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The Cerrillos Turquoise Mines are Ancestral Puebloan turquoise mines located in the Cerrillos Hills, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Archeologists believe that most of the turquoise found at Chaco Canyon was mined in the Cerrillos Hills.
Semiprecious Gemstone: Nevada turquoise (1987) New Hampshire [48] Beryl (1985) Granite (1985); New Hampshire's nickname is the Granite State: Smoky quartz (1985) New Jersey [49] Franklinite [50] New Mexico [51] Turquoise (1967) New York [52] Garnet (1969) North Carolina [53] Gold (2011) Emerald (1973) North Dakota [54] Ohio [55] Ohio flint ...
Los Cerrillos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 229 at the 2000 census. Accessible from State Highway 14 or The Turquoise Trail, Cerrillos is on the road from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, closer to Santa Fe
San Ildefonso Pueblo (Tewa: Pʼohwhogeh Ówîngeh [p’òhxʷógè ʔówîŋgè] "where the water cuts through" [5] [6]), also known as the Turquoise Clan, [7] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, and a federally recognized tribe, established c. 1300 AD. [8]
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW. nmnaturalhistory.org 'Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000' June 8-May 4, 2025. Vladem Contemporary. 404 Montezuma Ave ...
Ruins. Listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places. San Cristobal: Tano Galisteo: Great house Ruins located on the Galisteo Basin, this pueblo is also known as Yam-p-ham-ba. Stone and adobe were used to build rectangular roomblocks and kivas.
James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service.He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Federal prosecutors presented tearful testimony Tuesday from the mother of a sickly toddler who was whisked away from his Georgia home by relatives without her permission to a remote desert ...