Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico

Church in Arroyo Hondo, winter 2007

Arroyo Hondo is a small census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied Native Americans at Simon Turley's mill on January 20, 1847.^[1] This took place during the Taos Revolt, a popular insurrection of New Mexicans and Native Americans against the new United States territorial regime during the Mexican-American War.

See also

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• John Dunn Bridge
• Juan Bautista Rael
• Auguste Lacome

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Coordinates: 36°32′09″N 105°40′09″W / 36.5358°N 105.6692°W / 36.5358; -105.6692

Municipalities and communities of Taos County, New Mexico, United States County seat: Taos Towns Red River Taos Villages Questa Taos Ski Valley CDPs Arroyo Hondo Arroyo Seco Chamisal Costilla Peñasco Picuris Pueblo Ranchos de Taos Rio Lucio San Cristobal Talpa Taos Pueblo Vadito Other unincorporated communities Amalia Cañoncito Carson Cerro El Prado El Rito Las Trampas Llano No Agua Ojo Caliente Pilar Tres Piedras Valdez Indian reservation Taos Pueblo