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Santa Fe is located in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at an elevation of 7,000 feet. The city's Indian and Spanish heritage, reflected in its architecture and many cultural activities, give Santa Fe a unique atmosphere. The Santa Fe Opera SITE Santa Fe- contemporary art center Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Santa Fe Indian Market The area has been home to the Pueblo Indians for more than a 1000 years. Spanish colonists came to the Espanola Valley in 1598 and founded the first Spanish territorial capital. Santa Fe was founded by Don Pedro de Peralta in 1610. The town was the Spanish Empire's seat of power north of the Rio Grande at that time. The founding of the Santa Fe Trail in 1821 brought the United States westward. Contact with the Spanish occurred at Santa Fe. The trail began in Missouri and ended in Santa Fe's Plaza. It made Santa Fe a major center for commerce from north and south to east and west. Los Alamos Los Alamos is known as the birthplace of the atomic bomb. The community is situated at an altitude of 7,300 feet in the foothills of the Jemez Mountains. Los Alamos National Laboratory is located here. Espanola Valley Espanola, 25 miles north of Santa Fe, was founded in the 1880s as a station for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Although the railroad is gone, the town remains a commercial center for the Espanola Valley. Espanola is a cultural and business hub for smaller communities such as Nambe and Tesuque. |
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