lines, railroads, county boundaries, principal cities and roads, state and national parks and monuments, and state judicial districts. Maps appear on pages opposite the topics they illustrate. Extensive documentation and pertinent detail make this atlas a valuable aid to historians. Its fluent style and simplicity of language make it an excellent reference book for high schools, colleges, and public libraries. Author Beck is chairman of the Department of History in California State College. Author Haase is a professional geographer and cartographer in Santa Barbara, California. The maps are numbered consecutively. All numbers in the index are map numbers. There are no page num