The
New Mexico Territory was an
organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. This illustration, created by Henry Mitchell for
State Arms of the Union, published by
Louis Prang in 1876, depicts the territory's coat of arms, adopted by legislation in 1887: "The coat of arms of the territory of New Mexico shall be the Mexican Eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons." The year 1850, representing the territory's organization, appears in
Roman numerals under the eagles, and below the shield is the Latin motto
Crescit eundo ('It grows as it goes').
Illustration credit: Henry Mitchell; restored by Andrew Shiva
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