This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Highlights of New Mexico statehood century events
Timeline of key milestones in New Mexico from 1912 to 2010 including Taft’s statehood proclamation, Pancho Villa raid and Black Jack Pershing expedition, Route 66 tourism boost, oil discovery near Hobbs, Goddard rocket tests, Los Alamos Manhattan Project, Navajo Code Talkers, Trinity nuclear test, first woman statewide official Georgia Lusk, Roswell disk claim, Smokey Bear symbol, Interstate system, Roundhouse dedication, Balloon Fiesta, Very Large Array, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Spaceport America, and Susana Martinez’s 2010 governor win.
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New Mexico
State Department of Cultural Affairs
Secretary of State
William Howard Taft
William C. McDonald
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N.M
Mexico
Black Jack Pershing
Chicago
L.A
Hobbs
Robert Goddard
Charles Lindbergh
Milton
Doc” Noss
Spaceport America
Alamogordo
Noss
New Mexico National Guard
Philippines
New Mexico Guard
Bataan Peninsula
Manhattan Project
Los Alamos
Trinity Site
U.S
Georgia Lusk
Carlsbad
Congress
Roswell Army Air Field
Lincoln County
Capitol
Albuquerque
St. Augustine Plains
Socorro
State of
Virgin Galactic
Las Cruces
Susana Martinez
Jay Miller
la Tusa
Santa Fe