Two Bridges on the Pecos River

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:674415
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Santa Rosa
State: New Mexico (NM)
County: Guadalupe
Publisher: Southwest Post Card Co.
Postmark: 1952 Feb-25
Postmark City: Santa Rosa
Postmark State: N. Mex.
Stamp: 2c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
It is said by historians that at or about this point, Coronado crossed the Pecos River in 1541 on his fruitless expedition into the Buffalo country, which is now Texas and Kansas. Arriving in New Mexico in 1540 had established headquarters and spent the winter of 1540-41 near the present town of Bernalillo. Santa Rosa is a very old Spanish town on the river, which at times is "dry" but mighty during the rainy season when floods and cloudbursts come from the mountains.

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