...It took New Mexico more than half a century to shed its territorial status and become a state. New Mexico's citizens first attempted to gain statehood in 1850, when local officials drafted a state constitution which was overwhelmingly approved by voters. A legislature and executive officials were elected. That same summer, however, this statehood plan was nullified when Congress passed the Compromise Bill of 1850 which granted New Mexico territorial status. Other attempts to develop and implement a state constitution followed, including proposed constitutions which were defeated at the polls in 1872 and 1889. There was even an effort at joint statehood with Arizona in 1906, but this too was defeated by the voters, mainly those from Arizona. They feared that Santa Fe would control the state’s politics. Many reasons have been suggested why it took New Mexico so long to become a state. Early efforts were hampered, in part, by a general ignorance about the territory and suspicions towards its people. Statehood was opposed by those who felt that New Mexico's predominantly Hispanic and Indian population was too foreign and Catholic for admission to the American Union. There were even periodic debates as to whether a new name for the territory would help the cause of statehood. Names such as Navajo and Lincoln were suggested and seriously considered. There were also questions about the loyalty these recently conquered people had for their new country. This issue was slowly laid to rest...
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...one of governing New Mexico included very descriptive facts on the states peoples, economy, education, religion, and history, with past and present view of them all. Although the chapter provides important information on the states values and ethics, the most intriguing of them all is the history. New Mexico’s first inhabitants were the Clovis culture of Paleo-Indians. Native Americans who dwelled in New Mexico still occupy the same villages and pueblos they did many years ago. In the years 1540-1542 Francisco Vazquez de Coronado formed an expedition up the Rio Grande Valley which led to him exploring the east and west areas of New Mexico. About fifty years later in 1598, Spain made an agreement with Don Juan de Onate to begin an expedition to colonize the northeastern part of New Mexico. Onate founded the San Juan de los Caballeros colony, which was the first permanent European settlement in New Mexico on the Rio Grande. After this was done he moved up the Rio Grande Valley In 1608, the settlement of Santa Fe was established, near the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The city was left alone by the Spanish which led to the result of the Pueblo Revolt, which was planned in Taos Pueblo, and led by the San Juan Indian, Pope. After the death of Pope, Don Diego de Vargas reestablished the area back to Spanish rule. As a result of New Spain winning its independence, in 1821, New Mexico became a part of part of the Mexican nation. In 1841 Texas invaded New Mexico and claimed the land...
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...Alyce Farrish PA205 Rodman Brief Rodman v. New Mexico Employment Security Department, 764 P.2d 1316 (N.M. 1988) Rodman v. N.M., 764 P.2d 1316 (1988) Facts: Ms. Rodman (appellant) was an employee of Presbyterian Hospital as a unit secretary for nearly eight years. On February 17, 1987, Ms. Rodman was terminated under hospital personnel policies following a “third corrective action” notice. In June of 1986 Ms. Rodman was reprimanded for having received an inordinate amount of personal telephone calls and visits from people while she was at work and on company time. Her behavior was disruptive to the patients as well as other employee’s. She was informed by her boss not to take any more personal calls outside of being on break or dinner and she was not to have any visitors at her work station. These breaks were to take place in an area not visible by patients, or other staff, and she was not to leave the confines of the hospital unless she reported leaving to her immediate supervisor. On February 15, 1987, Rodman arrived at work, but prior to arriving, called her boyfriend’s mother and told her not to let her boyfriend have her car keys. While she was at work his mother called and told her that her boyfriend had her car keys, she told the mother to have him call her at work. He called and she told him she could not speak with him at her station, he hung up, called her back and left a number for her to call him. Ms. Rodman went to the break room and called him. When she...
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...One of these incidents occurred in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. This is one of the most, perhaps even the best, documented UFO encounter. It tells the story of a mundane farm worker, who discovered a UFO in his backyard. Everyone from local newspaper to the Air Force soon were on the scene. While this may not seem like a big deal, when diving deeper into details, it soon becomes apparent, not everything is as it seems. Therefore, after details like the fact, that after first investigating the crash, the Air Force, people who have spent their whole lives studying air crafts and would easily be able to recognize what is or isn’t an aircraft, confirmed it was an alien aircraft. Quickly after the word got out they completely changed their story,...
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...Did you know that New Mexico was a state on January 6 1912. However, the history of New Mexico was not officially recorded until the Conquistadors had come. On January 6 1912, New Mexico was made the 47th state. The Arthur of where I had gotten this information from is Dowd Musca. In New Mexico it looks hot so I think that there’s Deserts in New Mexico because when I had saw info about it had showed me some pictures of Deserts. Three places you can go in New Mexico are like the Sandia Peak Tramway, maybe go to the New Mexico museum, and the Albuquerque Biological Park. The colors of my state flag is Orange and Yellow. 2 Famous people in New Mexico are Neil Patrick Harris, and Holly Holm. Some stuff about them is that Neil Patrick Harris was...
