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Juan de Onate establishes New Mexico.
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Texans invade New Mexico and claim all land east of the Rio Grande.
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Stephen Watts Kearney annexs New Mexico from the spainards
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New Mexico is designated at territory but denied statehood.
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Confederates invade New Mexico.
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The Battles of Velarde de and Glorieta Pass are fought and the confederates are forced to leave.
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New Mexico territory is split in half creating Arizona territory.
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The first railroads are created in New Mexico.
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New Mexico Constitution is drafted for statehood.
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New Mexico is finally added to the United States as the 47th state.
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oil is discovered on the Navajo Reservation.
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Native Americans will the right to vote in a state election.
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The Supereme Court prohibits denying native americans the right to vote
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New Mexico celebrates its cuarto centanario commerating its founding in 1598.
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The worlds 1st atomic bomb is detonated in New Mexico.
