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 In terms of area and height, New Mexico is the fifth-largest state in the United States.[([[https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Mexico|britannica]])] In terms of area and height, New Mexico is the fifth-largest state in the United States.[([[https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Mexico|britannica]])]
 +
 +===== First People =====
 +
 +According to experts, the first people to live in New Mexico did so more than 12,000 years ago after crossing a land bridge during the last Ice Age that connected Russia to North America.[([[https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/states/article/new-mexico|nationalgeographic]])]
 +
 +===== Native Groups =====
 +
 +The Apache, Navajo, and Pueblos are three significant Native American tribes that made their homes in the New Mexico region.[([[https://www.newmexico.org/native-culture/native-communities/|newmexico]])]
 +
 +===== Spaniards =====
 +
 +The Spaniards occupied the region that would eventually become New Mexico. The region was included into Mexico in 1821, the year when Mexico proclaimed its independence from Spain. It became a US territory during the Mexican-American War of 1848, and eventually, in 1912, it became the 47th state.[([[https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-mexico|history]])]
 +
 +===== Name =====
 +
 +The Spanish conquistadors gave the area the name "Nueva" or "New" Mexico in the hopes that it would be as prosperous as Mexico, where they had first discovered it.[([[https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/states/article/new-mexico|nationalgeographic]])]
 +
 +===== Four Corner State =====
 +
 +One of the four states whose corners all touch is New Mexico. Colorado, Utah, and Arizona make up the other three.[([[https://www.utahscanyoncountry.com/four-corners-monument|utahscanyoncountry]])]
 +
 +===== Land of Enchantment =====
 +
 +Because of its stunning and diverse landscape, which includes everything from mountains and forests to lakes, rivers, and deserts, New Mexico is known as the "Land of Enchantment".[([[https://www.quora.com/Why-is-New-Mexico-called-the-land-of-enchantment|quora]])]
 +
 +===== Black-Footed Ferret =====
 +
 +New Mexico is home to the black-footed ferret, which is most likely the rarest animal on the whole continent.[([[https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2011/Black-footed-ferret-facts|nwf]])]
 +
 +===== Potash =====
 +
 +New Mexico is the country's primary source of potash, a vital component of fertilizer.[([[https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/mining-and-minerals/about/new-mexico/leasable-minerals/potash|blm]])]
 +
 +===== Revenue =====
 +
 +Natural gas production accounts for about half of New Mexico's natural resource income.[([[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/2022/07/new-mexicos-oil-and-gas-revenues-are-breaking-records-and-complicating-budgets/|pbs]])]
 +
 +===== Taos Pueblo =====
 +
 +Taos Pueblo in north-central New Mexico has been inhabited by Pueblo people for more than 1000 years.[([[https://taospueblo.com/|taospueblo]])]
 +
 +===== Famous People =====
 +
 +All three of Jeff Bezos, Georgia O'Keefe, and John Denver were born in New Mexico.[([[https://nmkidscan.org/vision/|nmkidscan]])]
 +
 +===== Turquoise Crisis =====
 +
 +Because there is so little remaining New Mexican turquoise due to extensive mining, certain pieces can fetch thousands of dollars.[([[https://www.durangosilver.com/turquoise-crisis.html|durangosilver]])]
 +
 +===== Manhattan Project =====
 +
 +In the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, US scientists developed the first hydrogen bomb in addition to the first nuclear weapon.[([[https://www.energy.gov/lm/trinity-site-worlds-first-nuclear-explosion|energy]])]
 +
 +===== Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta =====
 +
 +The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico hosts more than 500 hot-air balloons each year, making it the biggest ballooning festival in the world because to a special mix of ideal temperatures and regular wind patterns.[([[https://www.visitalbuquerque.org/media/media-kit/ballooning/|visitalbuquerque]])]
 +
 +===== Chaco Canyon =====
 +
 +The enormous Puebloan constructions of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, were the biggest buildings in North America up until the 19th century.[([[https://smarthistory.org/chaco/|smarthistory]])]
 +
 +===== Newsies =====
 +
 +In the well-known Disney movie Newsies, Christian Bale portrays the lead role of Jack Kelley, who has a lifelong desire to leave the poverty of New York City by relocating to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and becoming a cowboy.[([[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Kelly|Disney]])]
 +
 +===== Roswell UFO =====
 +
 +The town of Roswell, New Mexico, has capitalized on the local UFO mythology by building a UFO museum, decorating its streetlights with aliens, building a McDonald's with a flying saucer, and setting up a phony family of lost aliens by the side of the road.[([[https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened|history]])]
 +
 +===== 1947 Flying Disc =====
 +
 +The Roswell Army Aviation Field first claimed that wreckage discovered outside Roswell, New Mexico, in the summer of 1947 was proof of a flying disc. Conspiracy theories regarding an extraterrestrial crash site at Roswell were only strengthened by later government denials that the wreckage was of alien origin.[([[https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened|history]])]
 +
 +===== Roadrunner =====
 +
 +While being typically associated with arid regions, New Mexico's state bird, the Roadrunner, may actually be found as far east as the Mississippi River.[([[https://www.twinkl.pl/teaching-wiki/new-mexico|twinkl]])]
 +
 +===== Carlsbad Cavern =====
 +
 +The eighth biggest underground chamber in the world, the Carlsbad Cavern in southeast New Mexico is 4,000 feet long and 255 feet high. The cavern is a piece of a vast cave system that has been designated a World Heritage Site.[([[https://www.nps.gov/cave/learn/news/interesting-facts-about-carlsbad-caverns.htm|nps]])]
 +
 +===== Petroglyph Site =====
 +
 +One of the greatest petroglyph sites in the Southwest is located in New Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert, which has approximately 21,000 petroglyphs etched by unidentified prehistoric peoples.[([[https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/three-rivers-petroglyph-site|atlasobscura]])]
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