2005 New Mexico Story Card
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Get two uncirculated New Mexico State Quarters on limited-edition Fleetwood display panel. Features photo-quality images of the "Land of Enchantment," plus little-known facts and U.S. stamp replicas.
New Mexico lies in the southwestern region of the United States. The state’s modern culture has been shaped by its past, with strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native-American influences.
The earliest-known inhabitants of New Mexico were Paleo-Indians that occupied the region possibly more than 12,000 years ago. When Europeans arrived during the 1500s, the region was inhabited by Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, and Ute Indians.
Searching for the mythical Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led a Spanish expedition into the area in 1540. Over fifty years later, San Juan Colony was established on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Claimed in the name of Spain, it was New Mexico’s first permanent European settlement. The province passed to Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence, and to the U.S. after the Mexican-American War.
As the Civil War loomed, Congress delayed New Mexico’s statehood, due to the slavery debate. The Territory of New Mexico was established in 1850, as a compromise. With Santa Fe as its capital, the territory included the future states of New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Colorado. The territory expanded with the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, when land south of the Gila River was acquired for the South Pacific transcontinental railroad.
Conflict between white settlers, Apache, Navajo, and Spanish-Mexicans consumed New Mexico until the 1880s. Geronimo’s surrender ended the Apache wars. With stability came a new railroad and a great cattle boom. Small towns sprung up as sheepherders, homesteaders, and squatters moved to the territory.
New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state in the Union on January 6, 1912. The state’s total area is 121,665 square miles, bordered by Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado. New Mexico’s landscape ranges from rose-colored deserts to broken mesas. New Mexico is arid, with only 250 square miles of surface water area and an average precipitation rate of 15 inches a year.
In spite of the dry climate and large desert regions, a significant portion of the state is covered by forested mountain wilderness. New Mexico also boasts five major rivers, including the Rio Grande, which is the third-longest river in the U.S.
Sparsely populated New Mexico was selected as the site of the Los Alamos Research Center in 1943, during World War II. Secret personnel developed the atomic bomb at the facility, and later tested it in New Mexico’s White Sands Proving Grounds on July 16, 1945.
New Mexico emerged as a center for nuclear, solar, and geothermal research and development in the following years. Today, the U.S. government is the state’s major employer and a chief economic source. Approximately 25% of the population is employed by the federal government, which returns $2 to the state economy for every tax dollar it receives from New Mexico’s citizens.
New Mexico’s state flag reflects the state’s cultural heritage. The flag features a red Zia symbol against a field of yellow. The red and yellow colors, those of Queen Isabella, were brought to the region by the Spanish Conquistadors. The Zia symbol is an ancient symbol of the sun, found on a 19th-century water jar from Zia Pueblo, once a thriving native community on the Rio Grande.
The number four was sacred to the Zia, who believed that the giver of all things good gave gifts in groups of four: four directions, four seasons, portions of the day, and stages of life. The rays are bound by a circle representing love and life, which have no beginning or end.
The Zia symbol is featured prominently on the New Mexico state quarter. It is superimposed over a topographical outline of the state along with New Mexico’s nickname, “Land of Enchantment,” and “1912”, the year it attained statehood.
New Mexico’s state motto is “It Grows as it Goes.” Reflective of its climate, the state’s flower is the yucca flower and its bird is the greater roadrunner.
Cultural diversity continues in New Mexico. It has the highest percentage of Hispanic-Americans and the second-highest percentage of Native Americans. A large artistic community is centered in Santa Fe, which hosts the annual Santa Fe Indian Market. The event is the oldest and largest juried Native-American show in the world.
Get two uncirculated New Mexico State Quarters on limited-edition Fleetwood display panel. Features photo-quality images of the "Land of Enchantment," plus little-known facts and U.S. stamp replicas.
New Mexico lies in the southwestern region of the United States. The state’s modern culture has been shaped by its past, with strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native-American influences.
The earliest-known inhabitants of New Mexico were Paleo-Indians that occupied the region possibly more than 12,000 years ago. When Europeans arrived during the 1500s, the region was inhabited by Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, and Ute Indians.
Searching for the mythical Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led a Spanish expedition into the area in 1540. Over fifty years later, San Juan Colony was established on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Claimed in the name of Spain, it was New Mexico’s first permanent European settlement. The province passed to Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence, and to the U.S. after the Mexican-American War.
As the Civil War loomed, Congress delayed New Mexico’s statehood, due to the slavery debate. The Territory of New Mexico was established in 1850, as a compromise. With Santa Fe as its capital, the territory included the future states of New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Colorado. The territory expanded with the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, when land south of the Gila River was acquired for the South Pacific transcontinental railroad.
Conflict between white settlers, Apache, Navajo, and Spanish-Mexicans consumed New Mexico until the 1880s. Geronimo’s surrender ended the Apache wars. With stability came a new railroad and a great cattle boom. Small towns sprung up as sheepherders, homesteaders, and squatters moved to the territory.
New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state in the Union on January 6, 1912. The state’s total area is 121,665 square miles, bordered by Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado. New Mexico’s landscape ranges from rose-colored deserts to broken mesas. New Mexico is arid, with only 250 square miles of surface water area and an average precipitation rate of 15 inches a year.
In spite of the dry climate and large desert regions, a significant portion of the state is covered by forested mountain wilderness. New Mexico also boasts five major rivers, including the Rio Grande, which is the third-longest river in the U.S.
Sparsely populated New Mexico was selected as the site of the Los Alamos Research Center in 1943, during World War II. Secret personnel developed the atomic bomb at the facility, and later tested it in New Mexico’s White Sands Proving Grounds on July 16, 1945.
New Mexico emerged as a center for nuclear, solar, and geothermal research and development in the following years. Today, the U.S. government is the state’s major employer and a chief economic source. Approximately 25% of the population is employed by the federal government, which returns $2 to the state economy for every tax dollar it receives from New Mexico’s citizens.
New Mexico’s state flag reflects the state’s cultural heritage. The flag features a red Zia symbol against a field of yellow. The red and yellow colors, those of Queen Isabella, were brought to the region by the Spanish Conquistadors. The Zia symbol is an ancient symbol of the sun, found on a 19th-century water jar from Zia Pueblo, once a thriving native community on the Rio Grande.
The number four was sacred to the Zia, who believed that the giver of all things good gave gifts in groups of four: four directions, four seasons, portions of the day, and stages of life. The rays are bound by a circle representing love and life, which have no beginning or end.
The Zia symbol is featured prominently on the New Mexico state quarter. It is superimposed over a topographical outline of the state along with New Mexico’s nickname, “Land of Enchantment,” and “1912”, the year it attained statehood.
New Mexico’s state motto is “It Grows as it Goes.” Reflective of its climate, the state’s flower is the yucca flower and its bird is the greater roadrunner.
Cultural diversity continues in New Mexico. It has the highest percentage of Hispanic-Americans and the second-highest percentage of Native Americans. A large artistic community is centered in Santa Fe, which hosts the annual Santa Fe Indian Market. The event is the oldest and largest juried Native-American show in the world.