New Mexico

• Admitted to statehood: January 6, 1912
• Origin of name: Spaniards applied the term to areas north of the Rio Grande River
• Capital: Santa Fe
• Nickname: "Land of Enchantment"
• Motto: "Crescit Eundo" (Translation: "It Grows as it Goes")
• Colors: Red and Yellow
• Bird: Roadrunner
• Flower: Yucca
• Vegetable: Chile
• Song: "O, Fair New Mexico"
• Stone: None *
• Tree: Pinon
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