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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's Lopez Obrador Slips in Polls; Maintains LeadMexico's Lopez Obrador Slips in Polls; Maintains Lead Former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the frontrunner in presidential opinion polls for more than Katrina Gaining Strength in Gulf of MexicoKatrina Gaining Strength in Gulf of Mexico Residents of the Florida Panhandle and other parts of the Gulf Coast nervously monitored the path of Hurricane Katrina Mexico City: Jan Magnussen race reportMexico City: Jan Magnussen race report Jan Magnussen raced to victory number 11 in 2005 Danish racing driver Jan Magnussen, newly crowned Danish racing driver of Mexico's Central Bank Reduces Rates to Boost Economy (Update1)Mexico's Central Bank Reduces Rates to Boost Economy (Update1) Mexico's central bank reduced its benchmark lending rate for a second time in as many months to El Obispado: MonterreyEl Obispado: Monterrey Playa Medano: Cabo San LucasPlaya Medano South of downtown and the marina Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Attraction Type: Rivers and Lakes Mexico says drug trafficking DVD won't cost federal investigators their jobsMexico says drug trafficking DVD won't cost federal investigators their jobs Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor will not lose his job despite doubts about whether federal Instituto Cultural Cabanas: GuadalajaraInstituto Cultural Cabanas: Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight.... Ca. health plans send patients to MexicoCa. health plans send patients to Mexico A trip to the doctor means a trip across the border for thousands of California workers and their dependents. They Vinci sells stake in Mexico's SETA airport operator for nearly 38 mln usdVinci sells stake in Mexico's SETA airport operator for nearly 38 mln usd Vinci said it has sold its holding in Mexican airport operator SETA |
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