The Place Names of New Mexico

Nonfiction, Travel, United States, West
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Author: Robert Julyan ISBN: 9780826351142
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Publication: August 26, 1996
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Language: English
Author: Robert Julyan
ISBN: 9780826351142
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication: August 26, 1996
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Language: English

The Place Names of New Mexico is an invaluable guide to the state's geography and history. It explains more than 7,000 names of features large and small throughout the state--towns, mountains, rivers, canyons, counties, post offices, and even abandoned settlements--as well as providing relevant information about location, history, and current status. The revised edition contains more than fifty expanded and updated entries. The accounts are also journeys into New Mexico's past, offering glimpses of the lives and values of the people who named the place. Humor, tragedy, mystery, and daily life--they can all be found in this book.

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The Place Names of New Mexico is an invaluable guide to the state's geography and history. It explains more than 7,000 names of features large and small throughout the state--towns, mountains, rivers, canyons, counties, post offices, and even abandoned settlements--as well as providing relevant information about location, history, and current status. The revised edition contains more than fifty expanded and updated entries. The accounts are also journeys into New Mexico's past, offering glimpses of the lives and values of the people who named the place. Humor, tragedy, mystery, and daily life--they can all be found in this book.

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