Second Saturday: Agriculture and Commerce in Spanish and Mexican Era New Mexico
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This presentation by historian Robert Torrez reviews the documents found in New Mexico’s own Spanish and Mexican-era archives and explores the agricultural practices and commercial activities that have allowed New Mexicans to make a living. The reports that were documented by the early colonists provide great detail on the types of crops grown in communities throughout New Mexico as well as important information on the broad range of economic activities in which these hardy pioneers participated.
This image shows the field at Casa San Ysidro, where the nonprofit Rio Grande Return grows heritage seed for habitat and tributary restoration.
At Casa San Ysidro, 973 Old Church Road in Corrales
Included in the price of admission ($4-$6)
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Photograph of a field with two workers crouched while tending to the plants and the blue silhouette of the Sandia Mountains in the far horizon.