Albuquerque Then and Now® (Then and Now)Albuquerque Then and Now matches vintage photographs with contemporary shots, documenting a modern city steeped in traditions. The Albuquerque area was home to Native Americans for centuries before the Spanish came. The valley provided fertile fields and the river nurtured crops and people. Albuquerque survived drought; enemies; Spanish, Mexican, and American rule; and the Civil War. A thriving tourist industry rode in on the railroad in 1880 and grew