![]() Land, Water, People, Time: the Land has always been the commodity we have had–land rich and cash poor the Water is what has attracted and sustained people here since 10,000 BCE the People have had the stories that we tell to keep our history alive and the Time is expressed as: what has attracted people here to this place, time and time again, since the first Native Americans crossed the land bridges from Asia some 13,000 years ago? People came across the Americas and settled in New Mexico (Folsom 8-9,000 BCE, Clovis 9,500 BCE and Sandia 5-10,000 BCE) since 10,000 BCE–almost as soon as they crossed the land bridges. Well, farming was a business for us and it was probably gutsy to charge a conquering force a fee. Abert and his passing military column complained that they were charged for animal forage and wood. So how could we be noticed in the shadows of such an important sounding place? Especially since we were a community of humble and poor farmers, who spoke only Spanish, watching the world go by on the El Camino Real de Adentro (today’s Agua Fría Street). I am a proud resident of Agua Fría Village is an obscure community five miles southwest of the Santa Fe Plaza, which has basically been overshadowed by the capitol city of La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi. ![]() Agua Fría As a State of Mind by William Mee, Agua Fría Village Association
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