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Author Kiser, William S., 1986-

Title Turmoil on the Rio Grande : the territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 / William S. Kiser
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 38
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 38.
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
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SUBJECT Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic (1848 February 2)
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic (1848 February 2) fast
Subject Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847.
Gadsden Purchase.
Apache Indians -- New Mexico -- Fort Fillmore -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Apache Indians
Gadsden Purchase
Mesilla Valley (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century
New Mexico -- History -- To 1848.
New Mexico -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Arizona -- History -- To 1912.
Arizona
New Mexico
New Mexico -- Fort Fillmore
New Mexico -- Mesilla Valley
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781603446853
1603446850
Other Titles Territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865