From the Rio Rancho Observer, August 5, 2004, Don Bullis writes about New Mexico history in his column Ellos Pasaron Por Aqui (they passed by here). The following names are mentioned:
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Juan de Padilla, Juan de la Cruz, Luis de Escalona, Don Juan de Onate, Gaspar Perez de Villagra, John Gaw Meem
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