El Paso, Texas also claims to be the site of the first Thanksgiving. In 1598, a Spanish expedition heading north through the Chihuahua desert nearly ran out of food and water. Upon reaching the Rio Grande, they held a Thanksgiving feast that included ducks and fish—but apparently no turkey. The expedition went on to establish the first Spanish settlement in New Mexico.
I am trying to remember the name of that early settlement on top of that Mesa in NM. It is the oldest continuously occupied town in the country.
Is that what you are referring to?