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Sixty miles northwest of Albuquerque, the Indian Detours went to Jemez Pueblo. The Pueblo itself is twelve miles south of the church ruins at Jemez Springs shown in the photograph above. This was the Franciscan mission church San Jose de los Jemez, built from 1621-22. The church was abandoned after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and the remains can still be visited today.
Another popular one-day Indian Detours trip from Albuquerque was the trip sixty miles west to the Indian Pueblos of Laguna (seen here) and Acoma. Laguna Pueblo is the only New Mexican Pueblo constructed after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. It was built by natives of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos fleeing the Spanish Reconquest of 1692.
This photograph of Acoma Pueblo was taken by Ansel Adams showing standing water on the mesa after a rainstorm. The pueblo is located on top of a 376-foot-high sandstone butte and is appropriately known as "Sky City." Settlement here began as early as 950 - 1150 A.D. This was a very popular destination of the Indian Detours.
A unique one-day trip from Albuquerque was the tour to the top of Sandia Peak after the road was completed in 1928. This seven-hour tour went south of Albuquerque, circled around the back side of Sandia Peak, then went north to the top of the peak (seen here viewing west to the city), and then north on a rough gravel road to Bernalillo, and back to Albuquerque.