New Mexico

(**)The second USS New Mexico, SSN-779, is scheduled to be constructed. Bench. If the diner wants both the answer is: "Christmas". Starters. (*)The official State Question refers to a waiter asking a diner's preference for either red or green Chile sauce (or salsa), made from Chile peppers, with their meal (in New Mexico chile sauce can be finer, and thicker than salsa). Miller, a future Hall Of Famer, will have his #31 jersey retired by the Pacers sometime during the 2005-06 season. Lawrence resided in Taos. Despite Miller's effort, the Pacers lost, sending Miller into retirement without any NBA Championships in his 18-year career, all with the Pacers.

Writer D.H. The final game (game 6) was on May 19, 2005; Reggie Miller, in his final NBA game, scored 27 points and received a huge standing ovation from the crowd. Performing arts include the renowned Santa Fe summer opera, and the restored Lensic Theater. However, the Pacers could not repeat their victories against the Pistons and lost the next 3 games, losing the series 4-2. Colonies for artists and writers thrive, and the small city teems with art galleries. After losing game 1, the Pacers won the next next two games to take a 2-1 lead. Another museum honors resident Georgia O'Keeffe. The series featured games back at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the scene of the brawl that many assumed at the time had effectively ended the Pacers' season.

The capital city has museums of Spanish colonial, international folk, Navajo ceremonial, modern Native American, and other modern art. The Pacers then advanced to the second-round against the Detroit Pistons, in a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference Finals. A large artistic community thrives in Santa Fe. In the first round, Indiana defeated the Atlantic Division champion Boston Celtics in seven games, winning Game 7 in Boston by the decisive margin of 97-70. There are natural history and atomic museums in Albuquerque, which also hosts the famed Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. So despite the adversity they'd gone through, the Pacers made the playoffs for the 13th time in 14 years. The presence of various indigenous Native American communities, the long-established Spanish and Mexican influence, and the diversity of Anglo-American settlement in the region, ranging from pioneer farmers and ranchers in the territorial period to military families in later decades, make New Mexico a particularly heterogeneous state. And Davis' signing coincided with an injury to Jermaine O'Neal that would knock him out for virtually the remainder of the regular season-- indeed, O'Neal's first missed game due to his injury was Davis' first game back with the Pacers.

The tranquil climate and startling panoramas have attracted Americans seeking health and retirement. He played the final 25 games of the regular season and every playoff game, contributing a strong presence at center. Because of the historical isolation of New Mexico from other speakers of the Spanish language, the local dialect preserves some late medieval Castillian vocabulary considered archaic elsewhere, adopts numerous Native American words for local features, and contains much Anglicized vocabulary for American concepts and modern inventions. An important reason for their strong finish was the re-acquisition of Dale Davis, who'd been released by New Orleans after being traded there by Golden State. New Mexican Spanish dispenses with many grammatical niceties, typically restricting verb conjugations to two. Despite the difficulties with the suspensions and injuries, the Pacers earned a sixth seed in a playoffs with a record of 44-38. At least one-third of New Mexicans are also fluent in a unique dialect of Spanish. Ironically, the Pistons eventually became the Central Division champions.

Most of the considerably fewer recent Mexican immigrants reside in the southern part of the state. They went from a legitimate title contender to a team that hovered around .500. More than one-third of New Mexicans claim Hispanic origin, the vast majority of whom descend from the original Spanish colonists in the northern portion of the state. After the brawl and riot that followed, the Pacers fell downward into the Central Division. The prehistorically agricultural Pueblo Indians live in pueblos scattered throughout the state, many older than any European settlement. Daniels.) O'Neal was charged with two counts of assault and battery, while Artest, Jackson, Johnson and David Harrison were charged with one count each. With 16 million acres (65,000 km²), mostly in neighboring Arizona, the reservation of the Navajo Nation ranks as the largest in the United States. District Judge George B.

