1620

The Barrio de Analco and San Miguel Church stand on the south side of the Santa Fe River. Analco, from the Nahuatl language of central Mexico, means "on the other side of the water." Mexican Indians who came to New Mexico with the Spanish settlers established their own neighborhood there and called it Analco. San Miguel Church was constructed before 1629 under the direction of Fray Alonso de Benevides to serve Mexican Indians. Analco and its church were destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt and rebuilt in 1710. After Mexican independence in 1821 opened trade with the U.S., wagons crossed through the Barrio de Analco, passing in front of the old church as they approached the plaza, the end of the Santa Fe Trail.

Santa Fe, New Mexico · United States