The Presidio de Santa Cruz de Terrenate was a Spanish fort built in 1775 in an attempt to offer protection from the Apache. The fort was abandoned in 1780 due to the fact the Apache tenacity.
Yesterday, Amanda, Honey, Jack and I hiked a short 1.5 mile trail to see what remains of this fort after 250 years. And all that remains are parts of adobe walls, and a good story.
You see, the Spanish goals were to capture the Apache, teach them to be good Christians, and to train them to become effective slave labor. At the same time, the true reason for this Spanish conquest, their thirst for gold, continued.
Now the weathered remains of the fort still exist.
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