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| New Mexico Facts |
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Taos Pueblo is located 2 miles north of the city of Taos, New Mexico. It is one of the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States. People still live in some of its 900 year old buildings. |
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The Palace of Governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, built in 1610, is one of the oldest public buildings in America. |
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The world's first Atomic Bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 on the White Sands Testing Range near Alamogordo, New Mexico. North of the impact point a small placard marks the area known as Trinity Site. The bomb was designed and manufactured in Los Alamos. |
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