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...If you think that starting a new job or moving to a new state is difficult, imagine building a whole new society. Many challenges came along with building Nuevo Mexico, and nothing was close to perfect. As you will see in the next few paragraphs, there were many trials and tribulations that even the highest of power had to go through. Many fights were fought and many lives were lost. In the year 1716 there was an attack in Taos by the Ute warriors, which, unfortunately was not anything they were not used too. They had to endure many raids by the Ute and the Navajo peoples. In result of this, the people of Taos had to move to its present day location in New Mexico. In 1750 multiple Comanche men came to Taos looking to trade. Even though...
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...Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM Sandia Oil CO 1016 Eubank Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Petroleum Marketers 11505 Angelina Pl NE Albuquerque, NM Petroleum Yates INC 1429 Central Ave NW Albuquerque, NM zip code Excalibur Energy CO 925 6th St NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 (505) 244-1547 Hugo R. Cotter Brinx Resources Limited 820 Piedra Vista Rd NE Albuquerque, NM zip code Ramsey Petroleum CO PO Box 11369 Albuquerque, NM Gorham Properties LLC 400 Gold Ave SW, # 1300E Albuquerque, NM Sandstone Properties LLC 200 3rd St NW Albuquerque, NM Knute H Lee Jr Oil Properties 13137 Montgomery Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM Murchison Drilling Schools 2501 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Ste 2 Albuquerque, NM z Abo Resources LLC 1032 Matador Drive Southeast Albuquerque, NM Monte Vista Exploration CO Inc 600 Central Ave SE, Ste 206 Albuquerque, NM COPD 10601 Lomas Blvd NE, Ste 112 Albuquerque, NM Atrisco Oil Gas 1730 Montano Rd NW, Ste B Albuquerque, NM Ben Donegan Consulting Geologist 3224 Candelaria Road Ne Albuquerque, NM 87107-1907 (505) 884-2780 Location Type Single Location Annual Sales (Estimated) 180,000 Employees (Estimated) 3 SIC Code 1382, Oil and Gas Field Exploration Services NAICS Code 213112, Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations Products, Services and Brands Information not found State of Incorporation New Mexico Years in...
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...Enchantment’’ known as New Mexico was the 47th state of the United States on January 6, 1912. Many years before New Mexico was discovered. One day in 9000 BCE hunters of the natives tracked animals into Clovis, New Mexico. Also in 850ce, a group of Native Americans called the Anasazis began to build and civilize New Mexico. Unfortunately, the Spanish drove them out by 1539. New Mexico has many important facts that I am about to state. In addition, in 1528 there was an expedition of 400 men looking for gold in Florida. Diversity kept them from the gold. They ended up with three men remaining and one was a former slave named Estevanico. The Native Americans had told them about a place called the “seven cities of gold.”This was just the city of Cibola. The small group of men wondered the southwest for many years until they found Mexico City, the capital of Mexico (Where Spain had settled.) Spain set out an expedition for Cibola. Estevanico and Marco de Niza both set out for Cibola on the first expedition, but Estevanico died on the way there and de Niza told tells on how they made it there. Then a man named Francisco Coronado took lead and...
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...The state of New Mexico is a very interesting and cultural state. As you can tell by the title,a lot of the culture comes from both Mexico,and the United States of America. Seeing as it is a state in America. So,lets get started on this shall we? Here are some interesting facts about this state,but they are mainly to do with the landscape. It seems that Lakes and Rivers make up only about .002% of the land.Speaking of rivers,did you know the Rio Grande is the longest river in New Mexico,seeing as it runs the entire states length! And seeing as New Mexico is far in the West and very hot and arid,lots of its landscape is vast desert. Another interesting thing about New Mexico is the White Sands National Monument. It may be a dessert but don’t think that it has normal sand. No,instead of sand it is made of small white gleaming gypsum crystals. As well as that,the first atomic bomb was tested on the White Sands testing range....
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...Melissa, you article is very good and thought provoking, living here in New Mexico the majority of my life I can remember the days of many jobs leaving the US and going to Mexico because of lower wages. The one that stands out the most was when Levi Straus Plant in Roswell, NM move to Mexico and laid off about 567 employees. (LA Times 1997) To run a business you have to look at every possible cost saving, and labor is always am area scrutinized, but the fact that we live in a world that someone in Foreign country can do the same job here in the US at a lower wage is not right. This is where politics and corporate business get involved and lobby to keep wages lower in foreign countries so their companies can make a profit. There have been some...
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...For my document analysis I have chosen a personal letter called the Wickedness of Government in New Mexico by Fran Carlos Jose Delgado. This personal letter was created on March 27, 1750. The letter was written in a hospice of Santa Barbara of the pueblo of Tlatelolco. Fray Carlos Jose Delgado is a “preacher general, commissary, notary, and censor of the conversion of San Pablo of this province of El Santo Evangelio in the kingdom of New Mexico”.The purpose of this letter is to inform the people and the Crown of Spain that in New Mexico, the eleven governors and many alcaldes mayores are abusing, mistreating and are being unjustified with the native people who have just been received and converted into their religion by the Church. This is causing them to turn...
