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U.S. Military Province of New Mexico, 1846; U.S. Provisional Government of New Mexico 1846–1850; Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850; State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850; Proposed state of New Mexico, 1850; Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912 [1] Gadsden Purchase of 1853; American Civil War ...
Human occupation of New Mexico stretches back at least 11,000 years to the hunter-gatherer Clovis culture. [2] They left evidence of their campsites and stone tools. After the invention of agriculture, the land was inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans, who built houses out of stone or adobe bricks.
Prior to United States occupation, the political subdivisions were those created in 1844 by the Departmental Council of Mexico which established seven counties in three districts: Taos and Rio Arriba counties in the Northern district; Santa Fe, San Miguel and Santa Ana counties in the Central district; and Bernalillo and Valencia counties in ...
The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection in January 1847 by Hispano and Pueblo allies against the United States' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican–American War. Provisional governor Charles Bent and several other Americans were killed by the rebels.
The remaining Union troops in the New Mexico Territory were concentrated in forts along and near the Rio Grande; the commander of the Union Department of New Mexico, Colonel Edward R.S. Canby, started raising regiments of New Mexico volunteers and militia to replace the regular army units which had been ordered east. [22]
The State of New Mexico amends its Constitution changing the name of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to New Mexico State University. April 1 The 1960 United States census enumerates the population of the State of New Mexico, later determined to be 951,023, an increase of 39.6% since the 1950 United States census .
The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, [1] until January 6, 1912. [2] It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of Nuevo México becoming part of the American frontier after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Pages in category "Confederate occupation of New Mexico" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .