Las Ruedas was a small

Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

village located in

San Miguel County, New Mexico San Miguel County () is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,201. Its county seat is Las Vegas. San Miguel County comprises the Las Vegas Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also include ...

, on the

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not far away from present-day

Rowe, New Mexico Rowe is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. The CDP is located along Interstate 25 near the Pecos National Historical Park. History Rowe was established to provide labor for the Santa Fe Railroad ...

on the Los Trigos Land Grant.''The Spanish Archives of New Mexico'' by Ralph Emerson Twitchell It was originally settled in the early 19th century and survived until the 1880s when the

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passed by the area. The railroad drew most of the residents to Rowe. The 1870 census has people living in Las Ruedas, but most seem to have gone by the 1900 census. In the 1900 Federal Census many of the 1870 inhabitants of Las Ruedas can now be found in Rowe, New Mexico.

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