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Villanueva, a Spanish colonial village, was founded in 1808 and originally called La Cuesta (Spanish, hill or slope) because the village sits on top of a steeply sloping hill or cuesta overlooking the Pecos River.
Villanueva State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located on the banks of the Pecos River. The park features red and yellow sandstone cliffs, cottonwood trees, and other native plants.
Our Lady of Guadalupe grotto at Villanueva, NM. Villanueva is a small community in San Miguel County that resides along the Pecos River. For the past sixty years the people of this village, host a day-long celebration on August 15th, the feast day in honor of Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In 1955 Pedro Gallegos and other local residents built ...
16 lip 2018 · Beginning in 1967 and continuing for the next 30 years, Villanueva State Park was created in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, the state of New Mexico, and the private landowners of the San Miguel del Bado Land Grant.
Villanueva State Park – Est. 1967. The park is nestled between high sandstone bluffs that form a canyon along the Pecos River near the small Village of Villanueva. Camp or picnic under the shade of giant cottonwood trees. Enjoy fishing, birding, wildflower viewing, or hiking the trails along the canyon walls.
Villanueva means new town in Spanish, but this town was already an old community when it received its name in 1890 (Pearce, 1965; Stanley, 1970; Young, 1984; Julian, 1996). The village name was derived from the name of one of the prominent families of the time, the Villanuevas (Stanley, 1970; Foster, 1984).
Its story begins in the early 19th century as a bustling stop on the Santa Fe Trail, growing over time into an important trading post influenced by Native American, Spanish, and Anglo settlers. This mix of cultures has left a lasting imprint on the city, visible in its architecture, traditions, and community life.
