New Mexico Tech
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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 conducts extensive research and development activities.
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More markers in Socorro
Doña Eufemia "La Valerosa" The Spanish Entrada of 1598
Traveling with the colonizing expedition of Juan de Oñate, Doña Eufemia rallied Spanish soldiers to persevere when morale broke down...
Fort Craig Rest Area
Fort Craig is on alluvial gravelly sands, derived from mountains to the west, sloping toward the Rio Grande to the east.
Garcia Opera House (The)
Using the gold he and left her, the widow of Juan Nepomuceno Garcia began construction of the Garcia Opera House is 1884.
Jumbo
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...
La Joya De Sevilleta
Socorro, NM
Present-day La Joya is located near the site of an ancient Piro Indian pueblo that the Spanish named Nueva Sevilla, or Sevilleta.