Mine That Bird wins the Derby inspiring this question: has anything else good ever come out of New Mexico?
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Mine That Bird wins the Derby inspiring this question: has anything else good ever come out of New Mexico?
Take it away, Ken!
And take it away Ken’s readers; comment here or there!
Comments are closed.
1. Incredible jewelry
2. Delicious berry fruits from Hatch
That’s about it I think.
Sheldon Harvey.
The pottery of Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso.
Buddy Holly’s recordings made in Clovis.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ completed by Lew Wallace while territorial governor.
The atom bomb.
<b<People:
Popé: Expelled the Spanish – 1680.
Geronimo: Defender of his people.
Manuel Chaves ‘El Leoncito’: New Mexico’s greatest Indian fighter
Elfego Baca: Outlaw, Sheriff, Lawyer.
MANY New Mexicans: Died in the Bataan Death March.
Valentin Moya: Killed in Action, Solomon Islands, July 18, 1943
Foods:
Recipe for New Mexico Beans: Pinto Beans from Willard, Salt from Mountainair, Water from the Rio Grandé.
Recipe for Green Chile stew: Green Chile from La Joya, Pork from La Joya, Chimaha from La Joya, Ajo from La Joya, Mountain Oregano from Ladron Peak.
Empanadas, Biscochitos, Pastellitos, Carné Adovada, Posolé, Melones, Chaquehue, Atolé, Tortillas, Sopaipillas.
Places:
Bosque at the Rio Grande.
La Joya de Sevilleta: Jewel of the Rio Abajo.
Hard blue skies everywhere.
Mountains everywhere.
Horse Racing
Ruidoso Downs: Home of the All American Futurity. Richest quarter horse race.
Brian Urlacher, Michael Cooper, Nancy Lopez and Johnny Tapia, Jim Everett just to mention athletes.
Danny Granger and Mel Daniels if you count just coming to college here
Neil Patrick Harris was born here too, so was author Tony Hillerman.
Race car drivers Al Unser Sr., Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser.
The band The Shins was formed in Albuquerque.
Ronnie Lott,
Sid Gutierrez astronaut, Albuquerque
John Denver singer, Roswell
Demi Moore actress, Roswell
William Hanna animator, Melrose
Conrad Hilton, Socorro County
Microsoft started in Albuquerque
Balloon Fiesta
The Palace of Governors in Santa Fe is the oldest Government Building in the United States.
Santa Fe, the oldest capital city in the United States, was founded in 1610.
White Sands National Monument
Virgin Galactic located in NM
The best metal music scene in the southwest.
New Mexican food (no it’s not the same as Mexican food).
Roswell alien conspiracy theories.
No Country for Old Men and The Spirit were filmed here.
New Mexico helped to form and implement modern day counter-espionage tactics employed by the government.
NM housed the assassin who made the first attempt on Leon Trotsky’s life.
Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
No Country for Old Men (the novel and the movie)
turquoise now inlaid in Aztec royal headdress in Mexico City
Tony Hillerman’s novels
Salt of the Earth
the Manhattan Project and Trinity test (which may or may not be “good”)
Rudolpho Anaya’s work
The Milagro Beanfield War
Georgia O’Keefe’s sexy work
the Buffalo Soldiers
This is an ignorant and offensive comment, in my humble opinion. I mean, seriously?
Offensive? Come on, really? Offensive?
To call this offensive is just… it’s… words can’t describe how silly it is, to call this offensive.
Incidentally, check out the URL of the post in question. It’s called “bait” for a reason.
My bad. Lesson to be learned 🙂 I just saw the question and reacted. Oops. Should have known better 🙂
French Stewart, actor, Third Rock from the Sun.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Matt, I also thought of Hillerman, but according to Wikipedia he was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma.
That’s a great list, Ephraim.
Since my girlfriend’s a poet, I suppose I should make Jimmy Santiago Baca one of my contributions to this list (everybody else has covered a lot of the major stuff). Here’s one more from my home town: Harrison Schmidt.