
You Are Here ~ Bernalillo, NM
Posted by:
YoSam.
N 35° 20.681 W 106° 35.686
13S E 355081 N 3912435
That's right, "You Are Here" - you found the town, and it is just south of the sign.
Waymark Code: WM67GY
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2009
Views: 3
Location of Marker: US-550, just north of the town of Bernalillo. It has the history of the town, and the back side orients you to your location in this desert land.
South of Augostura and north of Albuquerque.
Traveling from the four-corners area to the interstate (40) to head back to Missouri I came upon this history-"You Are Here" marker.
Historic Marker Text:
BERNALILLO
On the Camino Real
Population 2,763 ~ Elevation 5,050
The Pueblo Indian province of Tiguex, in the area of Bernalillo, served as winter headquarters for Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1540~42 during his explorations of the southwest. Bernalillo was founded after the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico by Diego de Vargas in 1692. Vargas died here in 1704.