What's Past is Prologue

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Today marks the 100th Anniversary of New Mexico’s statehood. In honor of this monumental anniversary, we’ve selected a number of documents to feature on our website. Check them out!

Map of New Mexico, 1908, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

And yet some people still think I go to school in Mexico, even though NM has been a state for a century.

Did you know a major part of New Mexico gaining statehood was the decision to build Elephant Butte Dam, which, at the time, was the largest dam in the world until Hoover Dam was built? Originally, a British company had wanted to build a dam at Elephant Butte, but were denied multiple times. After their last appeal failed, the government decided to build their own dam on the site. There was a town at the location, and all of the families were required to relocate, the dam was built, and the valley was flooded to create what is now Elephant Butte reservoir.

There’s your random bit of New Mexico history for the day.

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