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PARK HOTEL (FORMERLY CHAMBON HOTEL), SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, G. M. BRASS, JR., OWNER.
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RIVERSIDE, CALIF.
MONTGOMERY,
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SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO
New Mexico is rich in tradition.
Cabeza de Baca was the first European to visit Socorro,
in 1500, and was afterwards followed in 1536 by Alonza
del Castillo and Estevancio, a negro. Coronado afterwards
found traces of him on the Pecos River.
Cabeza de Baca, Alonzo del Castillo, Estevancio Coro-
nado, Fr. Marcos Deniza, Hernado de Alvarado, Francisco
Ibarro, Augustin Droguiz, Antonio Espejo, Don Diego de
Vargas, and all other Spanish explorers passed up the Rio
Grande through Socorro.
In 1541 Coronado began his memorable march in search
of the far famed Gran Quivera, 60 miles N. E. of Socorro.
In 1626 Fathers Artiaga and Zuniga introduced and
planted the first mission grapes and made the first wine.
In 1692 de Vargas occupied one of the rooms of what
is now Mt. Carmel Convent.
The present church of San Miguel was rebuilt in 1750.
The Park Hotel (Chambon Hotel) was built in 1836.
Here a great deal of New Mexico's early political history
was made.
Carlsbad Cavern-Petrified Forest-White Mountains and
Grand Canyon are reached by the Highways through
Socorro.
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