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Marco de Niza and Estevanico lead the first Spanish expedition into New Mexico
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Santa Fe becomes the capital.
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US takes New Mexico from Spain
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fighting between ranchers and merchants erupts in Lincoln County
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New Mexico becomes a state.
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New Deal programs gives jobs to New Mexican archaeologists to find bones of the Clovis people.
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the world’s first atomic bomb was tested there
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Miguel Trujillo helps Native Americans in New Mexico win the fight to vote.
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Bill Richerdson is elected governor of New Mexico
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Plans begin for building a fence between New Mexico and Mexico in an attempt to prevent undocumented immigrants from entering New Mexico.
