Route: From Santa Fe 73 miles NE on US-285 N, NM-68 N.
Significance: While Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon have evidence of cultures that peaked 800 years ago and were abandoned due to decades long drought - the Taos Pueblo is still currently inhabited. The adobe buildings - some 5 stories high have been inhabited for 1,000 years. The people here have experienced countless invasions from other tribes, the conquest of the Spanish, and the westward expansion of the United States government - and yet their culture still remains. There are 150 people who live in the pueblo full-time. The pueblo is governed by the the Pueblo people and their tribal governor.f
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