New Mexico

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. (*)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). The Lake Alvord Bridge was designated a civil engineering landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in the 1970's. Lawrence resided in Taos. Ironically, the city's few reinforced concrete structures, including the Lake Alvord Bridge, survived the 1906 earthquake and fire in remarkable shape, vindicating Ransome's faith in the method.

Writer D.H. Ransome left San Francisco a few year's later, frustrated and bitter at the building community's indifference to concrete construction. Performing arts include the renowned Santa Fe summer opera, and the restored Lensic Theater. E.L. Colonies for artists and writers thrive, and the small city teems with art galleries. The face of the bridge was scored and hammered to resemble sandstone. Another museum honors resident Georgia O'Keeffe. Ransome is believed to have used his patented cold-twisted square steel bar for reinforcement, placed longitudinally in the arch and curved in the same arc.

The capital city has museums of Spanish colonial, international folk, Navajo ceremonial, modern Native American, and other modern art. The bridge was constructed as a single arch 64-feet wide with a 20-foot span. A large artistic community thrives in Santa Fe. Ransome, the great 19th century innovator in reinforced concrete design, mixing equipment, and construction systems. There are natural history and atomic museums in Albuquerque, which also hosts the famed Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Known as the Lake Alvord Bridge, it was built in 1889 by Ernest L. 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. Moore.

The tranquil climate and startling panoramas have attracted Americans seeking health and retirement. Other famous San Franciscans include philanthropist Gordon Getty, publisher William Randolph Hearst, and co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law, Gordon E. 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. US Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, former Governors of California Jerry Brown and Pat Brown, US Senator Dianne Feinstein, former US Secretaries of Defense Robert McNamara and Caspar Weinberger, and gay rights activists Harvey Milk and Jose Sarria were or are San Franciscans who made names for themselves in politics. New Mexican Spanish dispenses with many grammatical niceties, typically restricting verb conjugations to two. Simpson, and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio are all sportspeople with San Francisco connections. At least one-third of New Mexicans are also fluent in a unique dialect of Spanish. Baseball player Barry Bonds, American football legend O.J.

Most of the considerably fewer recent Mexican immigrants reside in the southern part of the state. Photographer Ansel Adams, writer Anne Rice, comedian Gracie Allen, actor and director Clint Eastwood, "mother" of Modern Dance Isadora Duncan, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, author Jack London, musician Carlos Santana, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, personality Courtney Love, and actor/comic Robin Williams are examples of notable arts and entertainment figures who have lived in the city. 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. Many notable people have grown up in or have lived as adults in San Francisco. The prehistorically agricultural Pueblo Indians live in pueblos scattered throughout the state, many older than any European settlement. There are now plans in the works to build a major cruise ship terminal/mall similar to Pier 39. 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. Most of the port's activities are now mostly for commuter ferries that leave from the Ferry Building, cruise ship docking, and tourism.

The Apache and some Ute live on federal reservations within the state. Many of the piers remained derelict for years until recently, when the port converted many of the piers to office space and sold them. Both the Navajo and Apache share Athabaskan origin. The advent of container shipping made San Francisco's pier based port obsolete, as much of the city's container traffic is now limited to a small port in the south-east corner of the city, or sent across the bay to the Port of Oakland. With a Native American population of 134,000 in 1990, New Mexico still ranks as an important center of American Indian culture. The Port of San Francisco was once the largest and busiest seaport on the west coast. New Mexico has three dioceses, one of which is an archdiocese:. Other large airports in the region include Oakland International Airport, 32.2 km (20 miles) from San Francisco and San Jose International Airport, 70.8 km (44 miles) from San Francisco.

New Mexico belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Fe. Rail extensions there include BART. states. It is the only major international hub airport in California other than LAX in Los Angeles. During the late 1990s economic boom, SFO was the sixth busiest international airport in the world, but has since fallen off of the top ten during the economic depression of 2000-2001. 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. San Francisco International Airport dubbed SFO, is located 12.9 km (8 miles) south of the city in San Mateo County on a landfill extension into the San Francisco Bay. New Mexico is overwhelmingly Christian with relatively few adherents of non-Christian religions living in the state. The Phoenix symbolizes the city's emergence from the ashes of several devastating fires in the early 1850's.

