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AKA: Territorial Exposition. Event held each September between 1882 and statehood in 1912, west of Old Town Albuquerque. The 20-acre site featured a racetrack and grandstand; tents held exhibits of local products, and races of various sorts and baseball exhibitions were held. The theme of the first fair, which opened October 31 1881, was “Civilization of the 19th Century and Civilization of Prehistoric Times.” In its history the Fair hosted many events including re-enactments of battles, and balloon and airplane flights. An important event occurred in 1908, when the Territorial Fair and the Irrigation Congress joined to host the 16th annual National Irrigation Congress and Interstate Industrial Exposition. The Exposition gained national attention which helped pave the way to New Mexico's statehood.

20-acre site in Albuquerque, at what is now W. Central Avenue and Rio Grande Boulevard, which hosted the annual Territorial Fair from 1882 to statehood in 1912.

Moved to New Mexico in 1910 with soon-husband Clyde Tingley seeking relief from her tuberculosis. Once she recovered, she dedicated herself to improving health care, especially for children. In 1937 the Tingleys established in Hot Springs (now Truth or Consequences) the Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children, for children with polio and tuberculosis. The Carrie Tingley Hospital moved to Albuquerque in 1981 and ultimately became part of the Universtity of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the UNM Carrie Tingley Hospital. The Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation is named in her honor.

(1882-1960) Eleventh governor of New Mexico, first to serve two consecutive terms, 1934 and 1936. Before serving as governor he held several public offices in Albuquerque, and after serving as governor he was elected chairman of the Albuquerque City Commission (1940-1953), the position later known as Mayor. Tingley is remembered for his widespread introduction of the Siberian Elm to Albuquerque, renovation of the New Mexico State Fairgrounds, and the development of more than a dozen hospitals around the state. Tingley Coliseum and Tingley Beach are named in his honor. He traveled to New Mexico in 1910 with his later-wife Carrie Tingley to deal with her tuberculosis; together, they developed the Carrie Tingley Hospital.

AKA: Tingley's Snow, Tingley's Dandruff. Nickname for the pollination chaff and seed pods from the Siberian Elm, which Clyde Tingley encouraged to be planted across Albuquerque.

(Sometimes erroneously as "Tinkertoy".) Folk art exhibit and museum on the east side of the Sandias, in Sandia Park on the road to Sandia Crest. The rambling eccentric structure is constructed from glass bottles and salvaged/found materials, and is itself an attraction. Artist and proprietor Ross Ward, from a background as a carnival artist, carved hundreds of miniature figures, displaying them in dioramas. Ward's motto: "I did all this while you were watching TV." The Museum also houses a circus exhibit and a wide and eclectic range of materials including dolls, Western memorabilia, coin-operated machines, and a boat that survived a voyage around the world. Ward died in 2002, but the Museum remains open to the public April through October. Book : The Tinker of Tinkertown : The Life and Art of Ross Ward by Carla Ward.

AKA: L.S. Tireman. (1896–1959) A pioneer in bilingual and community education. In 1927, began his thirty-two-year career at the University of New Mexico as a professor of elementary education. In 1947 established a curriculum materials center, which grew into a library located at the University of New Mexico College of Education. Developed the San Jose Experimental School. Author of the Mesaland series of books.

Part of the UNM Foundation, "recognizes philanthropic leaders whose cumulative giving over the course of their lifetimes exceeds $50,000. This esteemed group of donors represents all aspects of the University of New Mexico." Tom Popejoy was President of UNM 1948-1968.

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Site of the Territorial Fair which became the New Mexico State State Fair. Traction Park was southwest of Old Town Plaza, 1881-1917.

Celebration of the 300th anniversary of Albuquerque's founding, ranging from April 2005 to October 2006. The Tricentennial featured a wide range of events, displays, and activities illustrating and celebrating Albuquerque's history and culture, including an art exhibit of Spanish masters at the Albuquerque Museum, an opera commissioned by the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Alburquerque.

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AKA: TB, Consumption, White Plague, Wasting Disease. The climate in New Mexico was thought to be salutory for tuberculosis patients, and between 1880 and 1940 thousands of "lungers" came to the state seeking a cure, especially after railroads opened up access. By 1920 "seekers" comprised an estimated 20 percent of New Mexico's population, staying at one of the sixty sanatoriums, hospitals, or camps that had arisen around the state. The Well Country Camp in the mountains east of Albuquerque became a world-famous destination for TB patients, and many of New Mexico's large hospitals started out as TB sanatoriums. Some of the people who "came for the cure" for TB, bronchitis, asthma, and sinusitis stayed on in the state, including such notables as William R. Lovelace (founder of the Lovelace Clinic) and later-Senator Clinton P. Anderson.

The "back road" between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, running on the east side of the Sandias and along the Ortiz and San Pedro mountain chains. The term "Turquoise Trail", used informally by locals and for tourist advertising, was formally accepted as a National Scenic Byway in 2000 after the Turquoise Trail Association applied for that status. The Trail includes the towns of Tijeras, Cedar Crest, and Sandia Park and the mining towns of Golden, Madrid, and Cerrillos (home to the turquoise mines that gave the Trail its name), then past San Marcos/Lone Butte and on to Santa Fe.