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Before the arrival of the Spanish, the mineral-rich area around Cerrillos produced turquoise that was broadly traded across the American Southwest and into México. An early settlement of Los Cerrillos harbored Spanish refugees from the 1680 Revolt, but the present community was not founded until the lead strike of 1879.
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Los Cerrillos, New Mexico · United States
