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New Mexico, the Land
of Enchantment, was first explored by a Spanish, Franciscan monk, Marcos
de Niza, who was looking for gold in 1539. The first Spanish settlement
was established at San Juan Pueblo in 1598, and Santa Fe in 1610. The Spanish
traded and, alternatively, fought with the Navajos, Comanches and the Apaches.
Trade on the Santa Fe Trail began in 1821. During the Mexican War, General
Stephen Kearny of the United States Army took Santa Fe in May of 1846.
New Mexico was known for its range wars of the 1870's. New Mexico received
statehood in 1916, and a short time later Generalismio Panco Villa invaded
Columbus, New Mexico and murdered sixteen people. This caused the great
General Pershing of the United States Army to invade Mexico in pursuit
of the great bandito, who was never caught. Attractions of New Mexico include Carlsbad Caverns, a national park, which has the largest natural cave in the United States. The Sands Natural Monument has the largest gypsum deposit in the world. There are Pueblo ruins which date for 100 AD in Chaco Canyon. There is another Pueblo ruin, Acoma, the sky c ity, that was built on a 357 foot Mesa. There are nineteen Pueblo, four Navajo, and two Apache reservations in New Mexico. There are many ghost towns, dude ranches, hunting and fishing areas, and skiing resorts. |
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