Las Nutrias

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Las Nutrias

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During the late 17th century, this area had become well known to the Spanish. Called La Vega de Las Nutrias, or "meadow of the beavers," it was a welcome paraje, or stopping place, for caravans on the Camino Real. Early attempts at settlement had failed, but by 1860 the current village was established.

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