Females made up approximately 50.8% of the population. Above is a rising phoenix and behind is the bay with sailing ships. 7.2% of New Mexico's population were reported as under 5, 28% under 18, and 11.7% were 65 or older. The seal, which was adopted in the 1850's, depicts two working men, on one side a miner and on the other a sailor with a sextant. 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%). Underneath the phoenix it has a motto written in Spanish: "Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra," which translates into: "Gold in Peace, Iron in War.". The racial makeup of the state is:. The flag depicts an arising Phoenix, symbolic of the City's recovery from the 1906 fire.

For a list of cities and towns, in New Mexico, with a population greater than 3,000, see: Cities & towns in New Mexico. Other fictional works set in San Francisco include The Joy Luck Club, The Maltese Falcon, and Tales of the City. 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. Landmarks from the city in that game include the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, City Hall, the Transamerica Pyramid, cable cars, and Chinatown. See also New Mexico locations by per capita income. The city is featured in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as the fictional city San Fierro. By contrast, many heavily Native American and Hispanic rural communities remain economically underdeveloped. Doubtfire, The Game, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Pacific Heights, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Presidio, Dirty Harry, Bullitt, Twisted, and Vertigo.

The warm, semiarid climate has contributed to the exploding population of Albuquerque, attracting new industries to New Mexico. Movies set in the city include Basic Instinct, The Conversation Edtv, Mrs. Albuquerque also hosts a famed hot-air balloon festival. San Francisco has been the setting for numerous television programs, such as Dharma & Greg, Full House, The Streets of San Francisco, Charmed, The Midnight Caller and, more recently, Monk. 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. It is the world's most popular destination for Gay Tourists and hosts the world's largest Gay pride parade and festival in June. Tourism also provides many service jobs. Due to the high number of Gay people in the Castro District and Noe Valley and the city's history with Gay Rights, San Francisco is known as the "Gay Mecca".

Noted as a health resort, Albuquerque contains many hospitals. The Bohemian Grove an exculsive retreat for the rich and powerful, is located north of the city in Sonoma County while it maintains a club within city limits. The private service economy in urban New Mexico has boomed in recent decades. The Sierra Club is headquarted in the city. Albuquerque also hosts a famed hot-air balloon festival. Ironically, the Republican Party have also held 2 conventions in the city while San Francisco's liberalism was budding in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. 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. This started with the beat generation or beatniks in the North Beach area and the San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s to the hippie culture and the Summer of Love in the Haight Ashbury in the 1960s and early 1970s, to rave culture in the 1990s.

Tourism provides many service jobs. It is also the primary support base for the Green Party. These installations include the missile and spacecraft proving grounds at White Sands. It is the unofficial center and capitial of left-wing activity in the United States. It is a loyal stronghold for the Democratic Party as it held a convention here in 1920 and again in 1984. Sandia National Laboratories conducts electronic and industrial research at Kirtland Air Force Base south of Albuquerque. Following World War II, San Francisco became a nerve center of alternative culture and lifestyle in the United States that is still dominant in the city's culture today. Many of the federal jobs relate to the military; the state hosts several air force bases, national observatories, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The American Indian Film Institute which organizes the annual American Indian Film Festival is based in San Francisco.

Federal government spending drives the New Mexico economy and provides more than a quarter of the state's jobs. San Francisco's Ballet and Opera are the some of the oldest continuning performing arts companies in the United States. Important high-technology industries include lasers, data processing, and solar energy. In terms of performing arts, San Francisco boasts the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Ballet. Defense-related industries include ordnance. Between Portola and Glenview streets lies San Francisco's high school SOTA (School of the Arts), dedicated to the performing arts. Industrial outputs, centered around Albuquerque, include electric equipment; petroleum and coal products; food processing; printing and publishing; and stone, glass, and clay products. Museums include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the Cable Car Museum, along with offbeat museums such as Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum and the Tattoo Art Museum.

Natural gas, petroleum, and coal are also found in smaller quantities. Some of the most notable landmarks are the Transamerica Pyramid and Golden Gate Bridge. New Mexico produces uranium ore, manganese ore, potash, salt, perlite, copper ore, beryllium, and tin concentrates. A large fresh-water lake, Lake Merced, is located in the south west corner of the city near San Francisco State University and Fort Funston. Even before European exploration, Native Americans used silver and turquoise in making jewelry. Buena Vista Park located in the Haight-Ashbury, is the city's oldest, established in 1867. New Mexicans derive much of their income from mineral extraction. Another notable park is The Presidio, which is just one part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which also includes Alcatraz.

