Industry
This metal was mined for use in telephones, electric lightbulbs, and wire.
Copper
The main military outpost in New Mexico.
Fort Union
He referred to the main church in Santa Fe as a “mud palace.”
Bishop Lamy
Many of these settlers failed and left after having endured little rain, poor soil and crop failures.
Homesteaders
This place in Southern NM got its name because it was uncertain that travelers could make it through without being attacked.
Doubtful Canyon
The first coal mines in New Mexico were located in this county.
Colfax County
This civil war battle ended the Confederacy's campaign to conquer the Southwest.
Glorieta
It is the oldest and most respected statue in the state of New Mexico.
La Conquistadora
The young woman who eventually owned a store, bank and ranch and endured droughts, disease, prairie fires, and economic crises.
Yetta Kohn
This trail allowed ranches to drive cattle into Colorado and Wyoming, selling their cattle to forts and reservations.
Goodnight-Loving Trail
This animal became important for meat when the Gold Rush in California created a demand.
Sheep
This newspaper was first published in 1849 and remains one of New Mexico's most important newspapers today.
Santa Fe New Mexican
People who converted to stay out of trouble and avoid persecution. Some came to NM with Onate.
Conversos/Crypto-Jew
These young women followed strict rules: they wore uniforms, no makeup, no gum chewing nor talking while on duty.
Harvey Girls
These workers faced many dangers in their job, including stampedes, lightening, and prairie fires, as well as wild animals, cattle rustlers.
cowboys
Mining this mineral was dangerous because of the dust, explosions and mine collapses
Coal
Laws that limited blacks’ freedoms: Slaves could not travel, testify in court, or carry weapons.
Slave Codes
This person opened a school for boys and girls, printed NM’s first book, and one of NM’s first newspapers.
Antonio Jose Martinez
These people suffered from tuberculosis and came to NM because of the dry climate. They were called:
Lungers
This trail, from Missouri to San Francisco, was 2,800 miles and took 25 days to traverse.
Butterfield-Overland Trail
The Army purchased this animal as food for soldiers at forts, natives at Bosque Redondo reservation and railroads bought it for their workers.
Cattle
Reservation for the Navajo that was a dry and empty plain along the Pecos river where the food made the natives sick and crops failed.
Bosque Redondo
The people of this organization punish themselves, often violently, help bury the dead, and care for widows and orphans.
Los Hermanos Penitentes
These people from around the world came to New Mexico and bought souvenirs, came to see the ancient pueblo ruins and enjoy the beauty of the land and warm climate.
Tourists
This route that the Mormon Battalion created was named after this man.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip St. George Cooke