Recreation
and Places of Interest
The rugged and
spacious beauty of New Mexico’s mountains
and deserts offers many recreational opportunities
and places to visit. Ruins of early Native
American civilizations, abandoned Spanish
missions, crumbling military outposts, battlefields
of the American Civil War (1861-1865), and
deserted mining towns are reminders of the
state’s colorful past. Pueblos that
existed before the arrival of the Spanish
conquistadores continue to flourish, as do
Spanish and Mexican communities...
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