There is an enormous statue at the El Paso airport commemorating the arrival of the Spanish to the area - given the impact of the Spanish as they marched north from Mexico into New Mexico up the Rio Grande from El Paso - there were mixed reaction to the statue. The figure portrayed might have been Onate. The statue is now called "The Equestrian."
It is massive and frightening. I tried to imagine the reaction of the
Puebloan people who experienced the Conquistadors and never seen
before horses first hand. Seems the victors get to write the history.
