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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IE_for-southern-independence_Socorro-NM.html
(front):Victory Awaits You.
(back):This monument honors and perpetuates the memory of the brave Texas citizen volunteers who offered their lives and fortunes in the defense of the Confederate states of America during the war for southern indep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDP_socorro_Socorro-NM.html
In 1598, Juan de O?ate's Spanish colonization expedition arrived here at the Piro Indian Pueblo of Pilabo, They renamed it Socorro owning to the food and shelter provided by Pilabo's inhabitants. The pueblo and its Spanish mission were destroyed d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDO_the-garcia-opera-house_Socorro-NM.html
Using the gold he had left her, the widow of Juan Nepomuceno Garcia began construction of the Garcia Opera House is 1884. It was completed three years later in 1887. It served as the main center for cultural and community events including theatric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPXW_new-mexico-bureau-of-mines-and-mineral-resources-museum_Socorro-NM.html
Based on personal collection willed to the New Mexico School of Mines by C.T. Brown in 1928, this museum displays thousands of mineral specimens from around the world with special emphasis on minerals found in New Mexico. Highlights include smiths…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPQU_socorro_Socorro-NM.html
The Piro Indian pueblo Teypana was visited by Juan de Onate in 1598. The people of the village reportedly supplied corn to Onate who bestowed the name Socorro ("aid" in Spanish) on the pueblo. In 1626, the mission of Nuestra Senora de Socorro was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPQT_new-mexico-tech_Socorro-NM.html
Founded in 1889 as New Mexico's School of Mines, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology offers degrees through the doctorate in a number of science and engineering disciplines. In addition to its academic functions, the institute also condu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZU_jumbo_Socorro-NM.html
This is a fragment from Jumbo, a huge steel vessel designed to contain the explosion of the first nuclear device at the Trinity Site some 35 miles southeast of here on July 16, 1945. Jumbo was 25 feet long, 12 feet in diameter, and weighed 214 ton…