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Explorers went in search of gold, people who came to settle the area were there for the stated purpose of bringing Christianity to the Native Americans.
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As "people" include the original native inhabitants we have to look far into the past:
- Clovis hunters roamed the area in about 10,000 BCE area in search of mammoth, bison and other game.
- Folsom people flourish throughout Southwest about a thousand years later at the end of the last Ice Age.
- Cochise people are first inhabitants to establish agricultural initiatives cultivating corn, squash and beans.
- After this and until the arrival of the Spanish the Mogollon culture, Anasazi and Pueblo Indians lived in the area.
- In 1536 Cabeza de Vaca, Estevan the Moor arrived searching for gold.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey were seeking the seven cities of gold.
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∙ 11y agoTo have a vacation and its very warm there.
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∙ 14y agoBecause they wanted to.
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∙ 12y agoto get gold and silver
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