The Apache and some Ute live on federal reservations within the state. (O'Neal's suspension was later reduced to 15 games by arbitrator Roger Kaplan, a decision that was upheld by U.S. Both the Navajo and Apache share Athabaskan origin. Several of the involved players were suspended by NBA Commissioner David Stern, but the hardest hit were Artest (suspended for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs), Jackson (suspended for 30 games), O'Neal (25 games), Wallace (6 games) and the Pacers' Anthony Johnson (5 games). With a Native American population of 134,000 in 1990, New Mexico still ranks as an important center of American Indian culture. Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal both got into fights with fans before the Pacers left the floor, and the game was called with 46 seconds left on the clock [1] (http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/sports/fans/10236730.htm). New Mexico has three dioceses, one of which is an archdiocese:. Pistons fan John Green threw a cup of beer at Artest, causing him to charge into the stands.

New Mexico belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Fe. It escalated to a full-scale brawl, with fans and members of both teams taking part. states. Towards the end of a Pacers victory over the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Ron Artest committed a hard foul against the Pistons' Ben Wallace, which Wallace took exception to. Like many other Western states, New Mexico has a higher than average percentage of people who claim no religion in comparison to other U.S. Nevertheless, the Pacers started off the 2004-05 season in extremely strong fashion–until the infamous events of November 19, 2004. New Mexico is overwhelmingly Christian with relatively few adherents of non-Christian religions living in the state. Al Harrington, a small forward who'd established himself as one of the best sixth-men in the NBA, was dealt in the offseason to the Atlanta Hawks in return for Stephen Jackson after Harrington allegedly demanded that the Pacers start him or trade him.

Females made up approximately 50.8% of the population. But the Detroit Pistons proved an impediment to Indiana's championship aspirations, as they defeated the Pacers in six games on their way to the NBA Championship. 7.2% of New Mexico's population were reported as under 5, 28% under 18, and 11.7% were 65 or older. The Pacers swept the Boston Celtics easily in the first round, and squeezed by a scrappy Miami Heat team in the conference semifinals. The 5 largest ancestry groups in New Mexico are Mexican (18.1%), German (9.9%), American Indian (9.5%), Spanish (9.3%), and English (7.6%). O'Neal and Artest made the All-Star team, and Artest was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year. The racial makeup of the state is:. The Pacers responded to Carlisle extremely well, and had a breakthrough 2003-04 season in which they finished 61-21, earning the best record in the NBA.

For a list of cities and towns, in New Mexico, with a population greater than 3,000, see: Cities & towns in New Mexico. But the Pacers signed Larry Bird as team president, and Bird wasted little time in dismissing coach Isiah Thomas and replacing him with Rick Carlisle. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2003, the population of New Mexico was 1,874,614. The population of New Mexico has grown 23.7% from its 1990 levels. He was dealt to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Scot Pollard, who spent much of the following year watching from the bench and backing up Jeff Foster. See also New Mexico locations by per capita income. In the 2003 offseason, the Pacers managed to re-sign O'Neal for the NBA maximum and inked Reggie Miller to a modest two-year deal, but they couldn't afford to keep their talented center, Brad Miller. By contrast, many heavily Native American and Hispanic rural communities remain economically underdeveloped. O'Neal and Brad Miller both made the All-Star team and the Pacers made a substantial improvement as they finished 48-34, but they suffered a loss to the underdog Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.

The warm, semiarid climate has contributed to the exploding population of Albuquerque, attracting new industries to New Mexico. The Pacers got off to a 13-2 start in 2002-03, but hit the wall after the All-Star break thanks in no small part to Ron Artest's multiple suspensions and family tragedies befalling Jermaine O'Neal, Jamaal Tinsley and Austin Croshere. Albuquerque also hosts a famed hot-air balloon festival. The trade bolstered a team that had been floundering, and the Pacers managed to return to the playoffs, where they pushed the top-seeded New Jersey Nets to five games before losing Game 5 in double overtime. Jermaine O'Neal made his first of what would be several All-Star appearances this year, erasing any doubt that trading the veteran workhorse, Dale Davis, to Portland for him was a good idea. Attractions include the Cibola National Forest near Albuquerque, the natural-history and atomic museums in the city, and the rich, unique history of the region. Brad Miller and Ron Artest would, in the next few years, go on to be All-Stars for the Pacers. Tourism also provides many service jobs. In the midseason of 2001-02, the Pacers made a blockbuster trade with the Chicago Bulls that sent Jalen Rose and Travis Best to Chicago in exchange for Brad Miller, Ron Artest, Kevin Ollie and Ron Mercer.

