The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior Land) is North America's oldest and longest (1500 miles) road, which connects Mexico City with Santa Fe, New Mexico. This guidebook provides useful commentary, along with sixty maps, on the entire Camino as it winds its way from New Mexico through Mexico, ending in Mexico City. MAPS ix SIDEBARS x FOREWORD xi PREFACE xv CHAPTER ONE Santa Fe and the North 1(30) Santa Fe 1(8) San Juan Pueblo 9(5) Ojo Caliente 14(3) Taos Valley 17(6) Chimay 23(7) Las Golondrinas 30(1) CHAPTER TWO La Bajada to Fra Crist bal 31(34) La Bajada 31(6) Bernalillo 37(5) Albuquerque 42(7) Isleta Pueblo 49(6) Tom TD> 55(2) La Joya de Sevilleta 57(8) CHAPTER THREE Jornada del Muerto through El Paso del Norte 65(34) Jornada del Muerto 65(9) Do a Ana 74(2) Fort Fillmore and the Battle of Brazito 76(4) Entrada to El Paso 80(13) O ate Entrada Site 93(1) San Elizario 94(5) CHAPTER FOUR Chihuahua 99(26) Samalayuca 102(2) Ojo Lucero 104(4) Carrizal 108(3) Ojo Caliente 111(2) Battle of Sacramento 113(3) Chihuahua City 116(9) CHAPTER FIVE Cusihuiri ic to Zacatecas 125(22) Cusihuiri ic 127(6) Parral 133(3) Valle de San Bartolom TD> 136(3) Cerro Gordo 139(3) Durango 142(3) Sombrerete 145(2) CHAPTER SIX Zacatecas and the Silver Road 147(24) Zacatecas 147(6) P co 153(8) Ci ga Grande 161(3) Dolores Hidalgo 164(1) San Miguel de Allende 165(1) Quer ro 166(5) CHAPTER SEVEN Mexico City 171(14) Tenochtitl /TD> 171(3) Z calo 174(8) Chapultepec Park 182(1) rbol de la Noche Triste 183(2) CHAPTER EIGHT Guanajuato and North 185(16) Celaya 186(2) Guanajuato 188(1) San Juan de los Lagos 188(3) Pasaje 191(4) Guajoquilla 195(2) San Francisco de Conchos 197(4) SUGGESTED READINGS 201(6) APPENDIX: Suggestions for Travel in Mexico 207(2) General Travel Suggestions 209(4) INDEX 213