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@Cornflake said:
Tom, your comments had me googling because in recent years I've been in two communities that claimed to be older. Wikipedia says St. Augustine is "the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Continental United States." Oraibi, on the Hopi Reservation here, dates to 1100 and it's still populated. It and Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico are deemed the "oldest continuously occupied communities in the USA." So everybody's right depending on what qualifiers you use. Hope I don't sound like I'm picking nits--I find this stuff very interesting.

It's cool that your wife has relatives there that date back so far.

I'm with you, Don, I find this stuff interesting as well. As you may surmise though, I have to be careful about the stances I take on local history. A determined onslaught from a 5' 3" 120 lb. gal of Minocan heritage is not to be taken lightly.