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The state of New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, becoming the 47th state. New Mexico is located in the Southwestern portion of the United States, it is fifth by area, and the 36th-most populous.
Prior to it's exploration by the Spanish in the 16th century, the area comprising the current state of New Mexico had been inhabited by Native American peoples for thousands of years, the earliest of these groups include the Clovis people BCE 10000-9000, Folsom people BCE 9000-8000, Cochise BCE 10000- 500, and the Anasazi CE 700-1300. In the 14th and 15th century the area was populated by the Pueblo Indians, Navajo, Apache and Comanche.
The first European settlement was by the Spanish, under the leadership of Juan de Oñate, at San Juan de los Caballeros the former site of a pueblo called Caypa, establishing Santa Fe de Nuevo México as a province of New Spain . In 1610 Spanish colonists founded La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, or Santa Fe.
Navajos, Apaches, lies, and Comanches begin raids against Pueblo Indians in the late 15th century. And, in 1680, Popé, a Pueblo Indian organized a revolt against the Spanish, causing 2,000 survivors to flee to El Paso. Led by Diego de Vargas, the Spanish returned to New Mexico in 1692. The Second Pueblo Revolt, in 1696, resulted in the defeat of the Pueblo Natives.
Following the Mexican War of Independence, New Mexico became part of an Independent Mexico in 1821. And in 1848, after the Mexican–American War, New Mexico was ceded to the United States. The U.S. Congress then established the New Mexico Territory in 1850, and in 1912 New Mexico was admitted to the Union, as the 47th state.
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Projects
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Cemeteries
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish Cemetery, Tome, New Mexico
Counties, Cities, and Towns
New Mexico Counties, Cities, and Towns Portal
Founders of La Villa de Alburquerque
Founding Families of Albuquerque
Education
New Mexico Highlands University
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Ethnic Groups
Indigenous Artists of the Americas and Canada
Native American Tribes- State of New Mexico
U.S.A. Indigenous peoples-Southwest
Government
Governors of New Mexico (Nuevo México) from 1598 to present day
United States House of Representatives from New Mexico
United States Senators from New Mexico
History
Assassination of Governor Rosas
Conquistadores de Nuevo Mexico
Inscribers at El Morro National Monument
Juan de Oñate Expedition, 1598
Reconquest and Recolonization of Nuevo Mexico (New Mexico)-1692
Second group of settlers to New Mexico, Dec. 24, 1600
Spanish Governors and Viceroys of New Spain
United States Territorial Governors
Religion
Crypto Jews, Conversos, Marranos & Anusim
Crypto-Jews of the American Southwest
Franciscan Missionaries of New Spain and New Mexico
Sephardic and Crypto-Jews of New Mexico
Sports
Miscellaneous
Descendants of Fray Cayetano de Otero (1700's New Mexico)
Triple Wedding, Santa Fe. April 8, 1641
Research Resources
FamilySearch New Mexico, United States Genealogy
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico (HGRC-NM)
New Mexico Genealogical Society