{"id":1121,"date":"2021-07-06T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2021-08-03T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T22:32:17","slug":"el-camino-real-de-tierra-adentro-national-historic-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/el-camino-real-de-tierra-adentro-national-historic-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CARTA-Website1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15006 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ElCARTA-Sign-logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"The CARTA NHT triangular logo and sign features two brown oxen pulling a wooden cart against a red, pink, and yellow background\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ElCARTA-Sign-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ElCARTA-Sign-logo-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ElCARTA-Sign-logo-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ElCARTA-Sign-logo.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Established:<\/strong> October 13, 2000<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Managing Nonprofit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caminorealcarta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CARTA Trail Association<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Managing Agency: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/elca\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Park Service<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15007\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15007\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15007\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"CARTA NHT Trail map showing the course from El Paso, Texas north to Santa Fe, New Mexico\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map-300x223.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map-1024x760.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map-768x570.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map-640x475.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map-150x111.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ELCA_NHT_display-map.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-15007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El CARTA NHT map courtesy NPS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trail known today as the El Camino Real de Tiera Adentro (CARTA) National Historic Trail was the only link New Mexico had to the rest of the North American continent during the Spanish Colonial Era. The name translates to \u201croyal road\u201d or \u201cking\u2019s highway\u201d. CARTA served many roles during its long reign as the primary thoroughfare in the area, including as a path for Spanish missionaries, conquistadores, and commercial traders. Notable points of interest on the Trail include the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/000\/new-mexico-palace-of-the-governors.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palace of the Governors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/000\/new-mexico-mesquite-historic-district.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mesquite Historic District<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Northern Terminus:<\/strong> Santa Fe, New Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Southern Terminus:<\/strong> El Paso, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the CARTA NHT travels just through <a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/tag\/new-mexico\/\">New Mexico<\/a> and a short span in <a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/tag\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a> on the U.S. side, historic usage of the trail stretched deep into Central Mexico, all the way to Mexico City.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"button large\">\n<div class=\"button-container medium right \"><a target=\"new\" class=\"button green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caminorealcarta.org\/get-invovled\/\">Get Involved<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button large\">\n<div class=\"button-container medium right \"><a target=\"new\" class=\"button green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caminorealcarta.org\/\">Learn More-CARTA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button large\">\n<div class=\"button-container medium right \"><a target=\"new\" class=\"button green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/elca\/index.htm\">Learn More-NPS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Established: October 13, 2000 Managing Nonprofit: CARTA Trail Association Managing Agency: National Park Service &nbsp; The trail known today as the El Camino Real de Tiera Adentro (CARTA) National Historic Trail was the only link New Mexico had to the rest of the North&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/el-camino-real-de-tierra-adentro-national-historic-trail\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[24,37],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15193,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/15193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}