Lumber mills in Albuquerque process pinewood, the chief commercial wood of the rich timber economy of northern New Mexico. The best-known, as well as biggest, park is Golden Gate Park which is 174 acres larger than New York's Central Park. Other irrigation projects use the Colorado River basin and the San Juan River. Related topics: Maps of San Francisco, California. 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. The cornerstone of this development is the new SBC Park baseball stadium and an extension of the University of California, San Francisco medical school. In the desert and semiarid portions of the state, the scant rainfall evaporates rapidly, generally leaving insufficient water supplies for large-scale irrigation. A new neighborhood is being developed at the far eastern end of South of Market that is being called Mission Bay.

New Mexico specialty crops include piñon nuts, pinto beans, and chiles. The South of Market neighborhood was one of the epicenters of the dot-com boom of the 1990s thus being a showcase of contemporary urban development. Hay and sorghum top the list of major dryland crops. Farmers also produce onions, potatoes, and dairy products. Arguably, the point of gravity in terms of demographic and land use change is moving east & south. Major crops include hay, nursery stock, pecans, and chiles. The Castro neigborhood has the world's highest concentration of Gays. Limited but scientifically controlled dryland farming prospers alongside cattle ranching. Haight-Ashbury gained prominence during the 1960s as one of the prominent concentrations of hippies.

Cattle, sheep, and other livestock graze most of the arable land of the state throughout the year. Russian Hill is probably most noted for the top end of that portion of Lombard Street that is sometimes referred to as "the crookedest (most winding) street in the world". Cattle and dairy products top the list of major animal products of New Mexico. The predominantly latino Mission District is one of the oldest neighborhoods, as it was the site of one of the twenty one missions in California. 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. It also boasts a budding Vietnamese community in the Tenderloin neighborhood, an Italian community in North Beach, a French Quarter and a Russian community in the Richmond district.
. Like many large cities in the US, San Francisco has a Japantown and Chinatown; both are among the largest and oldest in the US.

The Gila Wilderness lies in the southwest of the state. There are also a number of private art schools that operate across the city. Other areas of geographical and scenic interest include Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument and the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Private schools include:. Tourists visiting these sites bring significant monies to the state. Public Universities include:. Visitors also frequent the surviving native pueblos of New Mexico. Despite its limited geographical space, San Francisco is home to a multitude of Universities and Colleges.

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. San Francisco also boasts of legendary venues such as The Fillmore and The Warfield. Thousands of tourists annually visit the White Sands National Monument, Bandelier, Capulin Volcano National Monument, El Morro. Major areas of nightlife in San Francisco are: in North Beach, the Mission District, and South of Market. The natural attractions of New Mexico include Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the Aztec Ruins National Monument. San Francisco also has great nightlife ranging from bars to lounges to clubs. The Federal government protects millions of acres of beautiful New Mexico as national forests and monuments. Records aside, the race is best known for its colorful costumes and celebratory community spirit (it was initiated after the disastrous 1906 earthquake as a way to boost the city's spirits).

Cacti, yuccas, creosote bush, sagebrush, and desert grasses cover the broad, semiarid plains that cover the southern portion of the state. The city is also the home of the annual Bay to Breakers footrace, which holds the world records for greatest number of participants in a footrace (110K in 1986) as well as longest consecutively running footrace (annually since 1912). 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. College sports include the University of San Francisco Dons. The landscape ranges from wide, rose-colored deserts to broken mesas to high, snow-capped peaks. The basketball and ice hockey teams were once based out of San Francisco and played out of the Cow Palace located at the southern border with Daly City. The states of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together at the Four Corners in the northwestern corner of New Mexico. The regional National Hockey League team, the San Jose Sharks play in San Jose.

