Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico

Arroyo Hondo is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 474.

History It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied Native Americans at Simeon Turley's mill and distillery trading post on January 20, 1847. This took place during the Taos Revolt, a populist insurrection of New Mexicans and Native Americans against the new United States territorial regime during the Mexican–American War.

Demographics

Education It is within Taos Municipal Schools, which operates Taos High School.

See also

John Dunn Bridge Juan Bautista Rael Auguste Lacome

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