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  2. Holloman Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    An archaeological site that might shed more light on New Mexico’s ancient history has been discovered recently within the boundaries of the air force base. Base officials said geomorphologists and members of the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental flight uncovered a campsite in early March 2024 that is about 8,200 years old and ...

  3. List of ghost towns in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    A former mining town that also once contained the only medical facility between Albuquerque and Gallup. Baldy Town: Baldy Mining Camp: Colfax: 1888: 1940: Historic site: The site is part of the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. It has stone ruins, mill foundations, a chimney, mine tailings, and a smelter slag pile. [1] Bard-Quay--Abandoned site ...

  4. List of municipalities in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2] New Mexico is divided into 33 counties and contains 106 municipalities ...

  5. Old Town Albuquerque - Wikipedia

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    Old Town is the historic original town site of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, established in 1706 by New Mexico governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. It is listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties as the Old Albuquerque Historic District , [ 1 ] and is protected by a ...

  6. Ancestral Puebloan dwellings - Wikipedia

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    Ancestral Puebloans spanned Northern Arizona and New Mexico, Southern Colorado and Utah, and a part of Southeastern Nevada. They primarily lived north of the Patayan, Sinagua, Hohokam, Trincheras, Mogollon, and Casas Grandes cultures of the Southwest [1] and south of the Fremont culture of the Great Basin.

  7. List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Preserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico 2: Bandelier National Monument: February 11, 1916: Santa Fe: Sandoval and Los Alamos: Includes Frijoles Canyon; contains (restored) ruins of dwellings, kivas, rock paintings and petroglyphs 3: Chaco Culture National Historical Park: March 11, 1907: Farmington: San Juan and McKinley

  8. Chaco Culture National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Farmington, in a remote canyon cut by the Chaco Wash. Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of the most important pre-Columbian cultural and historical areas in the United States. [2]

  9. Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway (New Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    The Trail of the Ancients is a New Mexico Scenic Byway to prehistoric archaeological and geological sites of northwestern New Mexico. It provides insight into the lives of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Navajo, Ute, and Apache peoples. Geological features include canyons, volcanic rock features, and sandstone buttes.