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ELCA Martineztown A Royal Walk Wayside AD
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This sign is a 12-by 8-inch rectangle made of gray metal and is staked into the ground. This wayside should be the first stop on your walk through Historic Martineztown. The sign has a map of the historic route and will orient you to what you will see along the path here. Text reads, a Royal Walk Welcome to Martineztown Park and the retracements El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or Royal Road of the Interior Lands. Walk in the footsteps of Spanish, Mexican and American explorers, settlers, soldiers, and missionaries. Your two-block stroll North from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to Roma Ave represents a difficult six-month journey of more than 1600 miles. The trail passed through nine Mexican States and nine counties in Texas and New Mexico. Note their names and distances from Mexico City etched into the sidewalk along Edith Blvd. Second paragraph New Sights and Sounds. Travelers passed through grasslands, deserts, river valleys and mountains. They saw exotic new plants and animals. Look for the life and landmarks of El Camino Real on the tile murals along the sidewalk. Text below map, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro historic map. The map shows central Mexico and follows El Camino’s historic route including Texas and New Mexico. A red line represents the route and black dots mark the Mexican states the route passes through. Map enlargement focuses on the crossroads at Martineztown in Albuquerque.
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Martineztown walking tour in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wayside AD "A Royal Walk"
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NPS
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