Located along the banks of the Animas River in New Mexico, in the town of Aztec, the Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village is a great way to capture the history …
New Mexico has a long history, first as a popular dwelling place for our Native American ancestors, then the Spanish, and finally settlers from the Un ...
The diverse rituals and cultures that came together in New Mexico as the state was formed helped to create some wonderful and colorful holiday celebra ...
The State Song of New Mexico, O, Fair New Mexico, was officially adopted in 1917. It was written by Elizabeth Garrett, the daughter of Pat Garrett, th ...
For thousands of years, people have called the area between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Great Plains home. Pecos National Historic Park encompasses 12,000 years of history, from ...
In the late 1870s, silver was first discovered in the Lake Valley area. The discovery can be credited to either a rancher or a prospector – no one is really ...
Named for the Native American rock art (petroglyphs) that dot the park, Petroglyph National Monument is a rugged reminder of the ancient lava flows and volcanic activity that once rocked ...
Long ago, the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico built one of the strongest settlements in the Southwest high in the sky. It was located atop a sandstone butte 430 feet ...
The yucca flower, selected by the chool children of New Mexico, was adopted as the state flower on March 14, 1927. When they named the yucca plant, the state lawmakers ...
The state of New Mexico turns 100 years old in 2012. The earliest known inhabitants of New Mexico were the Clovis people — their artifacts have been dated to 10,000 ...
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