SOCORRO (Socorro; settlement, county seat; on US 60-85 and I-25, 72 miles south of Albuquerque on the Rio Grande; Post Office 1852-present). On June 4, 1598, Juan de Oñate gave the Spanish name Socorro, meaning "aid, help," to the Piro pueblo of Teypana, in the vicinity of the present…
The term Anasazi came into wide use about 70 years ago. Here is an excerpt from Dr. William Lipe's comments on the subject: "The earliest published reference was by Kidder in the mid-1930s…. J.O. Brew (1946) rails against the use of the term 'Anasazi' on the grounds that a…
