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| At Fort Union National Monument along the historic Santa Fe Trail. I didn't get there till just after it was closed down for the day and had to view from the outside. Fort Union was established in 1851 as the guardian of the Santa Fe Trail. |
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| Website : www.newmexico.gov |
 Capital
: Santa
Fe |
 Highest
point : Wheeler
Peak, 13,161 feet |
 Area : 121,598 square miles,
5th largest state |
 Population : 1,819,046
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Crescit
eundo (It grows as it goes) |
 Admitted to
Union : January 6, 1912 |
 State
Song : "O' Fair New Mexico" |
 State Bird : Roadrunner |
 State Flower : Yucca Flower |
 State Tree : Pinon |
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