Ok, typical stuff first!

Admission to Statehood: Jan. 6, 1912
State Bird: Roadrunner
State Fish: Cutthroat Trout
State Animal: Black Bear
State Insect: Tarantula Hawk Wasp
State Flower: Yucca Flower
State Tree: Pińon Pine
State Grass: Blue Grama
State Vegetables: Chile and Frijole
State Cookie: Biscochito
State Song: “O, Fair New Mexico” (adopted in 1917) was written three years after New Mexico became the 47th state. It was written by the daughter of Pat Garrett, the man who killed the outlaw Billy the Kid. In 1971, New Mexicans adopted an official Spanish-language song, is “Asi es Nuevo Méjico.”
State Gem: Turquoise
State Fossil: Coelophysis
10 Largest cities: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Farmington, Alamogordo, Clovis, Hobbs, Carlsbad

Now the fun stuff!

  • Each October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta. awesome site!!
  • Las Cruces makes the world's largest enchilada the first weekend in October at the "Whole Enchilada Fiesta". VERY yummy!
  • The world's first Atomic Bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 on the White Sands Testing Range near Alamogordo. North of the impact point a small placard marks the area known as Trinity Site. The bomb was designed and manufactured in Los Alamos.
  • White Sands National Monument is a desert, not of sand, but of gleaming white gypsum crystals. neat place to visit!
  • Hatch is known as the "Green Chile capital of the world". VERY VERY VERY yummy!!!
  • The Palace of Governors in Santa Fe is the oldest Government Building in the United States.
  • On the same desert grounds where today's space age missiles are tested, ten-thousand-year-old arrowheads have been found.
  • Santa Fe, the oldest capital city in the United States, was founded in 1610.
  • Since New Mexico's climate is so dry 3/4 of the roads are left unpaved. The roads don't wash away.
  • New Mexico has far more sheep and cattle than people. There are only about 12 people per square mile.
  • The Navajo, the Nation's largest Native American Group, have a reservation that covers 14 million Acres.
  • New Mexico's State Constitution officially states that New Mexico is a bilingual State, and 1 out of 3 families in New Mexico speak Spanish at home.