Arroyo Seco is a

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near

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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

. Arroyo Seco's economy is based on tourism and services to residents of retirement and vacation homes. Arroyo Seco has a

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, with the ZIP code 87514. The 87514

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had a population of 1,310 at the 2000 census, with 996 housing units, a land area of 53.63 sq. miles, a water area of 0.05 sq. mile, and a population density of 24.43 people per sq. mile at Census 2000. Arroyo Seco's elevation is 7,634 feet.

Demographics

History

Arroyo Seco was settled in 1804, on a Spanish

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made on October 7, 1745. The Church of the Most

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was completed in 1834 and has recently been restored. Overlooking Arroyo Seco stands Lucero Peak, a rock formation. Housed in the Peak is a cave that is sacred to the local Native American population of

Taos Pueblo Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking (Tiwa) Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. The pueblos are considered to be one of the oldest c ...

. The cave inspired

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's short story "

The Woman who Rode Away "The Woman who Rode Away" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was written in New Mexico during the summer of 1924 and first published in ''The Dial'' in two installments in 1925. It later became the title story for a collection of Lawrence's ...

" after he visited it in May 1924 with

Mabel Dodge Luhan Mabel Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan (pronounced ''LOO-hahn''; née Ganson; February 26, 1879 – August 13, 1962) was a wealthy American patron of the arts, who was particularly associated with the Taos art colony. Early life Mabel Ganson was the heir ...

, her husband Tony, and Lawrence's wife Frieda.

Education

It is within

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, which operates

Taos High School Taos High School, founded in 1917, is the public high school in Taos, New Mexico, United States. A part of the Taos Municipal Schools school district, is located outside of Taos Pueblo, at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The district ...

Events

Arroyo Seco's annual

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parade is locally popular.

In culture

The words "She wrote her name there on my windshield, Just to remind me where she was from' Tina Louise, Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, 1971" in the

Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American rock band founded in 1967. The group's leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, alias Commander Cody (born July 19, 1944 in Boise, Idaho, died September 26, 2021 ...

song "Tina Louise" from their 1976 album ''

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''.

Gallery

File:La Santisima Trinidad de Arroyo Seco.jpg, La Santisima Trinidad Catholic Church, March 2021 File:Bienvenidos a Arroyo Seco (5749742902).jpg, Welcome sign, 2011 File:Arroyo seco bar.JPG, Abe's Cantina y Cocina, Arroyo Seco, c. 2009 File:Taos County, New Mexico. Pitching hay to roof of outbuilding, Arroyo Seco. - NARA - 521826.jpg, Pitching hay to roof of outbuilding, 1941 File:Taos County, New Mexico. Mass at Arroyo Seco church - NARA - 521926.jpg, Mass at Arroyo Seco, 1941 File:Taos County, New Mexico. Father Morgan administers sacrament during Mass at Arroyo Seco. - NARA - 521927.jpg, Mass at Arroyo Seco, 1941 File:Taos County, New Mexico. Small field at Arroyo Seco - NARA - 521851.jpg, Small field at Arroyo Seco, 1941 File:Taos County, New Mexico. The road to Arroyo Seco, in the distance, the Sange de Cristo Mountains, f . . . - NARA - 521822.jpg, "The road to Arroyo Seco; in the distance, the Sange de Cristo Mountains, from whose melting snow comes most of the water of the area," December 1941 File:Taos County, New Mexico. View, Arroyo Seco. Note road, transportation by horse, typical structure . . . - NARA - 521830.jpg, "Arroyo Seco. Note road, transportation by horse, typical structure of outbuildings," December 1941

References

External links

Arroyo Seco village website

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