New Mexico Corporate Housing
by Embee's Property Management, LLC
Facts About New Mexico
Capital: Santa Fe
Population: 1,874,614
Governor: Bill Richardson (D)
Statehood: 47th state admitted on January 6, 1912
Motto: Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes)
Nickname: The Land of Enchantment
Highest Point Wheeler Peak, northeast of Taos,
13,161 feet
Lowest Point Red Bluff Reservoir, along the Texas border south of Carlsbad
State Song: O, Fair New Mexico
State Bird: Roadrunner
State Flower: Yucca Flower
State Tree: Piñon
State Grass Blue Grama
State Fish Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
State Animal Black Bear
State Vegetables Chile and Pinto Beans
State Gem Turquoise
State Fossil Coelophysis
State Insect Tarantula Hawk Wasp
State Cookie Bizcochito
New Mexico is actually the fifth largest state in the United States with 121,335 square miles
New Mexico's geography includes colorful mesas, lava flows, extinct volcano areas, unusual rock formations among cliffs and mountains, and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico also has approximately 20 million acres of forested land, 8.5 million of which is designated as National Forest. Ancient seas that once covered the land left behind fossil beds scattered throughout the state.
While the climate is generally considered dry because of the low humidity, water fills mountain lakes and streams as the winter snows melt in the spring. Rainfall is most abundant during the summer months of the monsoon season when the billowing masses of cumulus clouds erupt into afternoon showers.
The vast tracts of land in New Mexico provide a wealth of natural resources for farming, ranching, and manufacturing. New Mexico's economy is as diverse as its cultural roots. It includes hundreds of art galleries, challenging ski areas, a booming dairy industry, international trade with Mexico, and a proliferation of technological breakthroughs due to the presence of national laboratories in Albuquerque and Los Alamos to name but a few. New Mexico is also one of the largest energy producing states in the nation, ranking fourth in natural gas production in 1992.
New Mexico is a blend of ancient cultural traditions and striking environmental diversity. Its unique multi-cultural personality and character truly make it America's Land of Enchantment and a state worth further exploration.
New Mexico's state flower is in fact a plant native to the deserts of the Southwest. The yucca is also known as the "Lamparas de dios" which translates to "Lamps of the Lord" due to the bright mass of white flowers that protrude from a center stalk within the plant. The yucca is not only an attractive plant;
it is has also been an important resource in past
decades as its roots and palm-like leaves provided
materials for the making of soap and baskets for those
residing in the Southwest.
Each October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta.
Las Cruces makes the world's largest enchilada the first
weekend in October at the "Whole Enchilada Fiesta".
The world's first Atomic Bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 on the White Sands Testing Range near Alamogordo. North of the impact point a small placard marks the area known as Trinity Site. The bomb was designed and manufactured in Los Alamos.
White Sands National Monument is a desert, not of sand, but of gleaming white gypsum crystals.
Hatch is known as the "Green Chile capital of the world".
The largest fire in the state's history was ignited on May 4, 2000 in the National Park Service's Bandelier National Monument, when a controlled burn meant to clear away dry brush and prevent future wild fires leaped out of control due to high winds. 25,000 people, including all the residents of Los Alamos, were forced to evacuate their homes.
The Navajo, the Nation's largest Native American Group, have a reservation that covers 14 million Acres.
To a certain degree New Mexico's Indian Reservations function as states within a state where tribal law may supersede state law.
New Mexico's State Constitution officially states that New Mexico is a bilingual State, and 1 out of 3 families in New Mexico speak Spanish at home.
The Palace of Governors in Santa Fe is the oldest Government Building in the United States.
1 out of 4 workers in New Mexico work directly for the Federal Government. State and local governments are also major employers.
New Mexico has far more sheep and cattle than people. There are only about 12 people per square mile.
Since New Mexico's climate is so dry 3/4 of the roads are left unpaved. The roads don't wash away.
On the same desert grounds where today's space age missiles are tested, ten-thousand-year-old arrowheads have been found.
New Mexican history has ranged from arrows to atoms and has embraced Indian, Spanish and Anglo cultures. Few states can claim such a distinctive past.
Santa Fe, the oldest capital city in the United States, was founded in 1610.
