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The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro, was founded in 1682 by the Franciscan order, to serve displaced Spanish families, American Indians (the Piro, Tano and Jemez) from New Mexico, who fled the central New Mexico region during the Pueblo Revolt.
However, Socorro was not resettled until about 1815. [12] In 1817, 70 Belen residents petitioned the crown for land in Socorro. [13] The 1833 Socorro census lists over 400 residents, with a total of 1,774 people living within the vicinity of the village. [14] The mission of San Miguel de Socorro was established soon after Socorro was resettled ...
San Miguel de Socorro is the Catholic church in Socorro, New Mexico, built on the ruins of the old Nuestra Señora de Socorro mission. The old mission was built around 1627, but was destroyed in 1680 during the Pueblo Revolt. [2] A portion of the adobe wall of the old church remains today and still can be seen behind glass just left of the altar.
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Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States.It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico.El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east.
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“Considering all pertinent factors and available information, we made the difficult decision to suspend our search efforts,” Lt. Cmdr. Michelle Rice, the search and rescue mission coordinator ...
The Ysleta Mission, located in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the municipality of El Paso, Texas, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated parish in the State of Texas. The Ysleta community is also recognized as the oldest in Texas and claims to have the oldest continuously cultivated plot of land in the United States.