Pueblo Hardships

The Pueblo had many terrible hardships such as the flood they had on July 3,1921. There were floods before that, but they concluded to the "Great Flood" in 1921. It was then named the Saddle Making capital of the World.The Pueblo lost about one third of there businesses and buildings because of the flood. Beside the flood they also had many wars.In 1540 in war with the Spanish Empire the Spanish seized over 100 Pueblos. In World War II the tribe sacrificed eight of their young soldiers for defense. They became electrified in 1952.