In 1986 governor Toney Anaya declared that New Mexico would serve as a sanctuary for Central American refugees
2009 Events
January 13 -31 - 9th Annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival, Albuquerque - Featuring two-weeks of cutting-edge international performances hosted by Tricklock Company. Various venues throughout Albuquerque. (505) 254-8393 (3635)
February 14 - 15 - Sierra County Longhorn Show, - The show includes both youth exhibitors and teams in the Open Halter and Non Halter categories and has more than 70 different class competitions. 505-824-2931 Sierra County Fairgrounds (3625)
February 28 - Cuchillo Pecan Festival, Cuchillo - A celebration of the pecan harvest featuring pecan pie, music, pecan candy, arts and crafts, flavored pecans, BBQ, pecans, and more pecans. Proceeds go to NM Boys and Girls Ranches. Cuchillo is located on Hwy 52 about 15 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences. 575-743-3201 Ritch's Pecan Orchard (3399)
April 24 - 26 - Fiesta Fiddlers Competition, - A wonderful weekend of fun and fiddling, food and dancing. Admission for each event is $3. 575-894-8752 Ralph Edwards Civic Auditorium (3627)
April 25 - Park N The Park Car Show, Rio Rancho - Over 200 Custom cars and Hotrods on Display/ FREE ADMISSION / GAMES / FOOD VENDORS/ MUSIC 505-615-8496 (4778)
May 1 - 3 - 60th Annual Fiesta, Truth or Consequences - Held annually since 1950, Truth or Consequences comes together to celebrate with a parade,rodeo, music, a carnival, Fiesta Karaoke Idol sing-off, a junk boat race, games in the park, and much more! 575-894-5555 (3401)
May 9 - 2nd Annual Railroad Days, Las Cruces - Las Cruces Railroad Museum - Celebration of Las Cruces' railroading past, present and future. 10-4pm 575-647-4480 (4134)
May 16 - Hillsboro Heritage Day, Hillsboro - The third annual Heritage Music Festival and Home and Garden Tour invites music lovers and history buffs to visit this historic community. The Festival showcases regional bands that express a diversity of traditional musical styles, including country-western, bluegrass, folk, and gospel. 575-895-5385 (3629)
June 6 - Winston Spring Fiesta, Winston - Line-up for the parade starts at 9 am; parade begins around 10. Games, events and vendor booths all day, and a dance in the evening. 575-743-0187 Winston Community Center (3630)
June 19 - 20 - Albuquerque Folk Festival, Albuquerque - The Albuquerque Folk Festival is a non-profit event held with the goal of increasing the public's participation in music, dance and other folk activities. (505) 294-6909 (5576)
July 4 - 29th Smokey Bear Fun Run, Captain - 7:30am, 10-K, 2-Mile Fun Run Men & Women 9 age groups T-shirts, hats or bandannas. (575) 354 -7021 (5483)
July 4 - 4th of July Fireworks Display, - Come and see the largest fireworks display in the state, reflecting off the largest lake in New Mexico! Park fees are waived from 6 - 9pm for this event. 575-744-5923 Rattlesnake Island off of Lion's Beach, Elephant Butte Lake State Park (3631)
July 19 - August 24 - Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe - Since it started in 1972, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become one of the world's preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation. Contributing to its magic is the Festival's unique Santa Fe setting, nestled amid timeless splendors of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 1-888-221-9836 (5504)
Summer 2009
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum July 26, 2009 Ice Cream Sunday 12 pm - 4 pm This popular event features lots of homemade ice cream, dairy demonstrations, children's activities and of course the annual ice cream sandwich eating contest for different age groups. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for children ages 5 to 17. Las Cruces
Summer Festival & Frontier Days, Rancho De Las Golondrinas August 1 & 2 from 10 am - 4 pm Meet the colorful characters who put the wild in wild west! Mountain men and women will demonstrate their skills and spin tales of the past at encampments throughout the ranch visit golondrinas.org
Los Alamos County Festival, Fair and Rodeo August, 6 - 8
Curry County Fair, Clovis, August 10 - 15
Invitational Antique Indian Art Show, Santa Fe August 18 - 20
More…..July events in N.M.
http://www.newmexico.org/calendar/events/
4th Bi-Annual Hummingbird Festival July 25 - 26
No species is as popular in the Land of Enchantment as the bird world's smallest, featured once again at the Hummingbird Festival in Lake Roberts just outside of Silver City sponsored by Hummingbirds of New Mexico, a non-profit organization.
