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Socorro, New Mexico

From the historic marker near the plaza: "In 1598, Juan de Onate's Spanish colonization expedition arrived here at the Piro Indian Pueblo of Pilabo. They renamed it Socorro owing to the food and shelter provided by Pilabo's inhabitants. The pueblo and its Spanish mission were destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt [1680], and the area was not resettled until 1815. A west bank road connected Socorro to the Camino Real on the east side of the Rio Grande."

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro,_New_Mexico

Recent city comments:

  • Location of Socorro UFO incident, 1964, Cindy Manning wrote 12 years ago:
    Police officer Lonnie Zamora saw an egg-shaped UFO - and two suited occupants - here.
  • New Mexico Tech, kencummings wrote 17 years ago:
    I had a girl friend in the Mining Option. She referred to the "Green Cloud" over the school. This was back in the 1970's when it was still cool.
  • Speare Building, MDept (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Also where Management Department is located
  • Seido Park, rharriso (guest) wrote 19 years ago:
    It's Sedillo Park.
34°3'37"N   106°54'8"W
Socorro, New Mexico on the map.

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