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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.
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 ...
Carleton, William R. Fruit, Fiber, and Fire: A History of Modern Agriculture in New Mexico (U of Nebraska Press, 2021). Carlson, Alvar Ward. "New Mexico's Sheep Industry: 1850–1900, Its Role in the History of the Territory." New Mexico Historical Review 44.1 (1969). online; Carnett, Daniel R. Contending for the Faith: Southern Baptists in New ...
The Territory of New Mexico creates San Juan County from a portion of Rio Arriba County. [16] 1885: spring U.S. President Grover Cleveland appoints Edmund G. Ross the twelfth Governor of the Territory of New Mexico. 1884: April 3: The Territory of New Mexico creates Sierra County from portions of Doña Ana County and Socorro County. [16] 1881 ...
Roman Catholicism is deeply rooted in New Mexico's history and culture, going back to its settlement by the Spanish in the early 17th century. The oldest Christian church in the continental U.S., and the third oldest in any U.S. state or territory, is the San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, which was built in 1610.
The state legislature met on July 1, 1850, and elected as United States senators Francis A. Cunningham and Richard H. Weightman, but while Weightman was on his way to Washington to claim his seat in the senate the famous compromise measures of 1850 were passed by Congress, one feature of which was the act organizing New Mexico as a territory ...
The history in New Mexico and southern Colorado of land grants since the treaty consists of attempts to reconcile U.S. land laws with those of Mexico and adjudicating disputes between grant owners and claimants and the largely Anglo new arrivals to the territory and state. These disputes have continued into the 21st century.
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]