http://www.hummingbirdsofnewmexico.com/
58th Traditional & Contemporary Spanish Market, Saturday and Sunday, July 25 & 26
Spanish Market features handmade traditional & contemporary arts by over 200 local Hispanic artists as well as continuous live music and dance, art demonstrations and regional foods. The Market provides a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy a taste of New Mexico's vibrant Spanish culture, both past and present. Admission is free. More……
http://www.spanishmarket.org/
Taos Ski Valley Sets the Stage for the Long Awaited 1st Annual Taos Mountain Music Festival August 15
Music spanning Urban Latino, Reggae, Blues, Rock n Roll, Hip Hop, Jazz and Bluegrass will fill the high mountain air of Taos Ski Valley, Saturday
August 15, 2009 at the 1st Annual Taos Mountain Music Festival. The main stage, surrounded by the towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains and National Forest, will host Ozomatli, The Wailers, Joan Osborne, and many others. More….
http://www.taosmountainmusicfestival.com/
Hot Chili Days, Cool Mountain Nights August 13 - 15
This three day event combines live music all weekend with Larry Joe Taylor & Friends, then multiple cook-offs in the park on Saturday 8/15. Music venues all over town like the top of the mountain, along the Red River, Brandenburg Park, and the historic Motherlode Saloon. More…
http://www.redriver.org/events/view/55
August 10 - 15 - Curry County Fair, Clovis - Don't miss all the fun and excitement! 505-762-8827 (3801)
August 22 - 23 - SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET, Santa Fe - Every August, the Santa Fe Indian Market brings over a thousand of the most gifted Native American artists from across the United States together with visitors and collectors from around the world to Santa Fe, New Mexico's historic downtown plaza. (505)983-5220 (3624)
September 11 - 27 - New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque - 2009 marks the 71th anniversary of the New Mexico State Fair. (505) 222-9700 (3623)
September 26 - 27 - Corrales Harvest Festival, Corrales - Events include the celebrated Corrales Growers Market, juried Arts and Crafts show, live entertainment, hay rides throughout the village, Wagner's Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, many children's activities including a petting zoo and rides, as well as the Food Court. (505) 792-8912 (3408)
October 2 - 4 - Hot Springs / Cool Art Festival, TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES - This event, formerly known as Destination Sierra County, showcases the artistic and cultural diversity of Sierra County. 575-740-4526 (3404)
October 3 - 11 - Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque - 888-422-7277 (3405)
October 8 - 11 - Guadalupe County Fair, - 830-379-6477 (3802)
October 9 - 11 - Sierra County Fair, - Sierra County Fair Barn. Arts, crafts, livestock, food vendors, community groups and fun. 575-894-2375 (3403)
October 30 - November 1 - Old-Time Fiddlers State Competition, Truth or Consequences - A wonderful weekend of fun and fiddling, food and dancing. 575-894-8752 Ralph Edwards Civic Auditorium (3634)
Fall 2009
Arté de Muertos expo New Mexico's largest Day of the Dead folk art event, at Santa Ana Star Casino, in Santa Ana Pueblo Nov. 7-8. (505) 771-3307 www.artedemuertos.com
Santa Fe Studio Tour Saturday November 14th, 10 - 5 and Sunday the 15th from 11 to 4, New Mexico's newest studio tour gives an inside look at some favorite Santa Fe artists
Santa Fe Film Festival Screenings around the city. December 2-6 www.santafefilmfestival.com
more events...
Fall Studio Tours and Open Studios
New Mexico is the "State of the Arts." The leaves are changing and there is a slight chill in the air. With the coming of Autum artist's open their studios to the public. From the High Road to Taos to Old Mesilla you are welcome to join the tours and see what makes New Mexico so unique. Here is a list of all the art tours taking place this fall - Open Studios and Art Tours...
Truth or Consequences November 14, 2009
Join us for a day of fun in America's Most Affordable Spa Town, Truth or Consequences - once known as "Hot Springs - City of Health." In 1914, the town of Palomas Hot Springs formally changed its name to "Hot Springs." To celebrate its history as a hot springs destination for almost 100 years, the City of Truth or Consequences is holding its first ever birthday party, in the form of a street fair. More...
16 Annual Las Cruces International
Mariachi Conference November 11 – 15, 2009
Featuring Mariachi Cobre, Pepe Aguilar and Mariachi Mujer 2000! The exciting cultural event of the year in the regional Southwest, the Spectacular Concert is a performance of international recording artists joined by world-renowned Mariachi groups at Pan American Center, NMSU. The Spectacular Concert showcases over 750 workshop students in performance with world-class musicians and dancers More...
