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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.
The Rt. Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden. Soon thereafter, he became rector of St. John's Church in Berkeley County, South Carolina. [4] In 1814, Gadsden became rector of St. Philip's Church in Charleston, the oldest congregation in the diocese. [3] He received a doctorate of divinity the following year from South Carolina College. [3]
The conflict with Mexico ended in 1848. In 1854, the United States purchased the region from Mexico in what is known as the Gadsden Purchase. [5] In 1870, a Group of vigilantes from Tucson massacred 200 Apache women, children and elders at Aravaipa Creek. Those who survived the massacre moved to the San Carlos Reservation. [1]
Several Spanish missions were established in the early 18th century by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in what was then known as the Pimería Alta. After the Mexican–American War of 1846–47, much of Southern Arizona was purchased by the United States from Mexico for $15,000,000 in the Gadsden Purchase of 1854.
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Christopher Gadsden (February 16, 1724 – August 28, 1805) was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress , a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , Lieutenant Governor of ...
Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford, left, makes a point during his "State of the City" presentation Nov. 7, 2023, at The Venue at Coosa Landing in Gadsden. At right is local radio personality J. Holland ...
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