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They came for the land, working it as farmers, riding it as ranchers and digging into it as miners.
Settlers in the late 1800s and early 1900s developed New Mexico's first modern industries from the state's more than 777 million acres of land.
Ranching, farming and mining became economic mainstays for many communities. But in the final days of this millennium, cow chips are giving way to computer chips as... MORE

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