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Cerrillos turquoise trail historical marker display Historical Site marker sign turquoise attraction education information landmark New Mexico Place of Interest Tourist Destination Travel Destination historic marker historic site Santa Fe County signage attractive destination educating info Southwest tourist attraction history no people text appealing tourism travel United States historic nobody word attract daytime displays historical markers markers signs United States of America color image historical landmarks outdoor vertical appeal day educate historic markers historic sites colour image destinations outside tourist attractions day time NM day-time Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org US words color images daylight outdoors USA verticals colour images natural light outsides U.S. U.S.A. |
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CERRILLOS
Elevation 5,688 ft.
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the mineral rich area around Cerrillos produced turquoise, which was broadly traded across the American Southwest and into MÂŽxico. An early settlement of Los Cerrillos harbored Spanish refugees from the 1680 Revold, but the present community was not founded until the lead strick of 1879. |