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Llano Estacado (2)
Llano Estacado, Stockaded Plain, is southern part of High Plains section, a high plateau of 32,000 square miles in eastern New Mexico and western Texas. Crops are irrigated by “fossil” water pumped from underground sandstones. Deeper are prolific oil and gas pools, the liquid black gold of southeastern New Mexico. Elevation 3,655 feet.
New Mexico was one of the last territories to become a state, gaining statehood in 1912. Before that, it had been part of the Spanish Empire, Mexico, and the United States Territory of New Mexico.