Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway
Author Mike Butler has included over 180 photographs depicting the rich history of Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway in this stunning collection.

New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment, so it is appropriate that the state has an Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway. The 84-mile circular route crosses the Sangre de Cristo Mountains twice and is anchored in Taos. While the creation of the byway is a modern-day tourist development, the history of the area goes back at least 1,000 years to the creation of Taos Pueblo. The ancient Puebloans built a five-story adobe structure on the banks of the Rio Pueblo, still standing today just north of the present town of Taos. The village of Taos hosted trade fairs in the early 1800s with attendance by the Puebloans, fur traders, and other native tribes of the area. The 1900s witnessed the arrival of artists drawn by the beautiful scenery and native culture. Other historic towns of the Enchanted Circle grew up around short-lived gold and silver mines.

Mike Butler has sourced images from the Library of Congress, the Huntington Library, and local collections. He is also the author of High Road to Taos, Around the Spanish Peaks, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Southern Colorado: O.T. Davis Collection, and Littleton.

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Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway
Author Mike Butler has included over 180 photographs depicting the rich history of Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway in this stunning collection.

New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment, so it is appropriate that the state has an Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway. The 84-mile circular route crosses the Sangre de Cristo Mountains twice and is anchored in Taos. While the creation of the byway is a modern-day tourist development, the history of the area goes back at least 1,000 years to the creation of Taos Pueblo. The ancient Puebloans built a five-story adobe structure on the banks of the Rio Pueblo, still standing today just north of the present town of Taos. The village of Taos hosted trade fairs in the early 1800s with attendance by the Puebloans, fur traders, and other native tribes of the area. The 1900s witnessed the arrival of artists drawn by the beautiful scenery and native culture. Other historic towns of the Enchanted Circle grew up around short-lived gold and silver mines.

Mike Butler has sourced images from the Library of Congress, the Huntington Library, and local collections. He is also the author of High Road to Taos, Around the Spanish Peaks, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Southern Colorado: O.T. Davis Collection, and Littleton.

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Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway

Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway

by Mike Butler
Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway

Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway

by Mike Butler

Overview

Author Mike Butler has included over 180 photographs depicting the rich history of Taos and the Enchanted Circle Byway in this stunning collection.

New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment, so it is appropriate that the state has an Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway. The 84-mile circular route crosses the Sangre de Cristo Mountains twice and is anchored in Taos. While the creation of the byway is a modern-day tourist development, the history of the area goes back at least 1,000 years to the creation of Taos Pueblo. The ancient Puebloans built a five-story adobe structure on the banks of the Rio Pueblo, still standing today just north of the present town of Taos. The village of Taos hosted trade fairs in the early 1800s with attendance by the Puebloans, fur traders, and other native tribes of the area. The 1900s witnessed the arrival of artists drawn by the beautiful scenery and native culture. Other historic towns of the Enchanted Circle grew up around short-lived gold and silver mines.

Mike Butler has sourced images from the Library of Congress, the Huntington Library, and local collections. He is also the author of High Road to Taos, Around the Spanish Peaks, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Southern Colorado: O.T. Davis Collection, and Littleton.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467162791
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 02/10/2026
Series: Images of America Series
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Author Mike Butler has included over 180 photographs depicting the rich history of the Enchanted Circle sourced from the Library of Congress, the Huntington Library, and local collections. He is also the author of High Road to Taos, Around the Spanish Peaks, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Southern Colorado: O.T. Davis Collection, and Littleton.

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