Abiquiú, New Mexico

Abiquiú Post Office

The adobe St. Thomas Church in Abiquiú

Abiquiu church and plaza around 1920. Photo by T. Harmon Parkhurst.

Abiquiú, or Abiquiu^{[1] i}/ˈæbɨkjuː/ (Navajo Haʼagizh) is a small census-designated place located in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, about 53 miles (85 km) north of Santa Fe. In the 1730s, it was the third largest settlement in the Spanish province of Nuevo México. Artist Georgia O'Keeffe lived there from 1949 until shortly before her death in 1986 at 98 years of age.

Abiquiú is also the location where the opening shot of the 4th Indiana Jones movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was shot. As per the Production Timeline in the Extras section of the movie's Blu-ray Disc: "On June 16, 2007 even before the start of principal photography, the production's second unit crew was on location near Abiquiu, New Mexico, filming the traditional Indiana Jones opening shot of a "mountain" (in this case a prairie dog mound.)" Other notable films shot in Abiquiu are Cowboys & Aliens, City Slickers, Red Dawn, Wyatt Earp, The Last Outlaw,^[2] and the TV series Earth 2.^[3]

Cultural references

• Abiquiú is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book Five Chapter 1.
• Ghost Ranch is home of the Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, named in honor of Ruth Hall.
• "Abiquiú" is the title of episode 11, season 3 of the AMC television drama Breaking Bad.
• Abiquiú is shown as the hometown on the drivers license of Mike Franks' alias in the 5th season NCIS episode "Judgment Day"

• Noted, celebrated artist Georgia O'Keeffe lived at nearby Ghost Ranch for many years and also bought a house in Abiquiu in 1945, using it variously as an art subject, residence and studio for several years. In the mid-1940s, the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan sponsored a project to establish the first catalogue of her work.

Education

Abiquiu has 1 Elementary school which is part of the Espanola Public Schools

• Abiquiu Elementary

Nearby points of interest

• Echo amphitheatre
• Ghost Ranch
• Dar al-Islam (organisation)
• Santa Rosa de Lima, New Mexico, a ghost town
• Monastery of Christ in the Desert
• Abiquiu Lake

References

Born here

• Julian A. Chavez (1808–1879), rancher, landowner and elected official in Los Angeles, California

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Abiquiu.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abiquiú, New Mexico.

• A Traveller's Guide to Abiquiu
• Abiquiú Studio Tour
• Abiquiú Library
• Abiquiu Facebook page

Municipalities and communities of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States County seat: Tierra Amarilla City Española‡ Village Chama CDPs Abiquiú Alcalde Brazos Canjilon Cañones Canova Chamita Chili Chimayo‡ Cordova Coyote Dixon Dulce El Duende El Rito Ensenada Gallina Hernandez La Madera La Mesilla La Villita Los Luceros Los Ojos Lumberton Lyden Ohkay Owingeh Pueblito San Jose San Juan Santa Clara Pueblo Tierra Amarilla Truchas Velarde Youngsville Other unincorporated communities Cañoncito Cebolla Embudo Las Tablas Lindrith Medanales Navajo City Ojo Sarco Petaca Rutheron San Lorenzo Vallecitos Ghost towns and former settlements Hopewell Riverside Santa Rosa de Lima Sublette Indian reservation Santa Clara Indian Reservation‡ Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°12′34″N 106°19′7″W / 36.20944°N 106.31861°W / 36.20944; -106.31861