From: howl@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <20040212110910.28915.00000466@mb-m07.aol.com>, xmarx467@aol.compost   
   says...   
      
      
   >the other states (including Utah and Idaho, etc.) don't have as clear   
   >identities and more naturally fall into the category of "west."   
   >Anybody else have such feelings?   
   >   
   >   
   >Chris Mark   
      
   Well, I'm now an "adopted" New Mexican, and   
   I dare you to find an older and more interesting   
   "old west" history than this state's. Of   
   course, I'm referring to the "old west" as   
   being that period after the Spanish first arrived.   
   And they "first arrived" via what is now   
   New Mexico - via what is now El Paso, Texas.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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