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December 20, 1968 [1] The McDonald Ranch House in the Oscura Mountains of Socorro County, New Mexico, was the location of assembly of the world's first nuclear weapon. The active components of the Trinity test "gadget", a plutonium Fat Man -type bomb similar to that later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, were assembled there on July 13, 1945.
The University of New Mexico (UNM; Spanish: Universidad de Nuevo México) [6] is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, the flagship university in the state, [7] [8] and the largest by enrollment, with 22,630 students in 2023.
Coordinates: 32°17′50″N 106°43′09″W. Museum main building. The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is a 47-acre (190,000 m 2) interactive museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico, that chronicles the state’s 3,000-year history of farming and ranching. The museum is part of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Jan. 3—Visitors to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces will see an increase in admission beginning Jan. 1, 2024. At the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Governing ...
New Mexico State, 2005) University Stadium (officially Dreamstyle Stadium from 2017 to 2020) is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, located on the south campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [ 3 ] It is the home field of New Mexico Lobos football, which competes as a member of the Mountain West ...
Nov. 11—New Mexico-made products are going to be in the spotlight in Las Cruces. "HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market" returns to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum on ...
Land grants by the Spanish and Mexicans between 1692 and 1846 numbered 291 in New Mexico, four partly in New Mexico and partly in Colorado, and three in Colorado. The land area of grants totaled tens of thousands of square miles. "The two major types of land grants were private grants made to individuals, and communal grants made to groups of ...
Wind power in New Mexico. As of 2023, wind power was the top source of energy in New Mexico, with approximately 4,400 megawatts (MW) of electricity generating capacity responsible for 38% of electricity produced that year. [1] Wind power in New Mexico has the potential to generate more than all of the electricity consumed in the state.