QUARI

NAME: QUARI COUNTY: TORRANCE ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Mild summers. Cold winters. BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time

COMMENTS: QUARI. Post office 1917/1919. REMAINS: ruins

QUARI. Tigua Indian, kwa-ri. Site of a spanish mission 10 mi NW of Mountainair. Founded in 1629; now in ruins. The remains of the old church are the most imposing left standing of the 'cities that died of fear.' The stone walls were over 60 ft high and 5 or 6 ft thick, but have crumbled to 20 ft in height. This was a Tiwa pueblo which was abandoned between 1671 and 1680 when the road to Salina was blocked by Apache Indians. Created a state monument in 1935.` Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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