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History as a town. 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.
In the U.S. state of New Mexico, US 54 extends from the Texas state line by Chaparral, New Mexico, and ends at the Texas state line by Nara Visa, New Mexico. The highway runs for 356.176 miles (573.210 km) in New Mexico. Nationally an east–west route but is signed as a north–south route through the state.
The West Mesa Murders are the killings of eleven women whose remains were found buried in 2009 in the desert on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Several suspects have been named, but none were arrested or charged. While the killings were initially believed to be the work of a serial killer, the involvement of a sex ...
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot. The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage.
One of Sandia's first permanent buildings (Building 800) was completed in 1949. Sandia National Laboratories' roots go back to World War II and the Manhattan Project.Prior to the United States formally entering the war, the U.S. Army leased land near an Albuquerque, New Mexico airport known as Oxnard Field to service transient Army and U.S. Navy aircraft.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The history of Albuquerque, New Mexicodates back up to 12,000 years, beginning with the presence of Paleo-Indianhunter-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 pueblosby 750 CE.
Blackdom is a historic freedom colony [ 2] in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States with a population of 300 at its height in 1908 [ 2] that was founded by African-American settlers in 1901 and abandoned in the mid-1920s. Founded by Frank and Ella Boyer under the requirements of the Homestead Act, the town experienced significant growth in ...
The University of New Mexico ( UNM; Spanish: Universidad de Nuevo México) [ 6] is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, the flagship university in the state, and the largest by enrollment, with 22,630 students in 2023.