Mesa Del Contadero — Local services in Socorro

Mesa Del Contadero in English "Table of the Accountant" or of the accountant, with Contadero having several meanings, in this case, narrow passage. As this was the location along the Jornada Del Muerte and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro where the livestock accompanying the caravans were counted to see how many perished or were slaughtered on the trail, and in the 1600-1820's taxes levied on the animals brought into Nueva Espana (New Spain..present day Mexico). This Mesa, having sometimes being called Black Mesa appeared on a 1773 Spanish map as Mesa de Senecu. This name given to the mesa has a meaning of a family of indigenous peoples from the pueblo of the Piro Indians. In which the history here dates back to before 1581. Before the Spanish conquistadors passed through the narrow passage. There are supposedly two trails here one was a wagon trail the other was a livestock trail, currently on private land. More about the Mesa: it is a basalt mesa, The sides being a steep 250 to 300 feet then levels off to an area on top of an elevation of 4,810 feet with a high point summit called Mesa peak on the NE edge at 4,916 feet. I included images of the old highway, map of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of...