Santa Fe Trivia
Santa Fe, located at approximately 7,000 feet above sea level, is the highest capital city in the United States.
Santa Fe’s Palace of Governors, built in 1610, is the oldest government building in the United States.
New Mexico boasts more Ph.D.'s per capita than any other state in the U.S.
New Mexico has a state question, “Red or Green?,” which refers to the choice of chile sauce a diner wants served with his or her meal. (If you want both, answer "Christmas.")
While Lew Wallace served as territorial governor of New Mexico, he wrote the popular novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which was published in 1880 and was the basis for the 1959 movie starring Charlton Heston.
New Mexico's state constitution officially declares that New Mexico is a bilingual state. One-third of all families in the state speak Spanish at home.
New Mexico encompasses seven national forests, including the 3.3-million-acre Gila National Forest, the nation’s largest. Although many people picture New Mexico as desert terrain, a quarter of the state is forested.
Santa Fe is the ending point of the 800-mile Santa Fe Trail, an international commercial highway used by Mexican and American traders in the early 1800s and later a national road leading to the southwest territories.