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A reconstructed 18th/19th century home in the village of Corrales. The
adobe house is a prized piece of the past, with adobe walls 26 inches
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hand-forged Spanish Colonial iron tools in the United States. Each room
is painted with various pigments found in New Mexico soil. There is no
modern heating or cooling.
Old Church Road, Corrales, NM 505.243.7255
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While searching for Vazquez de Coronado artifacts in 1934, UNM archaeolo-
gy students unearthed a pre-Columbian pueblo ruin, where many layers of
fresco murals between 469 and 709 years old were discovered, removed
and carefully preserved. See the murals and the site, which was home to
several hundred Tiwa people between 1300 and 1600 A.D.
485 Kuaua Road, Bernalillo, NM 505.867.5351
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An easy side trip from NM 4 and Jemez Springs, State Road 485 joins 4 and Jemez Springs, State Road 485 joins
An easy side trip from NM
Forest Road 376 near the unincorporated town of Canones. The route near the unincorporated town of Canones. The route
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incorporates the Gilman Tunnels, formerly part of the Santa Fe North-
western Railway (SFNW), through the canyon, which was used to haul
lumber from the Jemez Mountains. The railway opened in 1924, but
never recovered from the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and ceased opera-
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New Mexico has the largest number, range of ages, diversi-

ty of types, and range of preservation of volcanoes in North
America. A volcanic eruption in the Jemez Mountains
one million years created the Valles Caldera, one of
seven super volcanoes found in the world.

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