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Timeline Of New Mexico Statehood, Celebrating New Mexico Statehood Jan 2015

Timeline Of New Mexico Statehood, Celebrating New Mexico Statehood

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Sixteen slides with information about New Mexico's journey to statehood.


Citing Primary Sources Found Online, Kathleen Ferris Mar 2012

Citing Primary Sources Found Online, Kathleen Ferris

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Libraries and archives around the world are making historic documents available for research from anywhere by digitizing original, primary source materials and putting them online. Using primary sources online is a great way to give your research more depth and make your resulting paper or project more interesting.


A Little History Of Santa Fe, Nm, Kevin J. Comerford Mar 2012

A Little History Of Santa Fe, Nm, Kevin J. Comerford

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Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of Santa Fe County. Santa Fe (literally 'holy faith' in Spanish) had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Santa Fe County and is part of the larger Santa Fe-Española Combined Statistical Area. The city's full name when founded was "La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís" ("The Royal Town of the …


Enabling Acts Of 1876 And 1893, Kathleen Ferris Sep 2011

Enabling Acts Of 1876 And 1893, Kathleen Ferris

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Several attempts at statehood marked the late nineteenth century. While politicians in both Washington and New Mexico worked to get the territory admitted, success proved elusive.


Racism As An Impediment To Statehood, Kathleen Ferris Sep 2011

Racism As An Impediment To Statehood, Kathleen Ferris

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New Mexico spent an unusually long period as a territory, 62 years in total. For comparison, consider the length of territorial status for other states in the West: Colorado-15 years, Nevada-14 years, Utah-46 years, Montana-25 years, Wyoming-22 years, Idaho-44 years. A small population and an underdeveloped economy were two common reasons given at the time to explain the delay in admitting New Mexico. Although New Mexico did lag at times behind other territories in the growth of its population and economy, by the late nineteenth century it had more people and a larger economy than many older states had when …