Noted as a health resort, Albuquerque contains many hospitals. It was a rebuilding year for the Pacers under new head coach Isiah Thomas, but the team still managed to return to the playoffs, where they lost to the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in four games. The private service economy in urban New Mexico has boomed in recent decades. The offseason brought sweeping changes to the Pacers' lineup, as Rik Smits and coach Larry Bird retired, Chris Mullin returned to his old Golden State Warriors team, Mark Jackson signed a long-term contract with Toronto, and Dale Davis was traded to Portland for Jermaine O'Neal, who went on to average 12.9 points per game in his first year as a starter. Albuquerque also hosts a famed hot-air balloon festival. Unfortunately for the Pacers, their first NBA Finals appearance was against the dominating Los Angeles Lakers, who proved too much for them to handle as they ended Indiana's championship hopes in six games. Attractions include the Cibola National Forest near Albuquerque, the natural-history and atomic museums in the city, and the rich, unique history of the region. But in 1999-2000, after a 56-26 regular season, the Pacers survived the upset-minded Bucks in round one, handled the 76ers in the second round and finally broke through to the NBA Finals by virtue of a six-game East Finals victory over (who else, but) the New York Knicks.

Tourism provides many service jobs. The Pacers traded popular forward Antonio Davis to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for first-round draft choice Jonathan Bender, which remains to this day a subject of controversy among Pacers fans. These installations include the missile and spacecraft proving grounds at White Sands. In the lockout-shortened 1999 season, the Pacers won the Central Division with a 33-17 record and swept the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers before falling to the New York Knicks in a six-game Eastern Conference Finals series. Sandia National Laboratories conducts electronic and industrial research at Kirtland Air Force Base south of Albuquerque. Reggie Miller and Rik Smits both made the All-Star team that year, and in the playoffs, the Pacers breezed past the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks before falling to the Chicago Bulls in an epic seven-game Eastern Finals series. Many of the federal jobs relate to the military; the state hosts several air force bases, national observatories, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Assistant coaches Rick Carlisle, in charge of the offense, and Dick Harter, who coached the defense, were key in getting the most out of the Pacers' role players such as Dale Davis, Antonio Davis and Derrick McKey.

Federal government spending drives the New Mexico economy and provides more than a quarter of the state's jobs. Chris Mullin joined the team in the offseason and immediately became a valuable part of the Pacers lineup-- and their starting small forward. Important high-technology industries include lasers, data processing, and solar energy. The Pacers signed Larry Bird to coach the team in 1997-98 and they posted a new franchise record, finishing 58-24. Defense-related industries include ordnance. The Pacers finished 39-43 and missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years, after which coach Larry Brown stepped down. Industrial outputs, centered around Albuquerque, include electric equipment; petroleum and coal products; food processing; printing and publishing; and stone, glass, and clay products. The Pacers couldn't withstand several key injuries in 1996-97, nor could they handle the absence of Mark Jackson, who had been traded to the Denver Nuggets before the season (though they did re-acquire Jackson at the trading deadline).

