Monument (211th post - 212th day of the year)

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This monument is called “La Jornada” (The Journey). It is in honor of the expedition led, in 1598, by Juan de Onate, from present-day Chihuahua to New Mexico. Nearly 600 settlers accompanied him, along with Mexican Indian allies and Franciscan friars. They passed through present-day Albuquerque, along the route that became El Camino Real. That summer, of 1598, the first of many Hispanic settlements in New Mexico was established.