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  2. How Every State Got Its Nickname - AOL

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    The nickname "Empire State" is believed to have origins dating back to a letter written by George Washington in 1785, where he praised New York's resilience and referred to it as "the Seat of the ...

  3. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.

  4. New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Roman Catholicism is deeply rooted in New Mexico's history and culture, going back to its settlement by the Spanish in the early 17th century. The oldest Christian church in the continental U.S., and the third oldest in any U.S. state or territory, is the San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, which was built in 1610.

  5. History of New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The history of New Mexico is based on archaeological evidence, attesting to the varying cultures of humans occupying the area of New Mexico since approximately 9200 BCE, and written records. The earliest peoples had migrated from northern areas of North America after leaving Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge .

  6. Outline of New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    New Mexico – U.S. state located in the southwest region of the United States. It is the state with the highest percentage of Hispanics, including descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. Congress admitted New Mexico to the Union as the 47th State on January 6, 1912.

  7. List of city nicknames in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]

  8. List of demonyms for US states and territories - Wikipedia

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    New Hampshire: New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys [42] New Jersey: New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Mexico: New Mexican Spanish: Neomexicano, neomexicana, Neomejicano, neomejicana [43] New York: New Yorker Knickerbocker [44] [45] Spanish: Neoyorquino, neoyorquina North Carolina: North Carolinian

  9. Santa Fe, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Its name, Spanish for "Holy Faith", is the shortened form of its original name, ... New Mexico History Museum – located behind the Palace of the Governors;