Gallegos Catholic Church

Gallegos in on Highway 39, 26 miles from Mosquero. It is an old settlement: the former Rincon Colorado. Its church was on the ranch of N.T. Baca, formerly the Gallegos family. The old church pictured here with the people and Father Lammert was replace in 1914 with a fine edifice built of red sand stone from the hill just south of Gallegos. The church has a fine altar with a large statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary who's Feast of the Assumption is the patron feast of the church.