Following the Mexican–American War in 1848, the U.S. annexed New Mexico as part of the larger New Mexico Territory, which was central to U.S. westward expansion; New Mexico was …

The State of New Mexico (In Spanish: Estado de Nuevo México. In Navajo: Yootó Hahoodzo.), founded on July 12, 1598, at San Juan de los Caballeros as Real de Nuevo México is a …

5 days ago · The area that is New Mexico was claimed by Spain in the 16th century, became part of Mexico in 1821, and was ceded to the United States in 1848 (through the Treaty of …

By the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War, made public in Washington on July 4, 1848, the United States achieved its principal objectives: the acquisition of New Mexico and …

Nov 6, 2007 · Founded around 1607, Santa Fe, the modern state's capital, was also the capital of Spanish New Mexico and was the first permanent European settlement west of the Mississippi.

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Over 50 years after Coronado, Juan de Oñate founded the San Juan colony on the Rio Grande in 1598, the first permanent European settlement in the future state of New Mexico.

Oct 2, 2024 · In 1598, Juan de Oñate established the first Spanish settlement in New Mexico, near present-day El Paso, Texas. Oñate's expedition marked the beginning of Spanish …

In 1912, New Mexico was admitted to the U.S. as the 47th state. In 1928, Albuquerque entered the age of air travel with the opening of its airport. The original Route 66 (1926) ran north and …

New Mexico introduced the Atomic Age in 1945, as the first nuclear weapons were developed by the federal government in the research center it established at Los Alamos. Ethnically, New …