by admin@sks.com | Aug 26, 2019 | State Symbols
Studying the past in New Mexico has always resulted in rich finds about early human history and information about those species which were here millions of years before. One of these early species was the Coelophysis (see-low-FYS-iss), an early Triassic dinosaur...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 27, 2019 | State Symbols
Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) The Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) is one of the more widespread species of grass in New Mexico occurring in all 33 counties. This perennial grass is a warm season grass and is without doubt the most valuable forage grass in the...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 27, 2019 | State Symbols
Turquoise set in silver Hundreds of years before the Spanish explorers arrived, the Indians were mining and fashioning ornaments out of this gemstone in combination with shell and coral from the California coast they acquired in trading with other tribes. Chemically,...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 27, 2019 | State Symbols
Soaptree Yucca (Yuca elata) One of the more common sights across lower elevations in New Mexico are various species of yucca. One of these, Soaptree Yucca (Yuca elata) is one of the more widespread species. Yucca are members of the Family Agavaceae. ...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 27, 2019 | State Symbols
Claude Stephenson, Folk Arts Claude Stephenson, Folk Arts Coordinator and the State Folklorist, also serves as the ADA Coordinator. Claude currently sits on the New Mexico Music Commission and the New Mexico Centennial Steering Committee. He also manages the New...
by admin@sks.com | Jun 27, 2019 | State Symbols
New Mexico Flag New Mexico historian Ralph Emerson Twitchell designed the first flag of New Mexico statehood, as authorized in 1915. It consisted of a blue field with a miniature United States flag in the upper left corner, the state’s great seal in the lower...