The 37 °N parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. The regional National Basketball Association team, the Golden State Warriors play across the bay in Oakland. 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. San Francisco is the home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team and the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team. The eastern border of New Mexico lies along 103 °W with Oklahoma, and 3 miles (5 km) west of 103 °W with Texas. A small fleet of commuter ferries operate from the Embarcadero to points in Marin County, Oakland, and north to Vallejo in Solano County. See: List of New Mexico counties. In addition, a commuter rail service, Caltrain, operates between San Francisco, San Jose, California and Gilroy, California.

Republicans Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson and Democrat Tom Udall represent the Land of Enchantment in the United States House of Representatives. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is the regional transit system, which connects San Francisco with the East Bay through an underwater tunnel, and the San Mateo County, California communities on the San Francisco Peninsula. Domenici until January 2009. Muni is the city-owned public transit system which operates the Muni Metro light rail system, the F Market heritage streetcar line and the famous San Francisco cable car system (see above), together with buses and electric trolleybuses. New Mexico sends Democrat Jeff Bingaman to the United States Senate until January 2007 and Republican Pete V. San Francisco has the most extensive and best connected public transit system on the west coast and one of the most diverse in the country. Johnson in 1964. Going northbound, 101 uses arterial streets, Van Ness Avenue and Lombard Street to the Golden Gate Bridge across to Marin County. Interstate 280 which also begins and ends in the city and goes southbound towards Silicon Valley and Highway 1 which bisects the westside of the city as a arterial thoroughfare.

Bush in 1988, and no Democrat has done so since Lyndon B. The major highways in San Francisco are Interstate 80 which begins at the Bay Bridge and goes eastbound; US 101 which begins where 80 ends/begins off and goes southbound towards the Silicon Valley. W. Similarly, the Golden Gate Bridge is the only direct road access to Marin County from San Francisco. No presidential candidate has won an absolute majority here since George H. The Bay Bridge is the only link that provides road direct access to the east bay from San Francisco. Bush (by just 366 popular votes) in 2000. Because of its unique geography, and the "Freeway Revolt", San Francisco is one of the few major cities in the US next to Boston and New York City that has opted for European style arterial thoroughfares instead of a large network of major highways.

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. Related topics: Maps of San Francisco, California. In national politics, however, New Mexico occupies the dead center, giving its 5 electoral votes to all but two Presidential election winners since statehood. Out of the total population, 13.5% of those under the age of 18 and 10.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. 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. 11.3% of the population and 7.8% of families are below the poverty line. A state house of representatives with 70 members and a state senate with 42 members comprise the state legislature. The per capita income for the city is $34,556.

All three are Democrats. Males have a median income of $46,260 versus $40,049 for females. Vigil. The median income for a household in the city is $55,221, and the median income for a family is $63,545. Madrid, and State Treasurer Robert E. For every 100 females there are 103.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 103.1 males. Other Constitutional officers, all of whose terms also expire in January 2007, include Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Attorney General Patricia A. The median age is 36 years.

For a list of past governors of the State of New Mexico, see List of New Mexico Governors. In the city the population is spread out with 14.5% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 40.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. Governors serve a term of four years and may seek reelection. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 3.22. Governor Bill Richardson and Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish, both Democrats, will face re-election in 2006. 38.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The Constitution of 1912, as amended, dictates the form of government in the State. There are 329,700 households out of which 16.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.6% are married couples living together, 8.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 56.0% are non-families.

The capital of New Mexico is Santa Fe. The ethnic makeup is 19.6% Chinese, 8.8% Irish, 7.7% German, and 6.1% English. The controversial Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, deep in salt formations near Carlsbad readied for storage of nuclear wastes during the 1990s. 14.10% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The Sandia National Laboratories, founded in 1949, carried out nuclear research and special weapons development at Kirtland Air Force Base south of Albuquerque. The racial makeup of the city is 49.66% White, 7.79% African American, 0.45% Native American, 30.84% Asian, 0.49% Pacific Islander, 6.48% from other races, and 4.28% from two or more races. The state quickly emerged as a leader in nuclear, solar, and geothermal energy research and development. There are 346,527 housing units at an average density of 2,865.6/km² (7,421.2/mi²).

