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Pecos National Monument

NM 63, Pecos, NM, USA
Telephone: (505) 757-7200

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 32' 52.6884", -105° 41' 2.6592"
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In 1540-41, this pueblo stood 5 stories high with a population of 500. Four churches and an additional pueblo were built here in the 1600s and 1700s. Disease and Comanche raids (late 1700s) significantly reduced the community size. In 1838, the last 17 people moved to the Pueblo of Jémez.



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Pecos National Monument New Mexico