Las Trampas, New Mexico
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Las Trampas or just Trampas, is an unincorporated hamlet in Taos County, New Mexico. Founded in 1751 to settle the Las Trampas Land Grant, its center retains the original early Spanish colonial defens
View of the Las Trampas Historic District.
View of Trampas and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Spring 1943. The structure crossing a ravine appears to be a canoa, a hand-made flume to transport irrigation water.
San José de Gracia Church.
High Road to Taos
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The 56-mile High Road to Taos is a scenic, winding road through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Santa Fe and Taos.. It winds through high desert, mountains, forests, small farms, and tiny Spani
Las Trampas, New Mexico
…a National Historic Landmark District (the Las Trampas Historic District) in 1967. The population in 2023 was 43. Las Trampas is located on the scenic High Road to Taos (New Mexico State Road 76) in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. it is approximately halfway between Santa Fe to the south and Taos to the north. The town…
Truchas, with Truchas Peaks in background
Church of San José de Gracia in Las Trampas
Penasco Church, 1943
San Francisco de Asis Church in 1934. Its appearance has changed little since then.