Carlsbad Cavern Tours
Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Established to preserve Carlsbad Cavern and numerous other caves within a Permian-age fossil reef, the park contains over 85 known caves, including Lechuguilla Cave—the nation's deepest limestone cave at 1,567 feet (478m) and third longest. Carlsbad Cavern, with one of the world's largest underground chambers and countless formations, is highly accessible, with a variety of tours offered year-round.
Cave Tours
All visitors to the park should tour the main section of the cave, the Big Room self-guided tour. The 8.2-acre Big Room is partially wheelchair accessible. The Natural Entrance self-guided tour is also very impressive, but it is also more difficult due to the steepness of the trail.
Guided tours of varying difficulties are also available—from the self-guided areas of the Big Room to crawling through narrow passageways in the Hall of the White Giant or in Spider Cave. To reserve tickets for a guided tour, call our reservation service at 1.877.444.6777.
Aztec Ruins National Monument - Aztec Ruins National Monument reserves structures and artifacts of Ancestral Pueblo people from the 1100's through 1200s. People associated with Chaco Canyon to the south built and used the structures, then people related to the Mesa Verde region to the north used the site in the
1200's.
Bandelier National Monument - On the canyon-slashed slopes and bottoms of the Pajarito Plateau are the ruins of many cliff houses and pueblo style dwellings of 13th-century Pueblo Indians.
Capulin Volcano National Monument - Capulin Volcano, a nearly perfectly-shaped cinder cone, stands more than 1200 feet above the surrounding High Plains of northeastern New Mexico. The volcano is long extinct, and today the forested slopes provide habitat for mule deer, wild turkey, black bear and other wildlife. Abundant displays of wildflowers bloom on the mountain each summer. A 2-mile paved road spiraling to the volcano rim makes Capulin Volcano one of the most accessible volcanoes in the world. Trails leading around the rim and to the bottom of the crater allow a rare opportunity to easily explore a volcano.
Chaco Culture National Historic Park - Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves one of America's richest and most facinating cultural and historic areas. Chaco Canyon was a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture between A.D. 850 and 1250. It was a hub of ceremony, trade, and government for the prehistoric Four Corners area - and a phenomenon unlike anything before or since.
El Malpais National Monument - This monument preserves 114,277 acres of which 109,260 acres are federal and 5,017 acres are private. El Malpais means "the badlands" but contrary to its name this unique area holds many surprises, many of which researchers are now unraveling. Volcanic features such as lava flows, cinder cones, pressure ridges and complex lava tube systems dominate the landscape. Closer inspection reveals unique ecosystems with complex relationships. Sandstone bluffs and mesas border the eastern side, providing access to vast wilderness.
El Morro National Monument - "Inscription Rock" is a soft sandstone monolith, rising 200 feet above the valley floor, on which are carved hundreds of inscriptions. The monument also includes pre-Columbian petroglyphs and Pueblo Indian ruins.
Fort Union National Monument - Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together. The third and final Fort Union was the largest in the American Southwest, and functioned as a military garrison, territorial arsenal, and military supply depot for the southwest. Today, visitors use a self-guided tour path to visit the second fort and the large, impressive ruins of the third Fort Union. The largest visible network of Santa Fe Trail ruts can be seen here.
Gilla Cliff Dwellings National Monument - Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument offers a glimpse of the homes and lives of the people of the Mogollon culture who lived there from the 1280s through the early 1300s. The surroundings probably look today very much like they did when the cliff dwellings were inhabited. It is surrounded by the Gila National Forest and lies at the edge of the Gila Wilderness, the nation's first designated wilderness area. This designation means that the wilderness character of the area will not be altered by the intrusion of roads or other evidence of human presence.
Pecos National Historic Park - Pecos preserves 12,000 years of history including the ancient pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites, 20th century ranch history of Forked Lightning Ranch, and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass.
Petroglyph National Monument - More than 20,000 prehistoric and historic Native American and Hispanic petroglyphs (images carved in rock) stretch 17-miles along Albuquerque's West Mesa escarpment. Associated archeological sites provide important chapters in a 12,000 year- long story of human life in the Albuquerque area.
