Paraje de San Diego was a camping place along the route of the Jornada del Muerto. It was located 5 leagues north of the Paraje de Robledo and "half a league from the river", . [1] [2]: Itinerary, note 107
Bishop of Durango, Pedro Tamarón y Romeral, wrote of this location during his 1760 visitation to New Mexico:
During this thirteenth day they had traveled 20 leagues until eight-thirty at night, when they halted opposite the Sierra de Fray Cristobal.
"On the fourteenth day of May, the eighth day of our journey, we made an early start. We reached the river at eleven‑thirty. The livestock were so thirsty that they ran to reach the water. After this fashion were the thirty leagues of this difficult stage traveled. We stopped there this day." [1] [2]
After 10 leagues journey on the 14th of May, the Bishop reached the Rio Grande again, at the Paraje de Fray Cristobal leaving the Jornada del Muerto.
The location given by Bishop Tamarón places Paraje de San Diego on the heights overlooking the Rincon Valley north of San Diego Mountain above Tonuco Draw, southeast of the location of Rincon, New Mexico. At the time the Bishop wrote the Rio Grande must have had a different course than today to be half a league away. It would have to pass close to the east side of the valley close to the foot of the bluffs where the paraje was and at the foot of San Diego Mountain.
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Paraje de San Diego was a camping place along the route of the Jornada del Muerto. It was located 5 leagues north of the Paraje de Robledo and "half a league from the river", . [1] [2]: Itinerary, note 107
Bishop of Durango, Pedro Tamarón y Romeral, wrote of this location during his 1760 visitation to New Mexico:
During this thirteenth day they had traveled 20 leagues until eight-thirty at night, when they halted opposite the Sierra de Fray Cristobal.
"On the fourteenth day of May, the eighth day of our journey, we made an early start. We reached the river at eleven‑thirty. The livestock were so thirsty that they ran to reach the water. After this fashion were the thirty leagues of this difficult stage traveled. We stopped there this day." [1] [2]
After 10 leagues journey on the 14th of May, the Bishop reached the Rio Grande again, at the Paraje de Fray Cristobal leaving the Jornada del Muerto.
The location given by Bishop Tamarón places Paraje de San Diego on the heights overlooking the Rincon Valley north of San Diego Mountain above Tonuco Draw, southeast of the location of Rincon, New Mexico. At the time the Bishop wrote the Rio Grande must have had a different course than today to be half a league away. It would have to pass close to the east side of the valley close to the foot of the bluffs where the paraje was and at the foot of San Diego Mountain.
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