State of New Mexico - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Name: New Mexico
Level: 330-ft.
Donor: State of New Mexico
Dates: 1927/1927
Original material: sandstone
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: Fletcher Monument Works, Albuquerque [MR]
Original inscription: New Mexico Crescit Eundo
Documented material history:
• 1927: “The stone was shipped to Washington, D.C. by Mr. E.H. Wells, President of the New Mexico School of Mines at Socorro. February 19, 1927 the stone was placed in the wall. It was received January 29, 1927.” [MR]
Additional documented material information: “. . . taken from a quarry near Las Vegas, Nevada [probably meant to be Las Vegas, New Mexico]” [MR]