Natural gas, petroleum, and coal are also found in smaller quantities. This 1995-96 team did manage to go down in history as the only team to defeat the Chicago Bulls twice that year, a Bulls team which made history with an all-time best 72-10 record. New Mexico produces uranium ore, manganese ore, potash, salt, perlite, copper ore, beryllium, and tin concentrates. Reggie scored 29 points in that game, but the Hawks came away with a two-point victory to put an early end to Indiana's season. Even before European exploration, Native Americans used silver and turquoise in making jewelry. The Pacers duplicated their 52-30 record in 1995-96, but were hurt severely by an injury to Reggie Miller's eye socket in April, from which he wasn't able to return until Game 5 of their first-round series against the Hawks. New Mexicans derive much of their income from mineral extraction. The team swept the Hawks in the first round, finally dispatched the hated Knicks in the semifinals, and pushed the Magic to seven games before falling in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Lumber mills in Albuquerque process pinewood, the chief commercial wood of the rich timber economy of northern New Mexico. The Pacers enjoyed a 52-30 campaign in 1994-95, giving them their first Central Division title. Other irrigation projects use the Colorado River basin and the San Juan River. Mark Jackson joined the team in an offseason trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, giving the team the steady hand at the point guard position that had been lacking in recent years. The Carlsbad and Fort Sumner reclamation projects on the Pecos River and the nearby Tucumcari project provide adequate water for limited irrigation in those areas. Located upstream of Las Cruces, the Elephant Butte Dam and Reservoir provides a major irrigation source for the extensive farming along the Rio Grande. Reggie became an NBA superstar overnight, and was even named as a tri-captain of the USA Basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1994 World Championship of Basketball. In the desert and semiarid portions of the state, the scant rainfall evaporates rapidly, generally leaving insufficient water supplies for large-scale irrigation. It was during the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals that the Pacers-- particularly Reggie Miller-- finally became a household name, as Reggie's clutch performances helped the Pacers push the Knicks to the brink of elimination before the Knicks won the next two games and the series.

New Mexico specialty crops include piñon nuts, pinto beans, and chiles. They stormed past Shaquille O'Neal and the Orlando Magic in a first-round sweep to earn their first NBA playoff series win, and pulled off a tremendous upset by defeating the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks in the conference semifinal. Hay and sorghum top the list of major dryland crops. Farmers also produce onions, potatoes, and dairy products. But the Pacers, who began the season in typically average fashion, kicked it up a notch in April, winning their last eight games of the season to finish with a franchise-high 47 wins. Major crops include hay, nursery stock, pecans, and chiles. Larry Brown was brought on as Pacers' coach for the 1993-94 season, and Pacers' general manager Donnie Walsh completed a highly-criticized (at the time) trade as he sent Schrempf to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Derrick McKey. Limited but scientifically controlled dryland farming prospers alongside cattle ranching. The Pacers returned to the playoffs with a 41-41 record, but lost to the New York Knicks in the first round, three games to one.

Cattle, sheep, and other livestock graze most of the arable land of the state throughout the year. Miller, meanwhile, became the Pacers' all-time leading scorer during this season. Cattle and dairy products top the list of major animal products of New Mexico. For the 1992-93 season, Detlef Schrempf moved from sixth man to the starter at small forward and was elected to his first All-Star game. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) estimates that New Mexico's total state product in 2003 was $57 billion. Per capital personal income in 2003 was $24,995, 48^th in the nation. Chuck Person and point guard Michael Williams were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the offseason, and the Pacers got Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell in return.
. The Pacers returned to the playoffs in 1991-92 and met the Celtics again, but this time the Celtics left no doubt who was better as they swept the Pacers in three straight.

The Gila Wilderness lies in the southwest of the state. The Pacers had a memorable series against the highly favored Boston Celtics that they managed to extend to five games before losing Game 5, 124-121. Other areas of geographical and scenic interest include Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument and the Valles Caldera National Preserve. In 1990-91, the Pacers returned to the playoffs with a 41-41 record, and Schrempf was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. Tourists visiting these sites bring significant monies to the state. But the Pacers lost all three games in their 1990 NBA Playoffs experience, falling to the Detroit Pistons, who would go on to win their second consecutive NBA Championship. Visitors also frequent the surviving native pueblos of New Mexico. But in 1989-90 the Pacers parlayed a fast start into the team's third NBA Playoffs appearance, and Reggie Miller was voted to the All-Star team on the strength of his 24.6 points-per-game average.

