47th State
January 6, 1912 |
New
Mexico |
The Southwest |
Flag
of the State of New Mexico
State Abbreviation: NM
Nickname: Land of Enchantment
Origin of Name: From the country of Mexico
New Mexico State Symbols:
Capital: Santa
Fe
Motto: Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes)
New
Mexico State
Seal
Ballad: The Land of Enchantment
Bird: Chaparral (Roadrunner)
Colors: Red and Yellow
Cookie: Bizcohcito (or biscochito)
Fish: Cutthroat Trout
Flower: Yucca
Fossil: Coelophysis
Gem: Turquoise
Grass: Blue
Grama
Insect: Tarantula
Hawk Wasp
Mammal: Black
Bear
Poem: A Nuevo México
Song: O Fair New Mexico and Asi es Nuevo Mexico
Tree: Pinon Pinus edulis
Vegetables: Chile & Frijoles (Pinto Beans)
Things to Know
The design on New Mexico's state flag is the Zia Sun Symbol which
originated with the Indians of the Zia Pueblo in ancient times.
Carlsbad Caverns
One of the world's largest cave systems.
White Sands National Monument
A desert made of gypsum sand.
Major Rivers: Rio Grande, Pecos River
Famous New Mexicans:
Ralph Bunche,
(1903-1971)
Noble Peace Prize winner. First person of color to be awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize.
Oliver LaFarge, Pulitzer Prize Winning author
William
Bonney, a.k.a "Billy the Kid" is New Mexico's most
infamous outlaw.
Mangus
Coloradas (1791-1863), Apache leader
Sid
Gutierrez astronaut
Victorio,
Apache chief
Peter
Hurd (1904-1984), artist
Ernest
Thompson Seton-Author, naturalist, artist, co-founder of the Boy Scouts
Things to Do
New Mexico State Bird and
State Flower Printable Color Page.
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New Mexico Color Page
Printable color pages of the prehistoric pottery geometric designs of
Mimbres Valley New Mexico. A new window will open.
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Pottery-3
Pottery-4
Pottery-5
Sites to See
Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the great American artists of the 20th-century
Georgia O'Keeffe was instantly drawn to New Mexico's starkly beautiful landscape from the moment she first saw it in 1917.
American
International Rattlesnake Museum
The Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico is home to the
largest collection of different species of live rattlesnakes in the world!
Chaco Canyon
Explore the rugged beauty of New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon.
Taos Pueblo
Pueblo de Taos, New Mexico
Well-preserved group of adobe houses is thought to date from before 1400.
Anasazi Hohokam Mogollon Indians of the Southwest
Southwest Chaco Canyon Pueblo Culture Pictures.
Southwest Native Americans
History and Information.
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