New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment

• Capital: Santa Fe
• Major Cities:
  • Albuquerque
  • Los Alamos
  • Roswell
  • Las Cruces
• Major Geographical Features
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Zuni Mountains
  • Black Mountains
  • San Andres Mountains
  • Sangre del Cristo Mountains
  • Great Plains
  • Rio Grande
  • Pecos River
• National Park: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• 1848: Western New Mexico is granted to the United States as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• 1853: Gadsden Purchase enlarges the territory
• 1912: New Mexico becomes the 47th state
• 1945: The 1st atomic bomb is tested at White Sands near Alamogrodo
• Motto: "It grows as it goes"
• Name Meaning: Named for the nation of Mexico
• Industries
  • Cattle
  • Mining
• Santa Fe is the oldest and highest elevated capital city in the United States
• The Pecos River is a Yazoo tributary
• The Chapel at San Miguel Church in Santa Fe is the oldest church in the United States
• Zia Sun symbol on New Mexico's flag reflects the philosophy of the Zia people
• 5th largest state by area
• 36th largest state by population (1/2 of this population is Hispanic)
• Most of New Mexico's population lives along the Rio Grande
• Famous People
  • Neil Patrick Harris
  • Billy the Kid