Antonio Armijo

Antonio Mariano Armijo (1804–1850) was a New Mexican explorer and merchant who is famous for leading the first commercial caravan party between Abiquiú, Nuevo México and San Gabriel Mission, Alta California in 1829–1830. His route, the southernmost and most direct, is known as the Armijo Route of the Old Spanish Trail. His route helped to establish the furthest West trading post of Nuevo México for Santa Fe, on the Mormon Road at the old adobe fort, in what became Las Vegas, Nevada.