The small, rural community of Bosque Farms lies about 18 miles south of Albuquerque. Bosque Farms is situated along the braided routes of the famous Camino Real (the Royal Road ) which follows the Rio Grande , and provided connections among historic trading centers scattered throughout the Rio Grande valley. What is historically referred to as the Rio Abajo, or lower Rio Grande valley, has attracted settlers and traders to the reg ion for hundreds of years.

Before the Spanish came to the Rio Abajo, Tewa lndians roamed the area and settled in as many as five Pueblos (settlements). The nearby lsleta lndians became allies to the Spanish, who first came to the area in 1540. Bosque Farms was originally part of the Antonio Gutierrez and Joaquin Sedillo land grant in 1716. The Gutierrez and Sedillo properties were sold to Nicolas Duran de Chaves in 1736 and eventually to Clemente Gutierrez. A few years later in 1739 a flood moved the course of the river two miles to the west, and the area became known as "Bosque de Los Pinos" or "Los Pinos."

The government then paid for a complete soil testing. They tested every acre at least once then mapped out their findings. By 1939 many people found they couldn't make a go of farming so .they turned dairy farms. Cas and George Jackson were among the first to switch to dairy farming and to turn it into a prosperous business. Federal Security loaned the money for cows and the government built dairy barns for the families that wanted them. The completion of the drainage ditches and irrigation system by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) in the 1930s permanently drained the marshy areas and provided, to some extent, flood protection to the valley communities. Subsequently, Bosque Farms became a well-known dairy and farming community. Dairy farming became the main agricultural industry and by the 1960s the area was referred to as the "Heart of the Rio Grande Dairy Land."