Fernando de la Concha

Fernando de la Chacón
56th Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office 1789–1794
Preceded by	Juan Bautista de Anza
Succeeded by	Fernando Chacón
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Spouse(s)	Politician

Fernando de la Concha was the Governor of New Mexico between 1789 and 1794.

Fernando de la Concha was joined to Spanish Army in his youth, becoming eventually in Colonel. De la Concha was appointed Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in 1789. He opened a trade route in Santa Fe from the East. In 1792, on orders of the viceroy Revillagigedo, Concha sent Pedro Vial, Vicente Villanueva, and Vicente Espinosa to Saint Louis, Missouri, from Santa Fe, establishing a trade route. This route would become in the trade Santa Fe - Missouri of Santa Fe Trail.

Fernando de la Concha was replaced by Fernando Chacón in the New Mexico government in 1794.

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