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A new exhibition at the New Mexico History Museum, 鈥�1912,鈥� shows what life in New Mexico was like in its first year of statehood. The exhibition opens on Saturday, Sept. 5, and runs for a year.

While most history exhibitions follow a timeline of events that unfold chronologically, 鈥�1912鈥� zooms in on a single year.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a unique situation for us at the museum to really look at a discrete moment in time 鈥� and to look at what is happening statewide in 1912,鈥� curator Mark Dodge said.

Dodge had some initial doubts about how exciting a statehood-themed show could be.

鈥淚 admit, when I was assigned this project about two years ago, I wasn鈥檛 sure what we could do with the subject matter. Seemed to be a little bit of a sleeper,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut we鈥檝e turned it around. As you scratch the surface of the story, you find things that speak to you, and there was a lot to get really excited about.鈥�

Dodge didn鈥檛 want to focus exclusively on politicians or the political machinations of New Mexico鈥檚 unusually long, 64-year journey to statehood, which began when Mexico ceded the land to the U.S. after the Mexican-American War and ended when President William Howard Taft proclaimed New Mexico the 47^th state on Jan. 6, 1912.

鈥淲hen you think of statehood, many people just think of politicians 鈥� lawmakers, legislators, governors and mayors,鈥� Dodge said. 鈥淔or this project, I took a broader view. I think everybody at the time played a role in making New Mexico a state,鈥� Dodge said.

Before visitors enter the main gallery, they are presented with two artifacts: a pen and a plow.

鈥淭he plow speaks to how we were an agricultural state. So, there were many small subsistence farmers who helped make us a state. But the pen it鈥檚 paired with is the statehood pen 鈥� a very ornate, gold-nibbed pen from New York. It鈥檚 the pen that President Taft used to sign the statehood proclamation,鈥� Dodge said. 鈥淪o, by pairing them, we鈥檙e saying the plow and the pen 鈥� farmers and politicians 鈥� everyone comes together and has a role to play.

鈥淲e can extend that further to say there were educators and teachers who contributed to public education,鈥� Dodge continued. 鈥淭here were engineers who built Elephant Butte Dam and built all the immense and amazing irrigation infrastructure that made farming possible, and that we still lean upon today. There were engineers bulding the roads, the trade networks. And there were medical professionals, the doctors and nurses, who were supporting the wellness industry. 鈥� The state and its residents (formed) a larger community.鈥�

From timber, agriculture and mining industries to sports and wellness centers, the economy of New Mexico in 1912 was diversified and expanding.

鈥淲e have a car that鈥檚 on loan from the Chino mine down near Silver City. It鈥檚 also known as the Santa Rita mine. It鈥檚 one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world today, and it came online in 1910, when they innovated a unique open-pit mining (technique),鈥� Dodge said. 鈥溾�� It speaks to the rich mineral wealth of the state, a lot of which comes from Grant County in the southwest. But that鈥檚 an important, huge artifact you can see. It鈥檚 a side-dumping ore car that was used there at the mine.鈥�

Dodge said there are around three dozen objects in the show and an almost equal number of photographs, each giving a different window into the social and economic lives of people in the state.

鈥淧robably the smallest object in the exhibition is a little, round pin, about the size of the quarter. It鈥檚 from a sanatorium that was designed just for Black New Mexicans. It鈥檚 believed to be the first, if not the only, in the nation. 鈥� The Africo-Tubercular Sanatorium,鈥� Dodge said.

Life for Black New Mexicans in 1912 could be contradictory. While The Africo-Tubercular Sanatorium in Silver City was segregated, other Black residents achieved success and even fame, competing alongside their white counterparts.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a really important heavyweight boxing match that occurs in Las Vegas (New Mexico) on July 4, 1912. So, the summer of statehood. It鈥檚 between Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn,鈥� Dodge said. 鈥淛ack Johnson, I think, is still believed to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He was a Black man, and for several years racial strife was very prevalent in the 近距离内射合集 States, and he was fighting Jim Flynn, a white heavyweight boxer who came from Colorado. So, we focus on that a little bit. It鈥檚 a fascinating story you could do a whole exhibition on.鈥�

Other significant artifacts in the show include the piano used to compose New Mexico鈥檚 first state song, the formal wear and top hat worn by the state鈥檚 first governor, William C. McDonald, and a 47-star flag.

鈥淭here was never an official 47-star flag,鈥� Dodge said. 鈥淥fficially, we jumped from 46 to 48. So the 47-star flags are somewhat scarce.鈥�

The museum also produced a short film for the show, titled 鈥淰oices of 1912,鈥� which combines exerpts from McDonald鈥檚 inaugural address and verses from two prominent Hispanic poets of the time, Luis Tafoya and Felipe Maximiliano Chac贸n.

鈥淭he inaugural address that McDonald proclaimed to the new state, off the footsteps of the capitol in Santa Fe on Jan. 15, is amazingly progressive and forward-looking. It kind of gave me chills reading it. I could imagine a politician saying the exact same words today,鈥� Dodge said. 鈥溾�� We combined excerpts from the poets and the political speech into a new work, which is very aspirational.鈥�

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