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The San Diego World's Fair of 1915, which occurred three years after New Mexico's admission to the union, featured an exhibit hall where all U.S. state flags were displayed; lacking an official flag, New Mexico displayed an unofficial one designed by Ralph Emerson Twitchell, the mayor of the state capital, Santa Fe.
English: Reconstruction of the first (unofficial) flag of the state of New Mexico (1915 - 1925), designed by Col. Ralph E. Twitchell. For another reconstruction (with somewhat different proportions and monochrome seal), see plate XXXVI, page 152 of The Flag Book of the United States by Whitney Smith (William Morrow and Company, 1970).
New Mexico Sunrise, a custom guitar designed and handcrafted by Pimentel and Sons [21] 2009 Ballad Land of Enchantment, Spanish: Tierra del Encanto, or Tierra Encantada: 1989 Poem Spanish: A Nuevo México, To New Mexico: 1991 Tie Bolo tie: 2007 Ship: USS New Mexico: 1918–1946 USS New Mexico: 2008 Aircraft
1912 Albuquerque (Santa Fe Railroad Station, Alvarado Hotel/Harvey House, Barelas) [2] A Pueblo Legend: 1912 Albuquerque (Bosque, on the banks of the Rio Grande), Tijeras Canyon, Pueblo of Isleta [2] The Grapes of Wrath: 1940 Gallup, Laguna Pueblo, Santa Rosa [3] Sundown: 1941 Shiprock [4] [5] Flying Tigers: 1942 Kirtland Air Force Base [6 ...
Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1859–1925) was an American attorney, historian, and politician who served as the mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico and chairman of the Rio Grande Commission, which drafted a treaty between the United States and Mexico leading to the building of the Elephant Butte Dam.
[2] [3] [4]: 145–146 New Mexico was admitted to the union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912, followed by Arizona as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. The Flag Act of 1818 specifies "That on the admission of every new state into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag; and that such addition shall take effect of the fourth ...
The constitution of New Mexico, which was adopted January 21, 1911, provides no further requirements or specifications for the design thereof. [3] When New Mexico became a state in 1912, its legislature named a commission for the purpose of designing a state seal, consisting of Governor William C. McDonald, Attorney General Frank W. Clancy, Chief Justice Clarence J. Roberts and Secretary of ...
New Mexico's flag. The U.S. state of New Mexico adapted its distinctive yellow flag. [76] Lewis W. Thompson of Denver, Colorado, fell 700 feet (210 m) to his death from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon while posing for a photo. According to a later report, "Thompson motored to Grand Canyon with two friends... the party went walking along the ...