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De Vargas is a surname of Spanish origin. Notable people with the surname include: Andrés de Vargas (1613–1647), Spanish painter; Diego de Vargas (1643–1704), Spanish colonial governor; Francisco de Vargas (born 1970), Paraguayan lawyer and politician; Francisco de Vargas y Mejía (1500–1566), Spanish diplomat and writer
Taos (/ t aʊ s /) is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano ...
Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (1643–1704), commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mexico and Arizona). He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692–1696 and ...
Mary Belle de Vargas lived with her parents all her life. [10] She died in 1946 at the age of 44, in Natchitoches. [11] Her admirer and correspondent Gualterio Quinonas published a biography, The Armless Marvel, Mary Belle (1949). [12] In 2005, there were plans for an exhibition of surviving paintings and drawing by de Vargas, in Natchitoches. [9]
A statue of Diego de Vargas made by Donna Quasthoff was installed in 2007 at the west end of Santa Fe, New Mexico's Cathedral Park, in the United States. The statue was removed in June 2020 for conservation concerns, and is now on display at the New Mexico History Museum. [1]
Charles Bent (November 11, 1799 – January 19, 1847) was an American businessman and politician who served as the first civilian United States governor of the New Mexico Territory, newly invaded and occupied by the United States during the Mexican-American War by the Military Governor, Stephen Watts Kearny, in September 1846 until his assassination.
Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. The pueblos are one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States. [3]