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Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Arroyo
Hondo
is a small
census-designated place
in
Taos County
near
Taos
,
New Mexico, United States
. It is
historically
notable
as the
site
of
the killing
of six to
eight
employees
by a
force
of
allied
Native Americans
at
Simon
Turley's
mill
on
January 20
,
1847
. This took place during the
Taos Revolt
, a
popular
insurrection
of
New Mexicans
and
Native
Americans
against the new
United States
territorial
regime
during the
Mexican–American War
.