Mystery AtlasNew Mexico
A US state whose 1940s concentration of atomic, rocket, and balloon research (Los Alamos, White Sands, Alamogordo, Roswell) placed it at the heart of several Cold War-era mysteries.
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Related Mysteries
- Roswell IncidentJune–July 1947
New Mexico was the site of Roswell Incident.
People
- Francois-Jean Rochas1843-1894
New Mexico contains Francois-Jean Rochas — Emigrated from France in the 1870s and lived and worked in Santa Fe until his death in 1894.
Places
New Mexico is located in United States.
- White Sands Fossil Footprintstrackways made c. 23,000-21,000 years ago (Last Glacial Maximum)
New Mexico contains White Sands Fossil Footprints — The trackways lie in the Tularosa Basin within present-day White Sands National Park.
New Mexico contains Socorro, New Mexico.
Organisations & Programmes
New Mexico contains Sisters of Loretto — Established Loretto Academy in Santa Fe in 1853.
Creatures & Figures
New Mexico contains Loretto Chapel Staircase.
Explored on these pages
How Old Are the White Sands Footprints, and Do They Rewrite the Peopling of the Americas?
The White Sands footprints are dated to 23,000-21,000 years ago by three independent methods. What the evidence shows, and what it still doesn't prove.
Who Really Built the Miraculous Staircase of Loretto Chapel?
Loretto Chapel's staircase has no central pole and an unknown builder in legend. Historian Mary Jean Straw Cook identified who actually built it in 2002.