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Autore |
Kiser William S. <1986-> |
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Titolo |
Turmoil on the Rio Grande : the territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 / / William S. Kiser |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-05406-4 |
1-60344-685-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; ; no. 38 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 governor Manuel Armijo unexpectedly fled Santa Fe, he left the New Mexico territory undefended, and it fell to forces under Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny in a bloodless occupation. In the ensuing two decades, the southern portion of New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley played a prominen |
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