Los Padillas

The school the panel ends on began as a priest's classes. Father Padilla, Albuquerque's historical society records, started teaching children orphaned in raids; in the early 1890s his school became a public county school, and by 1912 it had grown to six rooms. The panel dates the school's first building to 1901 and its replacement to 1912. The district's Los Padillas Elementary, built in 1965, stands on Padillas Road. The community's 1790 census name, San Andrés de los Padillas, still marks it as a family place.

What the plaque says

Official Scenic Historic Marker Los Padillas Los Padillas is an extended family settlement which was resettled in 1718 by Diego de Padilla. His grand- parents had lived on the site prior to the 1680 Pueblo Revolt at which time they were forced to abandon it. In the 1790 census the town, referred to as San Andres de los Padillas, had a population of 168. This is the site of the old Los Padillas School, originally built in 1901 and replaced in 1912.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Petroglyph National Monument — 13 mi
  Some 24,000 images pecked into the dark basalt of Albuquerque's West Mesa, protected in 1990 and then crossed by a city boulevard.

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