New Mexico State Building
The building erected by New Mexico stood on Constitution Avenue, near the
eastern part of the Gulch, and was of Spanish Mission architecture. Mission
furniture was in use within its pleasant rooms, and there, one could see
what was considered the oldest bell in the United States, cast in 1355.
On one wall was Gen. S. W. Kearny's proclamation setting forth the fact
the New Mexico had become the territory of the United States. The only turquoise
exhibit at the Fair was made by New Mexico. In the Gulch one could see the
stones embedded in the rock, and in the Palace of
Varied Industries the finished gems were displayed in profusion. In
the Palace of Mines the Territory had a comprehensive
exhibit of its great mineral resources, including coal, iron, zinc, lead,
copper, silver, gold, mica, gypsum, salt, sulfur, asbestos, onyx and building
stones. The displays made in the departments of Agriculture and Horticulture
were a revelation to many visitors, and showed what could be done by irrigation
and sunny skies. In the department of Anthropology and in the Palace
of Education New Mexico had extremely creditable displays, and in every
department her representation showed the great advancement the Territory
had made.
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