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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.
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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 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 ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed State of Deseret on July 2, 1849. An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850. An enlargeable map of the United States after Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.
New Mexico Territory, 1852 The Gadsden Purchase, 1853. The Compromise of 1850 put an end to the push for immediate New Mexico statehood. Approved by the United States Congress in September 1850, the legislation provided for the establishment of New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory. It also defined the disputed western boundary of Texas.
Southern Arizona is the area of Arizona south of the Gila River, roughly corresponding to the area from the 1854 Gadsden Purchase (shown on the map in yellow with present-day state boundaries and cities) Southern Arizona is a region of the United States comprising the southernmost portion of the State of Arizona.