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Socorro, NM - History
We would like to provide the residents of Socorro a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Socorro Home page. The Socorro Home page provides as much information as possible on Socorro. Knowing Socorro’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Socorro’s Home page, you will also find Socorro’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Socorro has a population of 8406. 53.7% of Socorro’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.3 are female. 32.7% of Socorro is married and 65.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $113,043, and the average rent is $688. Household median income in Socorro is $43,337, and the individual median income is $18,662. Socorro’s Ethnic is the following: White(75.6%), Hispanic(48.1%), Multiple(8.3%), Native(6.2%), Other(4.4%), Asian(4.1%), Black(1.4%).
In August 1846, during the Mexican–American War, New Mexico was occupied by the American Army. In Las Vegas, New Mexico, Colonel Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed New Mexico's independence from Mexico. On their way to begin their assault on Mexico, American troops stopped in Socorro. A British officer, Lt.
George Ruxton, commented that these soldiers were "unwashed and unshaven, were ragged and dirty, without uniforms..." and were lacking in discipline.In September 1850, New Mexico became a territory of the United States. At the time, New Mexico encompassed what is now the states of New Mexico and Arizona.
In 1850, the population of Socorro was only 543 people. This included 100 American soldiers who were soon moved to Valverde.The first military post built near Socorro was Fort Conrad, 30 miles (48 km) south of the town. Built in August 1851, the fort was badly constructed and was abandoned for Fort Craig, located a few miles away.
Fort Craig was first occupied on March 31, 1854.The New Mexico School of Mines (now the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology) was founded in Socorro in 1889. On April 24, 1964, Lonnie Zamora, a local policeman, claimed to have observed a flying saucer and two little beings. Zamora's claim is known as the Lonnie Zamora incident.
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