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CAFE
Greetings
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Villa
SHOPPING
CENTER
Socorro, New Mexico
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Socorro, New Mexico
In May of 1598 Spanish explorers under Don Juan de
Onate, accompanied by two Franciscan priests, came to
what is now known as Socorro. While the explorers went
farther North along the Rio Grande, the two priests re-
mained to do missionary work. Father Alfonso Benavidez
named the village "Nuestra Senora de Perpetuo Socorro"
meaning "Our Lady of Perpetual Help," in recog-
nition of the succor they received from the Indians. In
later years the name was shortened to Socorro. This view
shows the modern, progressive town with dual-lane high-
way though the center of town.
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Color Photo by F. J. Schaaf
Schaaf
POST CARDS
NEW MEXICO
Land of Enche
Published by F. J. Schaaf, Alamogordo, New Mexico
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