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A key trail into Taos was "The Old Taos Trail", which began at the Bent's Fort on the Arkansas River in Colorado, west of the Spanish Peaks, through Sangre de Cristo Pass (west of Walsenburg, Colorado), Old La Veta Pass and into Questa area (NM 522/NM38 area). [8] [9] It came into Taos at either Taos Pueblo road or half a mile west on Couse Hill.
The Coronado Historic Site was the first state archaeological site to open to the public. It was dedicated on May 29, 1940, as part of the Cuarto Centenario commemoration [4] (400th Anniversary) of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's entry into New Mexico. [5] James F. Zimmerman was its first president. [6]
The Trail of the Ancients is a New Mexico Scenic Byway to prehistoric archaeological and geological sites of northwestern New Mexico. It provides insight into the lives of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Navajo, Ute, and Apache peoples. Geological features include canyons, volcanic rock features, and sandstone buttes.
However, some new sections were constructed. When the 1981 extension was finished, US 191 reached Interstate 40 in Arizona. [12] In Wyoming, the new US 191 absorbed what was U.S. Route 187, formed in 1926 as a branch from US 87W (now US 287) at Jackson Lake Junction, Wyoming south to US 30 in Rock Springs. [12]
Originally, the NM 14 designation was serviced by a road between the Arizona–New Mexico state line and US 80 in Road Forks. NM 14 along with SR 86 in Arizona provided a shortcut to US 80 between Benson, Arizona and Road Forks, due to US 80 taking a loop to Douglas, Arizona. The original NM 14 was replaced by Interstate 10 in 1960. [5]
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Palo Flechado Pass (Spanish: "tree pierced with arrows"), [1] also called Taos Pass and Old Taos Pass, [2] [3] is a mountain pass located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States [4] on the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway.