Looking north at the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the
distance (Santa Fe is at their base), and the Marshal Bonanza Mill and cabins in
the middle ground. This mine had been acquired by Santa Fe businessmen and was one
of the first to see major development. They founded the town at the base of the
hill (Bonanza Hill, in the distance at the left edge of the photo), and changed
the area name from Los Cerrillos to Bonanza in 1879.
Real de Los Cerrillos, the mining camp founded by Governor Vargas in 1695, was
about a quarter mile west of Bonanza at a major spring along Los Cerrillos
(Bonanza) Creek.
(reverse) A Trip from Trinidad, Col., Through New Mexico... (for
text see The Turquoise Mountain)
(front) Along the Line of the A.T.&S.Fe R.R., in New Mexico.
Photographed & Published at Santa Fe, N.M., by Henry Brown
This website is maintained by the Cerrillos
Hills Park Coalition
and is dedicated to the creation, enhancement and stewardship
of an historical, recreational, and cultural open space in
the
Cerrillos Hills, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