High-altitude experiments near Roswell in 1947 reputedly led to persistent claims that the government captured and concealed extraterrestrial corpses and equipment. The population density is 6,423.2/km² (16,634.4/mi²), making it the second densest city (and fifth densest county) in the country [3] (http://gislounge.com/features/aa041101c.shtml). Albuquerque expanded rapidly after the war. As of the census² of 2000, there are 776,733 people, 329,700 households, and 145,068 families residing in the city. 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. See also: List of Mayors of San Francisco, California. The United States government built the Los Alamos Research Center in 1943 amid the Second World War. The headquarters of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court of California, and the First Appelate District of the California Courts of Appeal are in San Francisco.

The admission of the neighboring State of Arizona on February 14, 1912 completed the contiguous 48 states. The current President of the Board of Supervisors is Aaron Peskin. Congress admitted New Mexico as the 47th state in the Union on January 6, 1912. The current mayor is Gavin Newsom. Albuquerque, on the upper Rio Grande, incorporated in 1889. One good place to read about San Francisco politics is at The Usual Suspects, at [2] (http://www.SFUsualSuspects.com). Confict with the Apache and the Navajo plagued the territory until Apache chief Geronimo finally surrendered in 1886. Due to its implementation, there was no December runoff election. (Although the city offices are, by state law, non-partisan, there are still considerable political differences among candidates that may generally be identified as being aligned with various parties.).

Despite destructive overgrazing, ranching survived as a mainstay of the New Mexican economy. In the Board of Supervisors race in November 2004, Instant Runoff Voting worked well, with many winners known on election night and all winners within a couple of days. Conflicting land claims led to bitter quarrels among the original Spanish inhabitants, cattle ranchers, and newer homesteaders. A recent electoral innovation that was to be implemented for the November 2003 elections, but was not prepared in time, is the use of ranked preference voting, also known as instant runoff voting. 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. While most cities in California are General Law Cities, San Francisco is one of a few Charter Cities, theoretically giving the city's voters additional control over governmental structures and allowing the city to exercise considerable control over some lands not located in the city such as those associated with San Francisco International Airport and the Hetch Hetchy water and power system. Outlaws included Billy the Kid. The eleven members of the Board are elected to represent eleven districts in the city; current elected members are listed in the table on the right.

Cattlemen feuded between each other and with authorities, most notably in the Lincoln County War. It is governed by a mayor, who runs the executive branch of the city, and a Board of Supervisors, which comprises the legislative branch. The railway encouraged the great cattle boom of the 1880s and the development of accompanying cow towns. San Francisco is both a city and a county, and is the only one of California's 58 counties to possess that distinction. The new town of Albuquerque, platted in 1880 as the Santa Fe Railroad extended westward, quickly enveloped the old town. LucasArts is located in Marin County, though the company plans to relocate to the Presidio in the next few years. 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. ChevronTexaco (fomerly of San Francisco) and IPIX are based in San Ramon, Safeway is based in Pleasanton, and C & H Sugar Company is based in Crockett.

The Roman Catholic Church established an archbishopric center in Santa Fe in 1875. Outside of Silicon Valley, in the East Bay, Pixar Animation is located in Emeryville. Union troops withdrew after the conclusion of the war. Hewlett Packard is in Palo Alto near Stanford University. The Arizona Territory split as a separate entity in 1863. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale. Google is headquartered (at the "Googleplex") in Mountain View. Cisco Systems and Adobe Systems are headquartered in San Jose. 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. Sun Microsystems, Intel, Applied Materials, and McAfee are headquartered in Santa Clara.

Union troops captured the territory in early 1862. Electronic Arts and Oracle Corporation are based in Redwood City. During the American Civil War, Confederate troops from Texas first occupied New Mexico. Apple Computer and Symantec are based in Cupertino. With this purchase, the United States established its sovereignty over all of the present state of New Mexico. Some 65 km (~ 40 miles) south of San Francisco is the Silicon Valley, which holds much of the computing business in the world. The United States acquired the southwestern "boot heel" of the state and much of southern Arizona in the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. Many major American and international banks and venture capital firms have all set up their regional headquarters in the city.

Indian agent with a headquarters at Taos, and fought the Indians with notable success. The Pacific Exchange, a regional stock exchange, is located in the financial district. Carson accepted an 1853 appointment as U.S. Mint. Native American plundering led Kit Carson to abandon his intent to retire to a sheep ranch near Taos. Federal Reserve as well as major production facilities for the U.S. Regardless of its status, slavery never took a significant hold. It is the home of the twelfth district of the U.S.

