Abo (historic place)

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Abo
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Mission ruins at Abó
Location:	Torrance County, New Mexico, USA
Nearest city:	Abo, New Mexico
Built:	1629
Governing body:	State
NRHP Reference#:	66000497
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[1]
Designated NHL:	June 13, 1962^[2]

Abo is a pueblo ruin in New Mexico that is preserved in the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

The Abó Ruins are located about 9 miles west of Mountainair, at about 6100 feet (1859 m) above sea level. They are said to date back to the 1300s. It was a major trading station during its time. There is a visitor contact station, a 0.25 mile (0.4 km) trail through the mission ruins, and a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) trail around the unexcavated pueblo ruins.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abo is also the geological type locality for the Abo Formation, which is made up of sandstone red beds and is exposed to the northwest of the Abo ruins.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ^a ^b "Abo". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=354&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
^ National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: PDF (32 KB). National Park Service. , 19 and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19PDF (32 KB)
^ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.

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