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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Trinity Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Site of the first test of technology for a nuclear weapon.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Ernest L. Blumenschein House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of painter Ernest L. Blumenschein, co-founder of Taos Art Colony.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Fort Union Natl Monument

For Students 9th - 10th
Preserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851; also ruins of the third; visible network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: El Morro National Monument

For Students 9th - 10th
Sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base; shaded oasis in the western U.S. deser; Zuni Indians call it "A'ts'ina" (Place of writings on the rock); Anglo-Americans called it "Inscription Rock"; travelers left signatures,...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Chaco Culture Natl Historical Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Georgia O'keeffe Home and Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
Home and studio of artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: General Lew Wallace Study

For Students 9th - 10th
Lew Wallace was a Civil War general, governor of the New Mexico Territory, and minister to the Ottoman Empire, and he is best known for writing Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. He used this building as his study from 1895 until his death...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory; site of the Manhattan Project.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Salinas Pueblo Missions Natl Monument

For Students 9th - 10th
Reminders of this earliest contact between Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonials: the ruins of four mission churches and the partially excavated pueblo of Las Humanas.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Presidio of San Francisco

For Students 9th - 10th
Used as a fortified military base from 1776 to 1995 by Spain, Mexico, and the United States. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and serves a mix of commercial and public uses. It is required to be financially...