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Have you ever driven down a road, noticed an old cemetery, and wondered how old it was or if someone famous was buried there? And what about that statue in the park where you walk the dog every day? Do you know why it's there or when it was built? Maybe you're an out-of-state traveler and you've climbed to the top of the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque or visited the Vietnam Memorial in Angel Fire. Do you know the histories of these extraordinary...
4) New Mexico
Author
Publisher
Whitecap Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
9) Taos pueblo
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
xxv, 162 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
Description
Spanish and American prospectors discovered gold, silver, and copper mines in southwestern New Mexico in the 1800s. This volume explores the further development of these mining operations into the early 1900s. During this time period, improvements in technology made mining profitable, and eastern corporations invested in New Mexico mines. World War I created a demand for copper, and this era saw the development of paternalistic company towns. Miners...
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