The rich history of New Mexico also attracts visitors to such places as Fort Union, Gila Cliff Dwellings, and Salinas Pueblo Missions national monuments and Chaco Culture National Historical Park. But the team did manage to make a trade that would eventually pay off, as they traded Herb Williams to the Dallas Mavericks for Detlef Schrempf. Thousands of tourists annually visit the White Sands National Monument, Bandelier, Capulin Volcano National Monument, El Morro. The Pacers missed the playoffs in 1987-88, drafted Rik Smits in the '88 NBA Draft, and suffered through a disastrous 1988-89 season in which coach Jack Ramsay stepped down and eventually was replaced by Dick Versace on the way to a 28-54 finish. The natural attractions of New Mexico include Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the Aztec Ruins National Monument. Reggie Miller was drafted by the Pacers in 1987, beginning his career as a backup to John Long. The Federal government protects millions of acres of beautiful New Mexico as national forests and monuments. Their first playoff win in NBA franchise history was earned in Game 3 of their first-round, best-of-five series against the Atlanta Hawks, but unfortunately for the Pacers, it was their only victory in that series, as the Hawks defeated them in four games.

Cacti, yuccas, creosote bush, sagebrush, and desert grasses cover the broad, semiarid plains that cover the southern portion of the state. Chuck Person, nicknamed "The Rifleman" for his renowned long-range shooting, led the team in scoring as a rookie. Despite New Mexico's arid image, heavily forested mountain wildernesses cover a significant portion of the state. Part of the Rocky Mountains, the broken, north-south oriented Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) range flanks both sides of the Rio Grande from the rugged, pastoral north through the center of the state. Government lands include the Cibola National Forest, headquartered in Albuquerque and the Santa Fe National Forest, headquartered in Santa Fe. After winning 22 games in 1984-85 and 26 games in 1985-86, Jack Ramsay replaced George Irvin as coach and lead the Pacers to a 41-41 record in 1986-87, marking their return to the NBA Playoffs after a six-year absence. The landscape ranges from wide, rose-colored deserts to broken mesas to high, snow-capped peaks. Clark Kellogg was drafted by the Pacers in 1983 and showed tremendous promise, finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting, but the Pacers won only 26 games that season. The states of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together at the Four Corners in the northwestern corner of New Mexico. The Pacers made their first appearance in the NBA Playoffs in 1981, falling in the opening round to the Philadelphia 76ers in two straight games. They failed to reach the postseason in 1981-1982, and in 1982-1983 they finished with their all-time worst record of 20-62.

The 37 °N parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. They acquired Adrian Dantley in exchange for Knight, but Dantley (who was averaging nearly 27 points per game at the time) was traded in December, while the Pacers' second-leading scorer, John Williamson, was dealt in January. Texas also lies south of most of New Mexico, although the southwestern boot-heel borders the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. The western border with Arizona runs along 109 °W. Unfortunately for the Pacers, a lack of year-to-year continuity became the norm, as they traded away Knight and Buse before the 1977-1978 season even started. The eastern border of New Mexico lies along 103 °W with Oklahoma, and 3 miles (5 km) west of 103 °W with Texas. They finished their inaugural NBA season with a record of 36-46, but Billy Knight and Don Buse were nonetheless invited to represent Indiana in the NBA All-Star Game. See: List of New Mexico counties. Unfortunately for the Pacers, they were in decline after their years of ABA glory.

Republicans Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson and Democrat Tom Udall represent the Land of Enchantment in the United States House of Representatives. The ABA folded in 1976, and the Pacers were one of four ABA teams invited to join the NBA beginning in the 1976-1977 season (the other three were the New York Nets, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs). Domenici until January 2009. In all, they appeared in the ABA Finals five times in the league's eight-year history. New Mexico sends Democrat Jeff Bingaman to the United States Senate until January 2007 and Republican Pete V. The Pacers were the most successful team in the ABA's history, winning three ABA Championships in four years. Johnson in 1964. The Pacers' ABA teams were coached by Bobby "Slick" Leonard, and buoyed by the great play of players such as Mel Daniels, George McGinnis and Roger Brown.

