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•  Interesting Facts
• Area: 121,598 sq. mi.
• Size: Fifth largest U.S.A. state
• State Grass: Blue Grama
• Capital: Santa Fe State
• Animal: Black Bear
• State Insect: Tarantula Hawk Wasp
• Counties: 33
• State Bird: Roadrunner
• State Motto: It Grows As It Goes
• Flag: Click Here
• State Cookie: Bizcochito
• State Official Question: Red Or Green?
• Geographic Center: Torrance
• State Fish: Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
• State Song: O, Fair New Mexico
• Highest Location: Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft.
• State Flower: Yucca State Tree: Pinon
• Lowest Location: Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,842 ft.
• State Fossil: Coelophysis
• State Vegetables: Chile and Pinto Beans
• Nickname: Land Of Enchantment
• State Gem: Turquoise
• Statehood: 6 January 1912 (47th State)
• Population (2002 Census Est): 1,855,059
• Additional Information: http://www.50states.com/songs/newmex.htm
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New Mexico State Song
O, Fair New Mexico
By Elizabeth Garrett

First Verse
Under a sky of azure,
Where balmy breezes blow,
Kissed by the golden sunshine,
Is Nuevo Mejico.
Land of the Montezuma,
With firey hearts aglow,
Land of the deeds historic,
Is Nuevo Mejico.

Chorus
O, Fair New Mexico,
We love, we love you so,
Our hearts with pride o'reflow,
No matter where we go.
O, Fair New Mexico,
We love, we love you so,
The grandest state to know
New Mexico.

Second Verse
Rugged and high sierras,
With deep canyons below,
Dotted with fertile valleys,
Is Nuevo Mejico.
Fields full of sweet alfalfa,
Richest perfumes bestow,
State of apple blossoms,
Is Nuevo Mejico.

(Chorus)

Third Verse
Days that are full of heart-dreams,
Nights when the moon hangs low;
Beaming its benedictions,
O'er Nuevo Mejico.
Land with its bright manana,
Coming through weal and woe;
State of esperanza,
Is Nuevo Mejico.

(Chorus)

Elizabeth Garrett was the blind daughter of Sheriff Pat Garrett, who allegedly killed Billy The Kid at Pete Maxwell's house on 14 July 1881..  In 1917, Governor Washington E. Lindsey signed the legislation that made "O, Fair New Mexico" the official state song.   In 1928, John Philip Sousa presented an arrangement of the state song to Governor A. T. Hannett. Questions About Ruidoso, New Mexico