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Abiquiú Village
New Mexico, USA
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Location: Rio Arriba, US Highway 84, 18 miles NW of Española
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Distance (from Ghost Ranch): Approximately 12.5 miles south of Ghost Ranch.
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Directions (from Ghost Ranch): To get there from Ghost Ranch, turn left at Ghost Ranch gate onto HWY 84 and head south for approximately 12.5 miles.Job Bank for New Mexico
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Description: The Abiquiú Village was settled following a 1754 Spanish land grant to Hispanicized Indians (Genizaros) and was a frontier settlement for more than 80 years. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Abiquiú was a center of trade for Plains and Pueblo Indians, and a point of departure for those traveling along the northern Spanish Trail to Spanish settlements in California. A Catholic church built by the community in the 1930's has become the Plaza’s centerpiece.
Santa Rosa de Abiquiú: This site is off US Highway 84 just south of Abiquiú. The ruins are the remnants of the original Spanish settlement. Santa Rosa de Abiquiú was built in the 1730's, abandoned in 1748 because of Indian raids, resettled in 1750, and again abandoned when the population moved into the Genizaro pueblo (current Abiquiú pueblo). Call (505) 685-4462 for the parish in Abiquiú.
Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation for Home and Studio Inforation: The O'Keeffe Home is open to visitors, by strick appointment only. Call (505) 685-4539 for reservations. No photographing is permitted.
Photo Instructions: Remember the Abiquiú Village is located on private land similar to an Indian Pueblo so please follow pueblo etiquette and do not take photographs of people or buildings without obtaining permission first.
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Book Sources:
Valley of Shining Stone, Lesley Poling-Kempes, © 1997 by the University of Arizona Press. This valuable book tells the story and history of Abiquiú, Georgia O'Keeffe in Abiquiú, the Chama Valley, and Piedra Lumbre (Shining Stone) from prehispanic days through the present.
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 Related Online Stories & Sources:
 Abiquiu and The History of The Lower Chama Valley
The Village of Abiquiu Guest Life Magazine Feature.
New Mexico Baptisms, Santo Tomas de Abiquiu Church,Vol I: 1736 to 1873 and Vol II: 1821-1824, NMGS Press (New Mexico Genealogical Society Press). The records in this book were extracted by Virginia Langham Olmsted and Evelyn Lujan Baca, and compiled by Margaret Leonard Windham and Evelyn Lujan Baca. Introduction by Laurianne Huffman; map by Ernie Jaskolski. Published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.
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Maps
Abiquiú Focus
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 Abiquiu, New Mexico Area map
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Name: (Abiquiú) “This Hispanic settlement's name perserves, at least in some form, the name of the Tewa Indian Pueblo upon whose ruins the village was originally built.’’
The Place Names of New Mexico, Robert Julyan, © 1996, 1998 by the University of New Mexico Press
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