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The Gadsden Purchase (Spanish: Venta de La Mesilla "La Mesilla sale") [2] is a 29,640-square-mile (76,800 km 2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla, which took effect on June 8, 1854.
Water Island, by purchase from the East Asiatic Company, a private shipping company based in Denmark (which at the time was under German occupation) 1944: 0.8: 2.0: $10,000 Mariana Islands, United Nations Trust Territory; self-governing as Northern Mariana Islands: 1947: 179: 467-----
The Mexican–American War, followed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, extended U.S. control over a wide range of territory once held by Spain and later Mexico, including the present day states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California. The vast majority of Hispanic populations ...
Gadsden Purchase The U.S. purchased roughly 30,000 square miles of land in present-day southern Arizona and southwest New Mexico from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million – what would be $409 million ...
The Gadsden Purchase. The U.S. made the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 to acquire a nearly 30,000 square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in a treaty signed by the ...
Gadsden Purchase of 1853; Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Arizona: Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850 Compromise of 1850; State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850; Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912 Gadsden Purchase of 1853; American Civil War, 1861–1865
James Gadsden (May 15, 1788 – December 26, 1858) [1] was an American diplomat, soldier and businessman after whom the Gadsden Purchase is named, pertaining to land which the United States bought from Mexico, and which became the southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico.
Visitors can enjoy Christmas decor at the Woman's Club of Gadsden and four local homes during the annual holiday tour Dec. 5.