The Tsiya (“Zia”) symbol is known throughout the world and has largely been recognized as one of the most beautiful and complete symbols known to man. The symbol was also stolen and is used largely without permission of the Zia Pueblo. Both the round circle of the sun and the number four are sacred: the […]
New Mexico’s first Territorial Seal was designed in 1851, shortly after the United States’ acquisition due to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. While there is no record of the original Territorial Seal – which according to the New Mexico Secretary of State may be encapsulated in the Soldier’s Monument on the Santa Fe Plaza – […]
New Mexico Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout One of two native species of Trout in New Mexico, the New Mexico cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis) became official state fish in 1955. Also known as the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout, as one of fourteen subspecies of trout found in the Western United States, it is found in […]
History of the NM State Flag Everyone who is anyone knows the New Mexico State Flag is one of the best flags in history. Indeed, the NM State Flag has won silly internet polls dating back to the creation of the internet. But not many know that the famous red and yellow Zia flag was […]
State Songs of New Mexico New Mexico has the good fortune to have not only one, but three State songs, each of which has an accompanying statute approved and signed by the Governor of New Mexico. ¡Asi es Nuevo Mexíco! – Spanish, NMSA § 12-3-6 Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico – Bilingual, NMSA § 12-3-12 O, […]
One of the greatest Jazz composers grew up in Albuquerque. John Lewis graduated from the University of New Mexico, served in the military, and went on produce numerous solo records and with the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Lewis “Lew” Wallace served as Territorial Governor from 1878 to 1881. After a long career in the United States Army, he had been appointed as Governor in the fall of 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Wallace had previously earned a reputation as being an effective leader in both civil and military situations. He succeeded […]
Born in 1875 in the Reconstructionist Southern state of Mississippi, George W. Malone led an inspiring journey to become the first African American attorney licensed in New Mexico. Malone was first licensed in Mississippi, then New Mexico, then Kansas. after NM GW went to Kansas City, NM, died 1945 Married Bessie Gilmore in 1892 (insert […]
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That every person who shall be convicted of the unlawful killing of a slave or other offence upon the person of a slave within this Territory, whether as principal or accessory, shall suffer the same pains and penalties as if […]