Belen, NM
August 20, 2026
Belen, located on the Rio Grande south of Albuquerque, marked its 250th anniversary as a Spanish colonial settlement founded in 1740, when Capt. Diego Torres de Salazar and 32 settlers petitioned for a land grant below Isleta Pueblo. Governor Gaspar de Mendoza approved the grant, and the main…
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