Bush in 1988, and no Democrat has done so since Lyndon B. The Pacers began play in the inaugural 1967-68 season of the American Basketball Association, which was set up as an alternative league to the National Basketball Association. W. The Indiana Pacers are a National Basketball Association team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. No presidential candidate has won an absolute majority here since George H. Indianapolis Olympians 1949-1953. Bush (by just 366 popular votes) in 2000. Indianapolis Jets 1948.

In these exceptions, New Mexicans supported Republican President Gerald Ford over Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter in 1976, and Democratic Vice President Al Gore over Texas Governor George W. Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum 1967-1974. In national politics, however, New Mexico occupies the dead center, giving its 5 electoral votes to all but two Presidential election winners since statehood. Market Square Arena 1974-1999. The Democratic Party generally dominates state politics, and as of 2004 50% of voters were registered Democrats, 33% were registered Republicans, and 17% did not affiliate with either of the two major parties. Conseco Fieldhouse 1999-present. A state house of representatives with 70 members and a state senate with 42 members comprise the state legislature. Isiah Thomas (former coach; enshrined as player with the Detroit Pistons).

All three are Democrats. Jack Ramsay. Vigil. Dr. Madrid, and State Treasurer Robert E. Larry Brown. Other Constitutional officers, all of whose terms also expire in January 2007, include Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Attorney General Patricia A. Larry Bird (former coach and current President of Basketball Operations; enshrined as player with the Boston Celtics).

For a list of past governors of the State of New Mexico, see List of New Mexico Governors. 529 Bobby "Slick" Leonard (number of career wins). Governors serve a term of four years and may seek reelection. 35 Roger Brown. Governor Bill Richardson and Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish, both Democrats, will face re-election in 2006. 34 Mel Daniels. The Constitution of 1912, as amended, dictates the form of government in the State. 30 George McGinnis.

The capital of New Mexico is Santa Fe. Wayman Tisdale. The controversial Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, deep in salt formations near Carlsbad readied for storage of nuclear wastes during the 1990s. Rik Smits. The Sandia National Laboratories, founded in 1949, carried out nuclear research and special weapons development at Kirtland Air Force Base south of Albuquerque. Detlef Schrempf. The state quickly emerged as a leader in nuclear, solar, and geothermal energy research and development. Jalen Rose.

High-altitude experiments near Roswell in 1947 reputedly led to persistent claims that the government captured and concealed extraterrestrial corpses and equipment. Chris Mullin. Albuquerque expanded rapidly after the war. Reggie Miller. Top-secret personnel there developed the atomic bomb, first detonated at Trinity site in the desert on the White Sands Proving Grounds vaguely near Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. Mark Jackson. The United States government built the Los Alamos Research Center in 1943 amid the Second World War. Antonio Davis.

The admission of the neighboring State of Arizona on February 14, 1912 completed the contiguous 48 states. C - #54 John Edwards (Kent State). Congress admitted New Mexico as the 47th state in the Union on January 6, 1912. C - #13 David Harrison (Colorado). Albuquerque, on the upper Rio Grande, incorporated in 1889. SF - #24 Jonathan Bender (Picayune HS, Picayune, Mississippi). Confict with the Apache and the Navajo plagued the territory until Apache chief Geronimo finally surrendered in 1886. PG - #8 Anthony Johnson (College of Charleston).

Despite destructive overgrazing, ranching survived as a mainstay of the New Mexican economy. SF - #33 James Jones (Miami (FL)). Conflicting land claims led to bitter quarrels among the original Spanish inhabitants, cattle ranchers, and newer homesteaders. SG - #20 Fred Jones (Oregon). The cattle kindgom could not keep out sheepherders, and eventually homesteaders and squatters overwhelmed the cattlemen by fencing in and plowing under the "sea of grass" on which the cattle fed. PG - #4 Eddie Gill (Weber State). Outlaws included Billy the Kid. C - #10 Jeff Foster (Southwest Texas State).

