Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and History

About this eBook

Editor

Kottlowski, Frank Edward, 1921-

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

F786: United States local history: New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley

Subject

Geology -- New Mexico

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55800

Release Date

October 24, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Mosaic of New Mexico’s Scenery, Rocks, and History
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.Preface — Acknowledgments — PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION — PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION
4. 4.Of Indians, Spaniards, and Americans — INDIAN BEGINNINGS — SPANISH CONTRIBUTIONS — ANGLO-AMERICAN VIGOR — INDUSTRIAL BOOM
5. 5.The Exotic Plants of New Mexico — FROM SAGEBRUSH TO SPRUCE TREES — OUR VISIBLE IMPACT ON THE PLANT LIFE
6. 6.Dwellers in the Hills and Plains
7. 7.Rocks That Shape the Enchanting Landscape — CENOZOIC ERA — PRECAMBRIAN ERA — PALEOZOIC ERA — Permian Rocks — MESOZOIC ERA — LANDSCAPES AND MINERAL RESOURCES
8. 8.Before Coronado — EARLY HUNTERS — HUNTERS AND GATHERERS — PUEBLOAN FARMERS — APACHES AND NAVAJOS
9. 9.Frontier Forts of New Mexico — FORTS — Fort Union — Fort Marcy — Fort Wingate — Fort Craig — Fort Stanton — Fort Selden — Fort Cummings — Fort Bayard — HISTORY — Pre-Civil War Period. — Civil War Period. — Post-Civil War Period.
10. 10.Our National Heritage — NEW MEXICO’S BIG SHARE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM — Carlsbad Caverns National Park — White Sands National Monument — Capulin Mountain National Monument — Chaco Canyon National Monument — Aztec Ruins National Monument — Bandelier National Monument — Valle Grande — Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument — Gran Quivira National Monument — El Morro National Monument — Fort Union National Monument — FOREST LANDS ABOVE THE DESERT — Carson National Forest — Santa Fe National Forest — Cibola National Forest — Lincoln National Forest — Gila National Forest — Apache and Coronado Forests
11. 11.The State Also Preserves [4] — NEW MEXICO STATE MONUMENTS — El Palacio, Palace of the Governors — Abo State Monument — Quarai State Monument — Coronado State Monument — Pecos State Monument — Jemez State Monument — La Mesilla State Monument — Lincoln State Monument — Fort Selden State Monument — NEW MEXICO STATE PARKS — Bottomless Lakes State Park — Conchas Lake State Park — Hyde Memorial State Park — Navajo Lake State Park — Pancho Villa State Park — El Vado Lake State Park — Bluewater State Park — Storrie Lake State Park — City of Rocks State Park — Kit Carson Memorial Park — Oasis State Park — Valley of Fires State Park — Ute Lake State Park — Santa Fe River State Park — Elephant Butte Lake State Park — Caballo Lake State Park — Rio Grande Gorge State Park — Alamogordo Lake State Park — Rock Hound State Park — Clayton Lake State Park — Morphy Lake State Park
12. 12.Angling in the Desert’s Waters
13. 13.The Indians of New Mexico — Acoma Pueblo — Cochiti Pueblo — Isleta Pueblo — Jemez Pueblo — Laguna Pueblo — Nambé Pueblo — Picurís Pueblo — Pojoaque Pueblo — Sandia Pueblo — San Felipe Pueblo — San Ildefonso Pueblo — San Juan Pueblo — Santa Ana Pueblo — Santa Clara Pueblo — Santo Domingo Pueblo — Taos Pueblo — Tesuque Pueblo — Zia Pueblo — Zuni Pueblo — Other New Mexico Indians
14. 14.Reminders of the Past — North From Santa Fe — Northeast New Mexico — Northwest New Mexico — East-Central New Mexico — West-Central New Mexico — Southeast New Mexico — Southwest New Mexico
15. 15.Derricks and Mines — OIL AND GAS — MINING
16. 16.Enchanting Landscapes
17. 17.Footnotes
18. 18.Index
19. 19.Traveler’s-Eye View of New Mexico
20. 20.Transcriber’s Notes

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