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. West Coast. 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. Because of the California gold rush, San Francisco became and remains the banking and financial center of the U.S. The territory, which included Arizona and parts of Colorado, officially established its capital at Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1851. The geographical center of the city is on the east side of Grandview Avenue between Alvarado and Twenty-third Streets. 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 city itself is often reputed to be roughly a seven mile by seven mile square, but in fact it is slightly smaller, 46.7 mi², of which .33 mi² are the Farallon Islands.

The Compromise of 1850 halted a bid for statehood under an antislavery constitution. The total area is 79.86% water. The change of national authority allowed Anglo-American culture to come to New Mexico. 120.9 km² (46.7 mi²) of it is land and 479.7 km² (185.2 mi²) of it is water. This new territory included most of the western half of present-day New Mexico. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city and county has a total area of 600.7 km² (231.9 mi²). Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, Mexico ceded much of the American Southwest to the United States of America. The fog is less pronounced during the month of September, which is generally the warmest, most summer-like month of the year.

On meeting Kit Carson, General Kearney commanded Carson to guide his men to California. Thus, the summer temperatures are significantly lower in San Francisco than in other parts of inland 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. The combination of cold ocean water and the high heat of the California mainland mean that San Francisco's western half is often shrouded in fog during the months of July and August. American General Stephen W. The Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the city is particularly cold year round. 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. Snow is virtually unheard of.

New Mexico authorities captured a group of Texans who embarked an expedition to assert their claim to the province in 1841. Rain in the summer is extremely rare, but winters can often be very rainy. The breakaway Republic of Texas claimed the territory north and east of the Rio Grande when it seceded from Mexico in 1836. The weather is remarkably mild all year round, with a so-called Mediterranean climate characterized by cool, foggy summers and relatively warm winters; average daily high temperatures in the summer typically range from 15 -20 degrees Celsius (the upper 60s to low 70s Fahrenheit), while in the winter it virtually never reaches freezing. 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. Surrounded on three sides by water, San Francisco's climate is strongly influenced by the cool currents of the Pacific Ocean. 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. Coit Tower, a notable landmark dedicated to San Francisco's firefighters, is located at the top of Telegraph Hill.

The Santa Fe National Historic Trail follows the route of the old trail, with many sites marked or restored. Along with New Orleans' streetcars, San Francisco's cable cars are one of only two mobile United States National Monuments. The dry southern Cimmaron route offered poor short grass and little wildlife. It is still possible to take a cable car ride up and down Nob and Russian Hills. The rugged Mountain Division passed over Raton Pass and rejoined the more direct Cimarron Division near Fort Union, New Mexico. San Francisco is also famous for its Cable cars (narrow gauge, 1067 mm (3'6")), which were designed to carry residents up those steep hills. The Trail divided into Mountain and Cimarron Divisions southwest of Dodge City, Kansas. Not to be missed are the beautiful homes and area of the city known as Pacific Heights as well as victorians in the Haight-Ashbury and the "painted ladies" of Alamo Square and the Castro.

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. On top of Mount Davidson is a 31.4 meter (103 foot) tall cross built in 1934. Becknell left Independence, Missouri, for Santa Fe early in 1822 with the first party of traders. About 1.2km (1 mile) south of Mount Sutro is San Francisco's highest mountain, Mount Davidson, which is over 282 meters (over 925 feet) high. 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. Nearby are the equally well known Twin Peaks, which are a pair of hills resting at one of the city's highest points. 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. Dominating this area is Mount Sutro, which is the site of Sutro Tower, a large red and white radio transmission tower, that is a well known landmark to city residents.