Cattlemen feuded between each other and with authorities, most notably in the Lincoln County War. PF - #44 Austin Croshere (Providence). The railway encouraged the great cattle boom of the 1880s and the development of accompanying cow towns. C - #62 Scot Pollard (Kansas). The new town of Albuquerque, platted in 1880 as the Santa Fe Railroad extended westward, quickly enveloped the old town. John's). The Santa Fe Railroad reached Lamy, New Mexico, 16 miles (26 km) from Santa Fe in 1879 and Santa Fe itself in 1880, replacing the storied Santa Fe Trail. SF - #91 Ron Artest (St.

The Roman Catholic Church established an archbishopric center in Santa Fe in 1875. PF - #7 Jermaine O'Neal (Eau Claire HS, Columbia, South Carolina). Union troops withdrew after the conclusion of the war. C - #32 Dale Davis (Clemson). The Arizona Territory split as a separate entity in 1863. SG - #1 Stephen Jackson (Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia). Kit Carson helped to organize and command the 1st New Mexican Volunteers to engage in campaigns against the Apache, Navajo, and Comanche in New Mexico and Texas. PG - #11 Jamaal Tinsley (Iowa State).

Union troops captured the territory in early 1862. During the American Civil War, Confederate troops from Texas first occupied New Mexico. With this purchase, the United States established its sovereignty over all of the present state of New Mexico. The United States acquired the southwestern "boot heel" of the state and much of southern Arizona in the Gadsden Purchase of 1853.

Indian agent with a headquarters at Taos, and fought the Indians with notable success. Carson accepted an 1853 appointment as U.S. Native American plundering led Kit Carson to abandon his intent to retire to a sheep ranch near Taos. Regardless of its status, slavery never took a significant hold.

Some (including Stephen Douglas) maintained that the territory could not restrict slavery, as under the earlier Missouri Compromise, while others (including Abraham Lincoln) insisted that older Mexican legal traditions, which forbade slavery, took precedence. The people of New Mexico would determine whether to permit slavery under a constitution at statehood, but the status of slavery during the territorial period provoked considerable debate. The territory, which included Arizona and parts of Colorado, officially established its capital at Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1851. Texas transferred eastern New Mexico to the federal government, settling a lengthy boundary dispute. Under the compromise, the American government established the New Mexico Territory on September 9, 1850.

The Compromise of 1850 halted a bid for statehood under an antislavery constitution. The change of national authority allowed Anglo-American culture to come to New Mexico. This new territory included most of the western half of present-day New Mexico. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, Mexico ceded much of the American Southwest to the United States of America.

On meeting Kit Carson, General Kearney commanded Carson to guide his men to California. Kearny entered Santa Fe without opposition in 1846 during the Mexican-American War, and his forces occupied the city, making New Mexico a United States territory. American General Stephen W. The United States of America annexed Texas as a state in 1845; the status of the territory of modern-day New Mexico was finalized with the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the conclusion of the Texas War.

New Mexico authorities captured a group of Texans who embarked an expedition to assert their claim to the province in 1841. The breakaway Republic of Texas claimed the territory north and east of the Rio Grande when it seceded from Mexico in 1836. He joined a caravan for Santa Fe, and made Taos, his home and headquarters as he made a living as a teamster, cook, guide, and hunter for exploring parties until 1840. American frontiersman Kit (Christopher) Carson, apprenticed to a saddler in the Santa Fe Trail outfitting point of Old Franklin, ran away from his job in 1826.

The Santa Fe National Historic Trail follows the route of the old trail, with many sites marked or restored. The dry southern Cimmaron route offered poor short grass and little wildlife. The rugged Mountain Division passed over Raton Pass and rejoined the more direct Cimarron Division near Fort Union, New Mexico. The Trail divided into Mountain and Cimarron Divisions southwest of Dodge City, Kansas.

Wagon caravans thereafter made the 40- to 60-day annual trek along the 780 mile (1,260 km) Santa Fe Trail, usually leaving in early summer and returning after a 4 to 5 week stay in New Mexico. Becknell left Independence, Missouri, for Santa Fe early in 1822 with the first party of traders. Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa Fe, but the Spanish rulers forbade them to trade. Trader William Becknell returned to the United States in November 1821 with news that independent Mexico welcomed trade through Santa Fe. As a part of New Spain, the remainder of the province of New Mexico passed to independent Mexico following the 1810-1821 Mexican War of Independence.

