The Oldest Continually Inhabited House in Our House in Jersey
I'm flipping through the October 2010 issue of Smithsonian magazine, and something has caught my eye: In a "Special Advertising Section" promoting travel to St. Augustine, Florida, the 445 year-old town is described as "the oldest continually inhabited city in the United States."
How can this be? I recall a previous issue of Smithsonian telling me that Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico is the oldest continually inhabited city in the United States. What gives? Am I remembering incorrectly?
I google Acoma Pueblo, nicknamed "Sky City", and the official website tells me that it is "the oldest continually inhabited community in North America."
So what's the deal, here? It seems to come down to a distinction between "city" and "community", but that just confuses me more. Is Acoma Pueblo, despite its nickname, not considered a city? Founded in the 12th century, it's the older of the two.
I'm not rooting for either one, here. I've been to both, and they're both wonderful and certainly worth your travel time and dollars. I'm just wondering whether St. Augustine and Acoma Pueblo are aware of one another. And who researches the oldest-continually-inhabited-whatever claims? It seems like there'd be some kind of government agency (the Department of Continual Inhabitation) dedicated to overseeing these things. Just where are my tax dollars going?!
Boy, I'd better get out and vote tomorrow. While I'm out, I think I'll have a sign made up: "Welcome to Our House in Jersey, the oldest continually inhabited house in this building."
posted by Liz/Beth Ann @ 8:39 PM
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The especial attraction of creating a "Department of Continual Inhabitation" is the delight in just thinking about how "W" (or Sarah Palin) would end up calling it "the Department of Cohabitation". - Pops
... Furthermore: I have just revisited OHIJ and this time I clicked on the Acoma videos and they certainly suggest to me that Acoma is older than St. Augustine. Maybe the destruction of the pueblo by the Spanish was so extensive and complete that, although rebuilt, the pueblo couldn't justify "continuous" in its bragging rights.
The spokesmen - okay, its not p.c., but I can't go with "spokespersons" - on the videos seem to be so centered and spiritual. Bless them. Live long & prosper, but one gets scared for them and for many native Amercans because of such rapid cultural changes. Plus the casino money.
- Slick
I hope i can visit one day. And maybe do some charity.
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