MAES

NAME: MAES
COUNTY: SAN MIGUEL
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: ENJOY
BEST TIME TO VISIT: ANY TIME
COMMENTS: MAES. Post office 1914/1957.
REMAINS: Inquire locally
MAES. Ranching commumnity 36 mi E of Las Vegas. The earliest recorded member of the Maese family was Juan Maese, who was in NM as early as 1631. Settlers with this name left when the Pueblo Indians rebelled in 1680, and members of the family returned in 1693, after the Reconauest. They spread E from the Santa Fe area to settle in Mora and San Miguel counties. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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