Napoleon Bonaparte of France sold the vast Louisiana Purchase, which extended into the northeastern corner of New Mexico, to the United States in 1803. The through development of ranching and some farming in the 1700s laid the foundations for the state's still-flourishing Hispanic culture. They constructed the Church of San Felipe de Nerí (1706). While developing Santa Fe as a trade center, the returning settlers founded the old town of Albuquerque in 1706, naming for the viceroy of New Spain, the duke of Alburquerque.

The Apache revolted violently in 1676, and the Pueblo uprising of 1680 drove the Spanish to abandon New Mexico entirely until the campaign of Diego de Vargas Zapata reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in 1692. Missionaries subjugated Native Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. Spanish settlers arrived at the site of Albuquerque in the mid-1600s. Although the colony failed to prosper, some missions flourished.

Peralta built the Palace of Governors in 1610. As the seat of government of New Mexico since its founding, Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States. In 1609, Pedro de Peralta, a later governor of the Province of New Mexico, established the settlement of Santa Fe at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Native Americans at Acoma revolted against this Spanish encroachment but faced severe suppression.

Oñate was made the first governor of the new Province of New Mexico. Oñate pioneered the El Camino Real, "The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of New Spain to his remote colony. Juan de Oñate founded the San Juan colony on the Rio Grande in 1598, the first European settlement in the future state of New Mexico. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Mexico.

Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as Coronado State Monument in 1541. Dispatched from New Spain, conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led a full-scale expedition to find these cities in 1540-1542. Fray Marcos de Niza enthusiastically identified the pueblos as the fabulously rich Seven Cities of Cibola, the fabled seven cities of gold. Word of the pueblos reached Cabeza de Vaca, a Spaniard wandering across south New Mexico in 1528-1536.

The Spanish encountered Pueblo civilization in the 1500s. The Pueblo people built a flourishing sedentary culture in the 1200s, constructing small towns in the valley of the Rio Grande and pueblos nearby. Caves in the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque contain the remains of some of the earliest inhabitants of the New World. Prehistoric Native Americans used the land and minerals of New Mexico to build an early Southwestern culture millenia ago. Prehistoric Native American ruins indicate a presence at modern Santa Fe.

In European Spanish, the state's name would be spelled Nuevo Méjico. Both English and Spanish are officially recognized languages in the state. sometimes mistake it for a part of Mexico. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S.

As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. It also contains a sizeable Native American population. New Mexico holds the distinction of being the state with the highest percentage of people who claim Hispanic ancestry, many of whom are descended from Spanish colonists. Over its relatively long history it has also been occupied by Native American populations, part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, a province of the Republic of Mexico, and a US territory.

New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México) is one of the two southwestern states of the USA. Marc Simmons, New Mexico: An Interpretive History, 221 pages, University of New Mexico Press 1988, ISBN 0826311105 - good introduction. Kern, Labor in New Mexico: Strikes, Unions, and Social History, 1881-1981, University of New Mexico Press 1983, ISBN 0826306756. Robert W.

Paul Horgan, Great River, The Rio Grande in North American History, 1038 pages, Wesleyan University Press 1991, 4th Reprint, ISBN 819562513 - Pulitzer Prize 1955. Tony Hillerman, The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other Indian Country Affairs, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1973, trade paperback, 147 pages, (ISBN 082630530X). Maciel, editors, The Contested Homeland: A Chicano History of New Mexico, 314 pages - University of New Mexico Press 2000, ISBN 0826321992. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, David R.

Chavez, An Illustrated History of New Mexico, 267 pages, University of New Mexico Press 2002, ISBN 0826330517. Thomas E. Diocese of Las Cruces. Diocese of Gallup.

Archdiocese of Santa Fe. 17% No Religion. 1% Non-Christian Religions. 3% Mormon.

20% Other Protestant. 3% Pentecostal. 4% Presbyterian. 10% Baptist.

37% Protestant