2) New Mexico, University of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...New Mexico, University of, main campus at Albuquerque; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1889, opened 1892. It maintains graduate centers at Los Alamos and...
3) Albuquerque. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...The largest city in the state, it is the commercial, industrial, and transportation center for a rich timber, livestock, and farm area. It has lumber mills, food-processing...
4) Rio Grande, river, United States and Mexico. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Texas and Mexico, making a big bend (see Big Bend National Park), and eventually emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Brownsville, Tex., and Matamoros, Mex. Other...