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PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe was the original site of an Indian village when the first Spanish colony was planted in New Mexico by
Onate at San Gabriel. Here he founded his Capitol in 1598, near the San Juan Indian pueblo. In 1605 it was
removed to Santa Fe, where it has remained to this date.
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THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS
was built soon after the founding of the village of
Santa Fe under the Spanish flag. Was abandoned
during the Indian Rebellion of 1680-reconquered
by De Vargas in 1692 and remained under Spanish
rule until the Independence of Mexico in 1821,
continued under the Mexican flag until the American
occupation of 1846. Under the Confederate flag for
two weeks during the Civil War, when it was
retaken by the Federal Army. Here Gov. Lew
Wallace wrote the latter part of Ben Hur. Was
occupied by the various Governors until the building
of the present State Capitol. It is now the Museum
of the School of American Research.
DISTRIBUTED BY J. R. WILLIS, P. O. BOX 665, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.
*C. T. ART-COLORTONE,” MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & Co., INC., CHICAGO, U.S.A.