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument - Once, thriving American Indian trade communities of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking Puebloans inhabited this remote frontier area of central New Mexico. Early in the 17th-century Spanish Franciscans found the area ripe for their missionary efforts. However, by the late 1670s the entire Salinas District, as the Spanish had named it, was depopulated of both Indian and Spaniard. What remains today are austere yet beautiful reminders of this earliest contact between Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonials: the ruins of four mission churches, at Quarai, Abó, and Gran Quivira and the partially excavated pueblo of Las Humanas or, as it is known today, Gran Quivira.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail - Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1821 until 1846, it was an international commercial highway used by Mexican and American traders. In 1846, the Mexican-American War began. The Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe ended the war in 1848, the Santa Fe Trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories. Commercial freighting along the trail continued, including considerable military freight hauling to supply the southwestern forts. The trail was also used by stage coach lines, thousands of gold seekers heading to the California and Colorado gold fields, adventurers, fur trappers, and some emigrants. In 1880 the railroad reached Santa Fe and the trail faded into history.
White Sands National Monument - At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain ringed valley, the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and have created the world's largest gypsum dune field. The brilliant white dunes are ever changing: growing, cresting, then slumping, but always advancing. Slowly but relentlessly the sand, driven by strong southwest winds, covers everything in its path.
People actually get married in N.M.
Our Daughters Wedding
Tent Rock
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2010 Events
January 28 - 30 - Riofest Environmental Film Festival, Socorro - Riofest Environmental Film Festival was created by people who have an interest in promoting environmental awareness. Riofest uses film media as a vehicle to spotlight environmental issues. It is a non competitive event open to all filmmakers. 575-312-1730 (5701)
February 5 - Silver City's Folk Series Performance III, Silver City - The third event in the Mimbres Region Arts Council Folk Series, Round Mountain will present original Roots music for the 21st Century. Sometimes raucous (imagine trumpet and accordion played simultaneously by one person), sometimes subtle (the harp-like sound of the West African kora), Round Mountain touches their audiences with great songs, emotional honesty, and an engaging live show. 575-538-2505 (5702)
March 5 - Mimbres Region Arts Council Folk Series Performance IV, Silver City - The fourth in the Mimbres Region Arts Council's Folk Series, Boulder Acoustic Society will wow listeners once again. Old school but never old, Boulder Acoustic Society is the new wave of American roots music. It's what happens when four songwriters get together to mash up blues, folk, gospel, indie and world music to soothe their musical curiosity. Whether it's a festival stage, performing arts center, dive bar or a late night campground set, B.A.S. delivers musical diversity throughout their set as if it's normal. 575-538-2505 (5703)
March 11 - 14 - 45th Annual Rockhound Roundup - Gem & Mineral Show, Deming - The Rockhound Roundup Gem & Mineral Show includes Jewelry, Rock Related Items, Buyers Market, Lapidary Equipment, Displays & Demos, Guided field Trips, Auctions, Fossil Digging for Kids, something for everyone! 575-267-4399 SW New Mexico Fairgrounds (5704)
May 7 - 8 - Smokey Bear Days, Capitan - Smokey Bear DaysStarted in 2004 to celebrate Smokey's 60th birthday, Smokey Bear Days has become a annual 2-day event held the first Friday and Saturday of May. The Smokey Bear Days' mission is to promote the fire prevention message and educate visitors to the Capitan area about the dangers of unwanted, human-caused wildfires. Smokey Bear's first appearance was in a 1944 CFFP poster. The history of Smokey's Fire Prevention campaign and the cub found in the Capitan Mountains has international impact. Come discover the story at Smokey 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM (575)354-2748 Bear Historical Park (5705)
June 17 - 19 - The 2010 Buckaroo Ball, Santa Fe - "The 2010 Buckaroo Ball", lasting 3 days. This weekend of affairs in Santa Fe County, serves to raise money for granting to other non-profit organizations that serve youth at-risk through a combination of evening receptions, a Saturday Night Gala and Auction, a Home and Garden tour in Santa Fe, and a Gallery and Shopping tour. The event takes place in various venues in and around Santa Fe, in partnership with local hotels, restaurants, galleries and stores, and it leverages and promotes Santa Fe's well-known reputation as one of the most desirable and unusual travel spots in the world. The event is highly publicized regionally and nationally, and is open to anybody who wishes to purchase a ticket. The Buckaroo Ball has over 1000 attendees, and draws a significant percentage of clientele from outside of Santa Fe County. (505) 992-3700 (5707)
June 11-13 - Thirsty Ear Festival, Santa Fe - 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM 505-473-5723
