Look! A Volcano

New Mexico

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April 5th 2011
We drove through New Mexico bound for Colorado. Following the Santa Fe trail, used long ago for trading with the Native Americans, we came to a rather small town with a rather small welcome center. The man inside told me that in the 1800s his grandfather from Wales had immigrated to a town in PA, called Germantown. Due to lung disease his grandfather was sent to New Mexico where he began a woo ... read more

North America » United States » New Mexico

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more