- Cerrillos, NM
Fine examples of Cerrillos Turquoise are on display Movies filmed in Cerrillos include Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, Shootout, Young Guns, Outrageous Fortune, We’re the Millers, and Dark Winds
- About Cerrillos
Hampered by recurrent strife, it was not until 1695 that el Real de los Cerrillos – the silver and lead mining camp on the north side of the Little Hills – was founded That camp, which survived only a year, was the first settlement to bear the name Cerrillos
- Cerrillos Historical Society
THE HISTORY OF CERRILLOS Cerrillos started in 1880 as a mining town when the railroad came through the Galisteo River valley Cerrillos supported the mining district to the North There are over 2,000 Territorial mines in the hills The mines produced Gold, Copper, Silver, Galena, Turquoise, Manganese and Iron
- Cerrillos Mining District
A number of the workers employed in the Cerrillos mines were longtime New Mexicans – Spanish speakers – but the boom in the Cerrillos Hills was a largely Anglo event
- Surrounding Area — Cerrillos, NM
It quickly became the center of the Gonzales mining district, which was almost as quickly absorbed into the Cerrillos mining district At one time hundreds of people crowded into the camp seeking the bonanza but as what happened so often in New Mexico, most of their dreams were not realized
- Cerrillos Hills State Park
Cerrillos Hills is a year-round, day-use park located off The Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque You will cross paths with over 1,100 years of mining history along the five miles of trails accessible year-round for hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers
- El Vadito Water Association — Cerrillos, NM
El Vadito de Los Cerrillos was established in 1991 as the Water Association supplying the unincorporated village of Cerrillos, Santa Fe County, New Mexico Los Cerrillos Community Plan was adopted by Resolution 1999-129
- Cerrillos Families A-Z Database — Cerrillos, NM
James Franklin Calendar and his family were an extraordinary clan of pioneers, homesteaders and mining prospectors, who broke ground in the Gonzales, Cerrillos and Cochiti Mining Districts
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