Truchas is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Located along the scenic High Road to Taos, it is halfway between Santa Fe in the south, and Taos to the north. Tr
Truchas, with the Truchas Peaks in background
Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio panel c. 1815, by Pedro Antonio Fresquis, the "Truchas Master"
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.