New Mexico AHGP

New Mexico
Land of Enchantment

Several Counties in New Mexico looking for hostesses, if you are interested, please email me.

New Mexico was named by the Spanish for lands north of the Rio Grande River.

Area: 121593 sq. mi, 5th Land 121359 sq. mi., 5th - Water 234 sq. mi., 49th
Bird: Roadrunner
Flower: Yucca flower
Governor: Gary E. Johnson (R)
Population: 1,739,844; 37th, 12/99
Song: O, Fair New Mexico
Tree: Pinon
Statehood: January 6, 1912; 47th
State Constitution
Economy:

Agriculture: Cattle, dairy products, hay, nursery stock, chilies.
Industry: Electric equipment, petroleum and coal products, food processing, printing and publishing, stone, glass, and clay products, tourism.

New Mexico Counties To host a county, please contact Cindy Koegel
Bernalillo	Catron	Chaves	Cibola
Colfax	Curry	De Baca	Dona Ana
Eddy	Grant	Guadalupe	Harding
Hidalgo	Lea	Lincoln Charles Barnum	Los Alamos
Luna Cindy Koegel	McKinley	Mora	Otero
Quay	Rio Arriba	Roosevelt	Sandoval
San Juan	San Miguel	Santa Fe	Sierra
Socorro	Taos Karen Mitchell	Torrance	Union Cindy Koegel
Valencia

New Mexico Links

AHGP New Mexico Cemetery Transcription
Civil War Sites in New Mexico

Famous New Mexicans

Kathy Baker actress
Judy Blume author
Ernest L. Blumenshein artist
William (Billy the Kid) Bonney outlaw
Richard Bradford author
Ralph Bunche nobel peace prize winner
Bruce Cabot actor
Glen Campbell singer
Christopher (Kit) Carson army scout, trapper
Dennis Chavez senator
John Simpson Chisum cattle king
Mangus Coloradas apache leader
Edward Condon physicist
Bill Daily actor
John Denver singer
Bo Diddley blues guitarist
Patrick Garrett lawman
Greer Garson actress
Sid Gutierrez astronaut
William Hanna animator
Neil Patrick Harris actor
Carl Hatch senator
Tony Hillerman author
Conrad Hilton hotel executive
Dennis Hopper actor
Peter Hurd artist
Preston Jones playwright, actor
Ralph Kiner baseball player, sportscaster
Nancy Lopez golfer
Demi Moore actress
Jim Morrison singer, songwriter
William Henry (Bill) Mauldin political cartoonist
Georgia O'Keeffe painter
Harrison Schmitt astronaut
Frank Springer paleontologist
Kim Stanley actress
Slim Summerville actor
Clyde Tombaugh astronomer
Al Unser auto racer
Bobby Unser auto racer
Victorio Apache chief
Linda Wertheimer NPR correspondent
Kathy Whitworth golfer

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