Napoleon Bonaparte of France sold the vast Louisiana Purchase, which extended into the northeastern corner of New Mexico, to the United States in 1803. Near the geographic center of the city and away from the downtown area are a series of less populated hills. The through development of ranching and some farming in the 1700s laid the foundations for the state's still-flourishing Hispanic culture. Three of San Francisco's notable hill neighborhoods are Nob Hill, Russian Hill, and Telegraph Hill, all located near Downtown. They constructed the Church of San Felipe de Nerí (1706). San Francisco is famous for its hills and the streets which run straight up and down them. 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. Such land is extremely unstable during earthquakes; the resultant liquefaction during earthquakes causes extensive damage to property built upon it, as was evidenced in the Marina district during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

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. Entire neighborhoods of the city such as the Marina and Hunters Point were created and sit on man made landfill (made up of mud, sand, and rubble from past earthquakes) and other reclaimation projects over the San Francisco Bay when flatland became scarce. Missionaries subjugated Native Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. New buildings must be built to very high structural standards, while many dollars must be spent to retrofit the city's older buildings and bridges. Spanish settlers arrived at the site of Albuquerque in the mid-1600s. The threat of another major earthquake like the 1906 one plays a major role in the city's infrastructure development. Although the colony failed to prosper, some missions flourished. The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, which also did significant damage to parts of the city, is also famous for having interrupted a World Series baseball game between the Bay Area's two Major League Baseball teams, the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics.

Peralta built the Palace of Governors in 1610. The Daly City Earthquake of 1957 caused some damage. As the seat of government of New Mexico since its founding, Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States. Earlier significant quakes rocked the city in 1851, 1858, 1865, and 1868. 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 most serious earthquake, in 1906, is mentioned above. The Native Americans at Acoma revolted against this Spanish encroachment but faced severe suppression. San Francisco lies near the San Andreas Fault; a major source of earthquake activity in California.

Oñate was made the first governor of the new Province of New Mexico. On June 5th, the mayors of 100 cities, including the mayor of San Francisco, signed an accord that made their cities more compliant with the Kyoto Protocol. 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. In 2005, San Francisco hosted the United Nations annual World Enivronment Day, the first time it has been held in the US. 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. While somewhat controversial, the law will go into effect on July 1, 2005. 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. Other California cities have enacted similar outdoor smoking bans (though not as far-reaching), but San Francisco's new anti-smoking policy is significant considering the city's size and cultural influence on the rest of the state and the nation.

Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as Coronado State Monument in 1541. California's statewide smoking bans already being some of the toughest in the nation, the new policy in San Francisco represents an even stricter stance on public smoking. Dispatched from New Spain, conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led a full-scale expedition to find these cities in 1540-1542. San Francisco's history of innovative ordinances was seen again with the 2004 decision to ban outdoor smoking in all city-owned parks, plazas and public sports venues, amongst other outdoor areas. Fray Marcos de Niza enthusiastically identified the pueblos as the fabulously rich Seven Cities of Cibola, the fabled seven cities of gold. Newsom also helped enact a strong new homeless policy, "Care Not Cash," in which the checks that homeless people previously received were replaced with vouchers for housing. Word of the pueblos reached Cabeza de Vaca, a Spaniard wandering across south New Mexico in 1528-1536. The California Supreme Court later invalidated these licenses.

The Spanish encountered Pueblo civilization in the 1500s. to issue same-sex marriage licenses in February, 2004. The Pueblo people built a flourishing sedentary culture in the 1200s, constructing small towns in the valley of the Rio Grande and pueblos nearby. The newly elected Mayor Newsom, who won by a close margin, burst onto the national political scene when, in defiance of state law, he led San Francisco to become the first city in the U.S. Caves in the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque contain the remains of some of the earliest inhabitants of the New World. The 2003 mayoral election of Matt Gonzalez versus Gavin Newsom was notable in that it was between a candidate of the progressive left and a moderate liberal, conservative candidates having had a hard time in the city. 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. Though top officials were formally indicted, they were soon exonerated, but with considerable damage to their reputations, and having brought the city nationwide ridicule.

In European Spanish, the state's name would be spelled Nuevo Méjico. The resulting scandal was dubbed "Fajitagate" after it was alleged that high-ranking officers within the Police Department had tried to cover up the incident. Both English and Spanish are officially recognized languages in the state. In November of 2002, three off-duty police officers (one the son of the assistant chief) allegedly assaulted two civilians over a bag of steak fajitas. sometimes mistake it for a part of Mexico. The success of Craigslist stands as a testament to the over-production of the dot-com era. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S. Craig Newmark founded the website Craigslist based in his San Francisco home.

