Overview of the Chimayo Rading Post ~ Espanola, New Mexico
Already a successful businessman in Chimayo, E. D. Trujillo began developing his Espanola location after purchasing a triangle of land from Anastacio Maestas of Santa Cruz in
October 1925. This was part of a larger tract that Petra Buquet of Santa Fe had sold Maestas the previous March when it was described as pasture land extending west to the Rio Grande and south to the Santa Cruz River (Abstract of Title, E. D. Trujillo Papers). There was as yet little commercial development in the area known as Riverside, which was across the Rio Grande from Espanola proper—the railroad town that ended at the Rio Grande bridge. The land Trujillo
purchased contained only an arroyo (wash) that needed to be filled in to permit development (Trujillo, interview 24 October 1998). However, Trujillo chose his new location carefully,
placing his new business strategically at the junction of main roads between Santa Fe and Taos.
Overview of the Chimayo Rading Post ~ Espanola, New Mexico
Already a successful businessman in Chimayo, E. D. Trujillo began developing his Espanola location after purchasing a triangle of land from Anastacio Maestas of Santa Cruz in
October 1925. This was part of a larger tract that Petra Buquet of Santa Fe had sold Maestas the previous March when it was described as pasture land extending west to the Rio Grande and south to the Santa Cruz River (Abstract of Title, E. D. Trujillo Papers). There was as yet little commercial development in the area known as Riverside, which was across the Rio Grande from Espanola proper—the railroad town that ended at the Rio Grande bridge. The land Trujillo
purchased contained only an arroyo (wash) that needed to be filled in to permit development (Trujillo, interview 24 October 1998). However, Trujillo chose his new location carefully,
placing his new business strategically at the junction of main roads between Santa Fe and Taos.