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...a legal resident of New Mexico for tuition purposes, four basic requirements must be completed. Each person must meet the requirements individually. The Twelve Month Consecutive Presence Requirement A person must physically reside in the state for twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the term for which the resident classification is requested. NOTE: A student cannot begin to complete the twelve month requirement until his/her eighteenth birthday. The Financial Independence Requirement Only persons who are financially independent may establish residency apart from parents or guardians regardless of age. A student cannot be approved for residency who is financially dependent upon his/her parents or legal guardians who are nonresidents of New Mexico. Dependency will be determined according to the 1954 Internal Revenue Service Code, Section 152 and is always based on the previous tax year for residency purposes. If under the age of 23 at the time the student applies for residency, a copy of his/her parents' or guardian's 1040 or 1040A U.S. income tax form for the previous tax year is required. If the student is shown to be a dependent on this tax form, he/she will not be considered financially independent or eligible for residency during the current year. The Written Declaration of "Intent" Requirement The student must sign a written declaration of intent to relinquish residency in any other state and to establish it in New Mexico. The Overt Acts...
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...New Mexico Statute Melissa L. Shuey Kaplan University 1. This statute was enacted by the legislature of the State of New Mexico. 2. The language contained in the New Mexico statute is primarily mandatory. The beginning of the statue uses “shall be” and “shall not be,” both of which are mandatory phrases. Additionally, subsection (1) continues with mandatory language when it states, “No individual shall receive benefits…” and “…that a person shall not be denied….” However, some discretionary language exists with the phrases, “without good cause” and “suitable work,” which leaves room for subjectivity on the part of the Division of Unemployment Services. 3. According to the statute, a person can be denied unemployment benefits if “it is determined by the division that” the person voluntarily quits, is fired for misconduct connected to the job, or is not attempting to get a job, either by not applying or turning down a viable job offer. Based on the fact that these three items are separated by semicolons and the word “or” between numbers two and three, a person must only meet one of the three descriptions in order to be disqualified from receiving benefits. 4. Exceptions apply only to the first part, (1), which relates to a person voluntarily quitting a job. These exceptions clarify that benefits shall not be denied “solely on the basis of pregnancy or the termination of pregnancy;” if the person left the job due to evidenced domestic abuse; or if relocation was...
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...Some of these deaths are due to mental health reasons. According to the New Mexico Department of Health Annual Report 2013 Injury Deaths And Alcohol-And Drug-Induced Deaths, reports “The Homicide rate was 26% higher and the Suicide rate was 65% higher than the U.S. rate. For suicide the ratio was 3.2 to 1” (New Mexico Department of Health, 79). Suicide deaths are the result of using firearms, alcohol-induced, drug-induced, and injury at work. Willging & Semansky (2014) write when referring to New Mexico “The state, which leads the country in deaths related to alcohol, drugs, and suicide, is distinguished by longstanding shortages of specialty behavioral health care and low spending on services for adults with serious mental illness, children with emotional disturbance, and persons with substance use problems (Willging & Semansky, 2014). Mental health patients taking medications mandated by the state could reduce the amount of suicides. Marzuk et al. (1995) talks about suicide rates among victims in New York City, “Fewer than one in six individuals who committed suicide in New Yourk City were taking prescription psychotropic medicaitons in the period immediately before their death. Among the others, we could not distinguish those who were non compliant from those who were not receiving pharmacologic treatment...
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...will be the beginning of the debate over slavery that led to the civil war. 12. Chapter 11 Page 430 The Indian Removal, 1820-1840- After the election of 1828, one of Andrew Jackson’s goals was to remove the Indians. Jackson wanted the Indians to move westward toward Oklahoma, so he passed the Indian removal act. Most tribes including; Choctaws, Seminoles, and Chickasaws did not argue and agreed to move west. The Cherokees however believed that they had a right to a state government and saw Georgia’s new law as unconstitutional. Therefore the Cherokees had to be forced to move. This began the trail of tears where four-thousand Cherokees died of hunger, cold temperatures, and diseases. After the act took place, more than fifty-thousand Indians had been removed and twenty- five million acres of land were now open. 14. Chapter 14 Page 539 Wagon Trails West- The western wagon trails started out as settlers heading west for new trade opportunities with Mexico. An example of a wagon trail in the west was the Santa Fe Trail. Here travelers sought to go to Oregon and California. Like the other settlers traveling different western trails, those on the Santa Fe Trail road in wagon caravans. The discovery of gold in California had a great effect on the growth of travelers on the Oregon Trail in 1849. There were times where Indians attacked the settlers demanding for food. 15. Chapter 14 Page 559 Major Campaigns of the Mexican War- In 1845 John Tyler signs a congressional...
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