A Forgotten Kingdom

The Spanish Frontier in Colorado and New Mexico, 1540-1821

• Author(s): Frederic J. Athearn,
• Publisher: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office
• Pages: 103
• Language: en

Description:... "This volume represents a bridge between Colorado's pre-historic past and the time of Anglo-American settlement in our state. Few people realize that hundreds of years before the discovery of gold in Colorado during 1859, a highly developed civilization had explored and settled the area now known as New Mexico. ... This long cultural heritage was overshadowed when Colorado [and New Mexico] became part of the United States during the mid-1800s"--Foreword