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State of ChihuahuaChihuahua, the largest state in Mexico, was inhabited in the south by Desert Culture tribes and in the north by the Paquime culture, part of the Mogollan tradition of the American Southwest. Paquime, now called Casas Grandes, was the most highly developed city in Northern Mexico. Its ceremonial plazas, temples and ball courts strongly resemble those found in the Valley of Mexico. Archeologists have found storage rooms filled with turquoise and pens that they think held parrots and macaws from the south. Paquime's development began around AD 1060, when envoys from Central Mexico visited the city and fashioned it into a center for trading ceremonial commodities between north and south. For unknown reasons Paquime began to decline around AD 1261, and after a disastrous fire in 1340, the city was abandoned. Cabeza de Vaca passed through Ciudad Juarez in 1533 or 1534, but it wasn't until 1563 and Francisco de Ibarra's exploration of Nuevo Vizcaya (Durango and Chihuahua) that Spanish settlement began. Rich mines were discovered in the sierra but the Spanish had to battle continuous Indian raids to profit from them. The Jesuits and the Franciscans divided the territory for evangelization, the former taking the sierra and the latter taking the plains, where many were killed by Apaches. During the 18th century, presidios were built to protect the mines and the huge cattle estates from the Indians. In 1811, after their capture near Monclova, Coahuila, the insurgent revolutionaries, Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama, were taken to Chihuahua, tried and executed by firing squad on the site of the present Palacio del Gobierno. Over the next century Chihuahua was the scene of many foreign invasions and locally bred revolutionary battles. The only time of peace came under the Porfiriato, when the poor were worked to death on the flourishing cattle estates and mines. The US army invaded in 1847, Juarez and his government were chased around the state by French forces from 1864 to 1866, and numerous important battles were fought here during the 1910-20 Revolution, when Pancho Villa made Chihuahua the stronghold of his army. In 1916, Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico and President Wilson sent a punitive expedition under General Pershing to punish the Mexicans. They wandered around the Chihuahuan desert for weeks, unable to find Villa, and finally withdrew. Today, the state is peaceful, although the Wild West tradition endures. Featured Mexico Travel DestinationsMexico City: Krohn Racing/TRG race reportMexico City: Krohn Racing/TRG race report Krohn Racing/TRG drivers Tracy Krohn and Nic Jonsson finished seventh today with teammates Jorg Bergmeister and Max Papis coming home La Torre Latinoamericana : Mexico CityLa Torre Latinoamericana In the corner of Cardinal red Madero and Lazaro (before San Juan de Letrán) the famous Latin American Tower, the building upper of Pulte sells Mexico operations to investment firmPulte sells Mexico operations to investment firm Home builder Pulte Homes Inc.(PHM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it sold its Mexico home-building operation to investors Mexico's Zapatista rebels meet ahead of national caravanMexico's Zapatista rebels meet ahead of national caravan LA GARRUCHA, Mexico Zapatista rebels embarked on a historic transformation today at a mass meeting intended to take Mexico battles to rid Cancun of hurricane scarsMexico battles to rid Cancun of hurricane scars All along Cancun's famed hotel strip, laborers are working flat out to patch up the wounds inflicted Todos Santos: Cabo San LucasTodos Santos Highway 19 Mile 42 North Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Attraction Type: Monuments and Landmarks Bond Strategists: Julius Baer's Owens Says Sell Mexico on RallyBond Strategists: Julius Baer's Owens Says Sell Mexico on Rally Investors should sell Mexican government bonds because their prices already reflect chances the central bank Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana): GuadalajaraMetropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana): Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight.... Mexico City: SunTrust Racing race reportMexico City: SunTrust Racing race report SunTrust Team Clinches Daytona Prototype Championship and Tenth Podium Finish at Mexico City Finale Mexico City, Mexico (November 5, 2005) Cascada de las Tres Caidas: GuadalajaraCascada de las Tres Caidas: Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight.... |
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