Country English Pleasure Horses for Sale near Socorro, NM

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Paint - Horse for Sale in Alamo, NM 88310-37
Sue
4yr old gelding, brown and white paint, about 15 1/2 hh he is so sweet but ..
Alamo, New Mexico
Pinto
Paint
Gelding
8
Alamo, NM
NM
$3,000
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About Socorro, NM

In June 1598, Juan de Oñate led a group of Spanish settlers through the Jornada del Muerto, an inhospitable patch of desert that ends just south of the present-day city of Socorro. As the Spaniards emerged from the desert, Piro Indians of the pueblo of Teypana gave them food and water. Therefore, the Spaniards renamed this pueblo Socorro, which means "help" or "aid". Later, the name "Socorro" would be applied to the nearby Piro pueblo of Pilabó. Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro, the first Catholic mission in the area, was probably established c.