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Timeline of New Mexico history. Coordinates: 34.4071°N 106.1126°W. This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the US State of New Mexico and the historical area that is now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s Statehood 1800s Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492.
History of New Mexico. The history of New Mexico is based on archaeological evidence, attesting to the varying cultures of humans occupying the area of New Mexico since approximately 9200 BCE, and written records. The earliest peoples had migrated from northern areas of North America after leaving Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge.
History of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The history of Albuquerque, New Mexico dates back up to 12,000 years, beginning with the presence of Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers in the region. Gradually, these nomadic people adopted a more settled, agricultural lifestyle and began to build multi-story stone or adobe dwellings now known as pueblos by 750 CE.
Website. www.nmhistorymuseum.org. The New Mexico History Museum is a history museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is part of the state-run Museum of New Mexico system operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. [1] Opened in 2009, the museum houses 96,000 square feet (8,900 m 2) of permanent and rotating exhibits covering the ...
Between 1909, when the New Mexico territorial legislature established the Museum of New Mexico, and Summer 2009 the Palace of the Governors served as the site of the state history museum. In 2009 the New Mexico History Museum was opened adjacent to the Palace, which is now one of eight museums overseen by the New Mexico Department of Cultural ...
Coordinates: 35°05′46″N 106°40′11.5″W. San Felipe de Neri Church was built during the 18th century. Old Town Plaza in the autumn of 2006. 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.
1706 – Town founded as a trading post between the Tiwa Puebloan peoples and the Hispanos in Nuevo México by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés for New Spain. [ 1] 1793 – San Felipe de Neri Church built. 1837 – Unrest. [ 2] 1846 – U.S. army fort built. [ 3] 1850 – Town becomes part of U.S. New Mexico Territory.
Fort Union National Monument. April 5, 1956. Las Vegas, NM. Mora. Preserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851; also ruins of the third; visible network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail. 6. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.