Keresan speaking refugees from Santo Domingo, Acoma, Cochiti, and other pueblos founded Laguna after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the Spanish reconquest of 1692. Named by the Spaniards for a marshy lake to the west, the pueblo still occupies its original hilltop site today.

Marker is on Historic Route 66 (Interstate 40 at milepost 113.5), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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