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Taos
Taos , town (1990 pop. 4,065), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), seat of Taos co., N N.Mex., between the Rio Grande and the Sangre de Cristo Mts.; founded c.1615, inc. 1934. In an area of pueblos and scenic beauty, Taos developed as an art colony (principally after 1898) and attracted many painters and... Read more |
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Emperor of Mexico Cuauhtemoc
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848, peace treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War . Negotiations were carried on for the United States by Nicholas P. Trist . The treaty was signed on Feb. 2, 1848, in the village of Guadalupe Hidalgo, just outside Mexico City. It... Read more |
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New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering, Agriculture, and Science in 1958 and adopted its present name in 1960. The school also has two-year branches at... Read more |
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Taos (pueblo)
Taos Pueblo In 1992, Taos Pueblo in New Mexico was admitted to the World Heritage Society as one of the most significant historical cultural landmarks in the world, thereby joining such sites as the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramids, and the Grand Canyon. For many Native Americans and proponents of... Read more |
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Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse (1840–1914), pioneer American archaeologist, was born in Switzerland and brought to the U.S. in 1848. He published many works concerned with his research among the remains of ancient man in Mexico, New Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia, and these are important... Read more |
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Zimmerman Telegram
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM. Tensions arising from German submarine action during World War I provoked the United States to sever diplomatic relations with Germany on 3 February 1917. On 24February, the British delivered to the U.S. ambassador in London an intercepted German telegram... Read more |
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University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico main campus at Albuquerque; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1889, opened 1892. It maintains graduate centers at Los Alamos and Santa Fe and conducts joint research with Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories and the Holloman Air Force Base missile development... Read more |
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Apaches
APACHES by D. L. Birchfield Overview The name "Apache" is a Spanish corruption of "Apachii," a Zuñi word meaning "enemy." Federally recognized contemporary Apache tribal governments are located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Apache reservations are also located in Arizona... Read more |
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New Mexico
New Mexico state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). Facts and Figures Area, 121,666 sq mi (315,115 sq... Read more |
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TAOS ART MUSEUM AND FECHIN HOUSE:; AN ARTIST'S MASTERPIECE.(Special Sections)
...Joan Livingston The Taos Art Museum and Fechin House is more than the...his works of art. Nicolai Ivanovich Fechin, born in Russia in 1881, arrived in Taos by way of New York City and Pittsburgh...drawn to ... |
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TAOS' FECHIN INN TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO TIME-SHARE.(Local News)
...Santa Fe. The Fechin Inn, 227 Paseo de Pueblo Norte in Taos, opened in 1996...Russian artist Nicolai Fechin. The home, now the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House, is not affected...acquired its first ... |
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New Mexico's charm overflows at Fechin Inn
...to say that Taos is an artist...1912, the Taos Society of...the northern New Mexico mountains included...still flock to Taos. So when I discovered the Fechin Inn was named...Russian artist Nicolai ... |
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RUSSIAN NIGHTS; TAOS ART MUSEUM AND FECHIN HOUSE PLAN GALA ; FUNDRAISING...
...native sons, Nicolai Fechin, brought...talents to Taos in 1927...and Fechin House's (TAM...repair and new computers...housed in Fechin's home...with him to Taos, designing...carved by ... |
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Taos, New Mexico: offbeat, quirky and a little crazy, the whole town is a...
...first trip to New Mexico. An...rhymes with "house") is definitely...painters bound for Mexico, Bert Phillips...stranded in Taos. They discovered...forming the famed Taos Society of...the year New ... |
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FECHIN INN CONVERTS TO TIMESHARES.(News)
...The Taos News in a New Year's Eve interview...my life to this (Fechin Inn)." Eya Fechin, daughter of Russian artist Nicolai Fechin, contacted Schepps...capable hands. The Taos Art Museum board...purchased ... |
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Taos rising: a ski trip to this resort in New Mexico promises challenging...
...Eighteen freestanding houses, which are meticulously...nearby streets around Taos Plaza. The Rejuvenation...night. 800-828-TAOS. Before El Monte...closest thing in Taos to luxury accommodations...seven-year-old Fechin Inn, named after...and ... |
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LEGENDARY TAOS.(Special Sections)
...Kit Carson House and Museum...far from the Taos Plaza. More...galleries call Taos home. Many...connection to Taos. Taos Indians...1947. The Fechin Institute honors...Russian artist Nicolai ... |
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Art is the tie that binds.(Taos, New Mexico, travel highlights)(Brief Article)
...energizes Taos, New Mexico Among vacationers...northern New Mexico by its high...plateau of the Taos area at any...northern New Mexico. A striking...of-a-kind ... |
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Step back to pioneer days at five historic houses in Taos. (New Mexico)
...Spanish colonial house sits on 5 acres of...rooms in the main house, among them the...information. The Fechin House Another treasure...Russian expatriate Nicolai Fechin, whose multiple...north of the Old ... |
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