Historic Route 66 became Central Avenue as it ran through downtown Albuquerque. (© Media Placitas LLC)
Long the home to prehistoric and native peoples the place now known as New Mexico gained its new identity when Spanish soldiers, settlers and priests pushed north from Old Mexico.
| Statehood: January 6, 1912 New Mexico is the 47th state in the Union signed by President William Taft | ||
| Highest Point: Wheeler Peak, 1,3161ft. | Lowest Point: Red Bluff Reservoir, southeast of Carlsbad, 2,842 ft. | |
| State Question: "Red or Green?" | State Motto: Crecit Eundo: "It Grows as it Goes" | |
| State Fossil: Coelophysis ("see-la-fisis") | State Gem: Turquoise | State Flower: Yucca |
| State Insect: Tarantula Hawk Wasp | State Bird: Roadrunner | State Tree: Piñon |
| State Fish: Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout | State Animal: Black Bear | State Tie: Bolo Tie |
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