250 Years · 50 States · One Historic Milestone
In 1610, Spanish colonizers established Santa Fe as the capital of the Province of New Mex...
Read more →In August 1680, Pueblo peoples across New Mexico rose up against Spanish colonial rule in...
Read more →The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848 to end the Mexican-American War, transferr...
Read more →New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state. The territory...
Read more →Route 66, established in 1926, passed through the heart of New Mexico on its way from Chic...
Read more →In 1943, the U.S. government established a secret laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico, as...
Read more →On July 16, 1945, scientists at the Trinity site in southern New Mexico detonated the worl...
Read more →The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta began in 1972 and grew into the largest hot a...
Read more →Petroglyph National Monument, protecting thousands of ancient rock carvings on the West Me...
Read more →Today, New Mexico is celebrated for its extraordinary landscapes, vibrant arts communities...
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