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Q. Where would you find the "Petroglyph
National Monument"?
A. Albuquerque's Westside, where there are over
10,500 rock carvings located within the park.
Q. What are the "Koshare"?
A. Black and white costumed kachinas that
represent clowns.
Q. Working the railroads of New Mexico to hide
out from the law, who was this famous outlaw?
A. Jesse James.
Q. What is the official name of the world's
largest balloon rally?
A. The "Albuquerque International Balloon
Fiesta," which is held between the first and second
weekends in October.
Q. Name the 85 mile scenic byway that includes
Taos, Questa, Red River, Eagle Nest and Angel
Fire.
A. The Enchanted Circle.
Q. What nomadic tribe joined the Pueblo Revolt
of 1680 to drive the Spanish from New Mexico?
A. The Apache.
Q. The statue of Po’Pay, Pueblo Revolt of 1680's
leader, depicts him holding a knotted cord in his
hand. What was the significance of this knotted
cord?
A. The cord was delivered to each pueblo as
a signal of the coming revolt. The war chiefs of
each pueblo untied a knot every day. The Spanish
settlers were to be attacked on the day the last knot
was untied.
Q. What was “The Long Walk” and when and
why did it occur?
A. In order to stop the Indian raids on settlers and
prospectors, Colonel Kit Carson of the U.S. Army
began in 1860 to round up 8,000 Navajos in the
Four Corners Area and forced them to walk across
the state to Ft. Sumner at the Bosque Redondo,
where they were incarcerated. Many died between
1863 through 1868 due to the bad conditions there,
and on their walk back home in 1868. The Indians
were raiding because our government was taking
the long held Indian land away from them. The
Army also destroyed their crops and confiscated
their livestock, these actions effectively broke
down the Navajo resistance to the white man and
his “developments.”
Q. What was the final incident that ended
Indian warfare in New Mexico?
A. The capture of Geronimo and his men in 1886.
Q. In what year were the Native Americans
granted full American citizenship? When did
they get the right to vote?
A. In 1821, with the Treaty of Cordova. Voting
privileges did not come until 1948.
Q. At Carlsbad Caverns would you find
"stalactites" on the floor, or the ceiling of the
cave?
A. The ceiling. "stalagmites" form on the floor.
Q. Name the ski area outside of Los Alamos?
A. Pajarito.
Q. The richest quarter horse race in the United
States is held where?
A. Ruidoso Downs.
Q. In what city would you find the second
highest golf course in the United States?
A. Cloudcroft.
Q. What makes Antelope Wells such an
important stop in New Mexico?
A. It is a port of entry along the border with Mexico,
open 24 hours a day.
Q. What county has only two towns?
A. Luna County, which includes Deming and
Columbus.
Q. What is the "Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo"?
A. Following the battle of San Jacinto on April 21,
1836, the victorious Texans proclaimed themselves
citizens of the independent Republic of Texas.
In 1845, the U.S. Congress voted to annex the
Texas Republic, and soon sent troops led by
General Zachary Taylor (12th President of U.S.) to
the Rio Grande (regarded by the Mexicans as their
territory), to protect its border with Mexico.
Hostilities continued for the next two years,
concluding with the capture of Mexico City in
August 1847 by General Winfield Scott. The Treaty
signed February 2, 1848, stipulated that Mexico
cede approximately 200,000 square miles of its
territory (present-day Arizona, California, New
Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado, Nevada and
Utah).
The price paid to Mexico $15,000,000 was paid in
compensation for war-related damage to Mexican
property and the U.S. assumed responsibility for
paying $3,000,000 in claims of American citizens
against the Mexican Government. Of the articles
included in the Treaty, Article X was deleted when
the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty in March 1848.
Article X guaranteed the protection of Mexican
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