by admin@sks.com | Jun 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Asi Es Nuevo Mejico,” written by contemporary composer, Amadeo Lucero, was sung with guitar accompaniment to the assembled members of the 1971 New Mexico State Legislature by Lieutenant Governor Roberto Mondragon, and was promptly adopted as the official State of New...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
“O Fair New Mexico” was written by Elizabeth Garrett, the blind daughter of famed sheriff, Pat Garrett. In 1917, Governor Washington E. Lindsey signed the legislation making “O Fair New Mexico” the official New Mexico State Song. In 1928 America’s most famous march...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 9, 2019 | State Symbols
Spea Multiplicata The New Mexico Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata) is found widely through the state, occurring in all 33 counties and in elevation ranges from 3,000 to above 8,500 feet. Outside of New Mexico it occurs from central Texas and western Oklahoma to...