Turmoil on the Rio Grande : the territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 /

Turmoil on the Rio Grande : the territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 /

The mid-nineteenth century was a tumultuous yet formative time for the Mesilla Valley, home to present-day Las Cruces, New Mexico. With the coming of the U.S. Army to Mexican territory in 1846, the region became the site of a continent-shaping power struggle between two rival nations. When Mexican g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kiser, William S., 1986-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 38.
Subjects:
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic > (1848 February 2)
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic (1848 February 2)
To 1912
Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847.
Gadsden Purchase.
Apache Indians > New Mexico > Fort Fillmore > History > 19th century.
Mesilla Valley (N.M.) > History > 19th century.
New Mexico > History > To 1848.
New Mexico > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Arizona > History > To 1912.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Doniphan at Brazito
  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • The international boundary surveys
  • Enter James Gadsden
  • Fort Fillmore and the Apaches
  • Separatist movements in Mesilla
  • Mesilla : capital of the Arizona Territory
  • The Confederate invasion
  • The Confederate Territory of Arizona
  • Martial law in the Mesilla Valley
  • Conclusion.

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