Santa Cruz, historically known as Santa Cruz de la Cañada, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 423 at the 2000 census.

After a difficult first decade, the town and jurisdiction of the Villa Nueva de Santa Cruz developed into a stable community and served as the springboard for establishing additional settlements in...

Here at Santa Cruz, on the west side of an unadorned dirt plaza hemmed in by asphalt roads, is the biggest church Father Domínguez saw in New Mexico in 1776. With the exception of Las Trampas, it is the only church he inventoried north of Santa Fe that still stands.

The Battle of Cañada was a popular insurrection against the American occupation of New Mexico by Mexicans and Pueblo Indians. It took place on January 24, 1847, during the Taos Revolt, a conflict of the Mexican–American War.

We will examine how and when Spanish settlers, almost all farmers and stockmen, established new communities beyond the boundaries of previously settled areas, often to be subjected to raids by nomadic Indians including Apaches, Navajos, Utes and Comanches.

The historic Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Canada - Mother Church of Northern New Mexico- built in 1733, has been designated a State and National Historic Site. Fray Andres Garcia painted the altar screen bewteen 1765 and 1768.

Canada Alamosa, an Americanized version of the Spanish Cañada Alamosa (pronounced Cănyădă Ălămosă, translated as Glen or Valley of the Cottonwoods), [1] is a term historically applied to five geographical features, all in the same immediate area in southwest Socorro and northwest Sierra Counties, New Mexico.

USA (1,380,571) > New Mexico (7,406) > Santa Fe County (512) > Santa Cruz (19) NOTE: Additional records that apply to Santa Cruz are also found through the Santa Fe County and New Mexico pages. Santa Cruz Cemetery Records. Church of Santa Cruz de la Canada Cemetery Find a Grave . Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves

Jul 23, 2011 · Santa Cruz de la Cañada. In 1695, Governor Diego de Vargas founded his first town, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, designed to protect the Spanish frontier north of Santa Fe. (A historical marker located in Santa Cruz in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.)

Sep 8, 2017 · The present church of Santa Cruz de la Cañada was built in 1733 making it one of the oldest surviving churches in the United States. There are two side chapels, one in each of the church transepts. The north chapel is dedicated to Nuestra Señora de Carmen (Our Lady of …