Spanish colonial plaza village and Pecos River ford that anchored the San Miguel del Vado Land Grant (1794) and later the Santa Fe Trail corridor south of Las Vegas, NM. The fortress-like adobe church still faces NM 3 at the historic ford; the settlement gave San Miguel County its name and remains a field-readable land-grant / trail landscape (plaza, church, river crossing) rather than an indoor museum.
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| Region | San Miguel County, NM |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35.3645, -105.4509 |
| County | San Miguel |
| Era | Land grant 1794; Santa Fe Trail / Mexican period ford |
| Landmark | San Miguel del Vado Church and plaza on NM 3 |
| Context | Namesake village of San Miguel County; NRHP historic district literature |
| Note | San Miguel has no second confirmed public visitor-pool hot spring beyond already-mapped Montezuma Hot Springs—this fills the county historic field cell |
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