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New Mexico - Search View - MSN Encarta (11939 words) |
 | Another 20 percent were employed in wholesale or retail trade; 22 percent by federal, state, or local government, including those in the military; 6 percent in construction; 29 percent in finance, insurance, or real estate; 6 percent in manufacturing; 3 percent in farming (including agricultural services) or forestry; and 2 percent in mining. |
| Long distance commuting for employment at federal or state government facilities, or local employment in extractive industries such as mining and lumbering or tourist services provide the economic means for these settlements to continue. |
| Federal expenditures at facilities such as the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque continued to stimulate New Mexico’s economy in the postwar period. |
| News & Opinion: ¡Viva la Alianza! (Weekly Alibi . 06-13-97) (1787 words) |
| Tijerina's relative was 11 when Reies Lopez Tijerina and his political party, Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Grants) became the subject of the state's largest manhunt. |
| At the courthouse in the tiny town of Tierra Amarilla near Chama, the Alianza Twenty shot a State Trooper and critically wounded a court guard. |
| Alianza members believed they were fighting for the stolen land that was their birthright. |
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