As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. South of Market, where many dot com companies were located, had been bustling and crowded with few vacancies, but by 2002 was a virtual wasteland of empty offices and for-rent signs. It also contains a sizeable Native American population. By 2001, the boom was over, and many people left San Francisco. 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. The resulting backlash resulted in a progressive majority winning control of the Board of Supervisors in the 2000 election. 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. The rising rents forced many people and businesses to leave, and this caused considerable tension in the city's politics.

New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México) is one of the two southwestern states of the USA. During the dot-com boom of the 1990s, large numbers of entrepreneurs and computer software professionals moved into the city, followed by marketing and sales professionals, and changed the social landscape as once poorer neighborhoods became gentrified. Marc Simmons, New Mexico: An Interpretive History, 221 pages, University of New Mexico Press 1988, ISBN 0826311105 - good introduction. Known in most of the United States as the "World Series Quake," but in California and by seismologists as the Loma Prieta earthquake, it caused significant destruction and loss of life throughout the greater bay area. Kern, Labor in New Mexico: Strikes, Unions, and Social History, 1881-1981, University of New Mexico Press 1983, ISBN 0826306756. The quake also caused extensive damage in the Marina District and the South of Market. Robert W. The damage to these freeways was so extensive, that they were eventually demolished.

Paul Horgan, Great River, The Rio Grande in North American History, 1038 pages, Wesleyan University Press 1991, 4th Reprint, ISBN 819562513 - Pulitzer Prize 1955. The quake severely damaged many of the city's freeway's including the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway. 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). On October 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter magnitude scale struck on the San Andreas Fault near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz mountains, approximately 70 miles south of San Francisco, during game 3 of the 1989 World Series. Maciel, editors, The Contested Homeland: A Chicano History of New Mexico, 314 pages - University of New Mexico Press 2000, ISBN 0826321992. Present mayor Gavin Newsom's policy on the homeless is the controversial "Care Not Cash" program where he plans to end the city's generous welfare policies towards the homeless and instead wants the homeless to be put in affordable housing and attend city funded drug rehabilitation and job training programs. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, David R. His successor, Willie Brown, was able to largely ignore the problem, riding on the strong economy into a second term.

Chavez, An Illustrated History of New Mexico, 267 pages, University of New Mexico Press 2002, ISBN 0826330517. And it did displace them - to the rest of the city. Thomas E. Jordan launched the "MATRIX" program the next year, which aimed to displace the homeless through aggressive police action. Diocese of Las Cruces. Mayor Art Agnos (1988-92) was the first to attack the problem, and not the last; it is a top issue for San Franciscans even today. Agnos allowed the homeless to camp in the Civic Center park, which led to its title of "Camp Agnos." The failure of this lenient policy led to his being replaced by Frank Jordan in 1992. Diocese of Gallup. During the 1980s, homeless people began appearing in large numbers in the city, the result of factors that were affecting the country at large, combined with San Francisco's attractive environment and generous welfare policies, economic and social changes, and the availability of addictive drugs are often cited as reasons for the growth of the problem.

Archdiocese of Santa Fe. This law has become a standard in many of the world's cities today, and pushed skyscraper construction to the South of Market district where it is still ongoing. 17% No Religion. Similar to the freeway revolt in the city decades earlier, a "skyscraper revolt" forced the city to enact height restriction limits on tall buildings. 1% Non-Christian Religions. This was met with widespread opposition with the city's residents who felt that the skyscrapers ruined views and destroyed San Francisco's unique character. 3% Mormon. Under former Mayor, and now US senator, Diane Feinstein, San Francisco underwent "Manhattanization" when many of the large skyscrapers present in the Financial District and residential condominiums were built across the city in the late 1970s through the 1980s.

20% Other Protestant. San Francisco has more gays and lesbians than any other US city. 3% Pentecostal. Today, the gay population of the city is estimated to be at about 15%, and gays remain an important force in the city's politics. 4% Presbyterian. In the 1980s, the AIDS virus wreaked havoc on the gay community there. 10% Baptist. Because of the rise of this new population, as well as the overall change in ethnic and cultural demographics, tensions arose in the city, and these tensions led to tragedy in 1978 when a conservative member of the Board of Supervisors and a former cop, Dan White, murdered San Francisco's first openly gay elected official, Supervisor Harvey Milk and the city's mayor George Moscone on November 27 (see "Twinkie Defense").

37% Protestant