| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Series |
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 38 |
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Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 38.
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| Contents |
Doniphan at Brazito -- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- The international boundary surveys -- Enter James Gadsden -- Fort Fillmore and the Apaches -- Separatist movements in Mesilla -- Mesilla : capital of the Arizona Territory -- The Confederate invasion -- The Confederate Territory of Arizona -- Martial law in the Mesilla Valley -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The mid-nineteenth century was a tumultuous yet formative time for the Mesilla Valley, home to present-day Las Cruces, New Mexico. With the coming of the U.S. Army to Mexican territory in 1846, the region became the site of a continent-shaping power struggle between two rival nations. When Mexican governor Manuel Armijo unexpectedly fled Santa Fe, he left the New Mexico territory undefended, and it fell to forces under Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny in a bloodless occupation. In the ensuing two decades, the southern portion of New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley played a prominen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic (1848 February 2)
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Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic (1848 February 2) fast |
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Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847.
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Gadsden Purchase.
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Apache Indians -- New Mexico -- Fort Fillmore -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Apache Indians
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Gadsden Purchase
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| SUBJECT |
Mesilla Valley (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century
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New Mexico -- History -- To 1848.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091367
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New Mexico -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091371
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Arizona -- History -- To 1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007185
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Arizona
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New Mexico
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New Mexico -- Fort Fillmore
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New Mexico -- Mesilla Valley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781603446853 |
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1603446850 |
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