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TWA Flight 260 was the Trans World Airlines (TWA) designation for a flight from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico. On February 19, 1955, the 40-passenger Martin 4-0-4 prop plane used by TWA for that route crashed into the Sandia Mountains .
Santa Fe, New Mexico – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [49] Pop 2010 [50] Pop 2020 [51] %2000 %2010 ...
New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain. New Mexico is the fifth-largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks 36th in population and 45th in population density.
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, it served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880.
There are three combined statistical areas in New Mexico, with one crossing into Texas. Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas CSA. Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bernalillo County; Sandoval County; Torrance County; Valencia County; Santa Fe Metropolitan Statistical Area. Santa Fe County; Las Vegas Micropolitan Statistical Area. San Miguel ...
The Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, seen here in a 1930s postcard, was besieged by the Pueblo in August 1680. The retreat of the Spaniards left New Mexico in the power of the Puebloans. [26] Popé was a mysterious figure in the history of the southwest as there are many tales among the Puebloans of what happened to him after the revolt.
Gallup – Native American Capital of the World [10] [11] Hatch – Chile Pepper Capital of the World [12] [13] Las Cruces. The City of the Garden of Crosses [14] Stinktown [15] Las Vegas – Meadow City [16] Los Alamos – Atomic City [17] Rio Rancho – City of Vision [18] Rodeo – New Mexico's most western town [19] Roswell. Alien Capital ...
Built in 1610 by the Spanish, the Palace of the Governors is located on the Santa Fe Plaza. It was the house of government in Santa Fe for nearly three centuries, during periods of Spanish and Mexican rule. When New Mexico was annexed by the United States in 1846, it became the first territorial capitol and was used as such for forty years.