Don Ambrosio Armijo

Don Ambrosio Armijo was born about 1817 to a farming community on the Los Poblanos Ranch north of Old Town. Armijo was the nephew of Mexican governor Manuel Armijo and a well known merchant, politician, and public servant. A noted trader on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails, Armijo probably purchased the saddle on one of his trading ventures to Mexico. It is a remarkable example of the richly adorned saddles used by affluent Mexican gentlemen after 1850.