He began the expedition in 1598, fording the Rio Grande (Río del Norte) near present day El Paso in late April. On April 30, 1598, he claimed all of the ...
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Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the ...
They crossed the Rio Grande at El Paso in May 1598, and Oñate established headquarters at that river's confluence with the Chama at San Juan. From there he ...
Jul 28, 2017 · Juan de Oñate, explorer and founder of the first European settlements in the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico, son of Cristóbal de Oñate ...
His entrada into the present United States came at El Paso del Norte on the Rio Grande in May 1598. Two months later he established Spanish New Mexico at the ...
With guidance from the American Indians who lived in the region, Oñate crossed the Rio Grande, where the group encountered native settlements at El Paso del ...
Jun 30, 2015 · On April 30, 1598, near present-day El Paso, Texas, Conquistador Juan de Oñate claimed all the land north of the Rio Grande for Spain.
and forded the Rio Grande at the famous crossing point of El Paso del Norte in May. By late May he crossed the Jornada del Muerto, making contact with the first.
... Juan de Oñate, Founder of the Hispanic Southwest and Camino Real in 1598 and who also gave our city its name - El Paso del Norte. It was the second monument ...
(A historical marker located in San Elizario in El Paso County, Texas ... Juan de Onate Expedition - 1598 ... Included was all land drained by the Rio del Norte, ...