LEADER 03236nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910812709703321 005 20240205175815.0 010 $a1-299-05406-4 010 $a1-60344-685-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051301 035 $a(EBL)1100930 035 $a(OCoLC)759158576 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565236 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11973671 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565236 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10528187 035 $a(PQKB)10509244 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1100930 035 $a(OCoLC)756822454 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14826 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1100930 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492847 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436656 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051301 100 $a20110202d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTurmoil on the Rio Grande $ethe territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 /$fWilliam S. Kiser 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aElma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;$vno. 38 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60344-296-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDoniphan 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. 330 $aThe mid-nineteenth century was a tumultuous yet formative time for the Mesilla Valley, home to present-day Las Cruces, New Mexico. With the coming of the U.S. Army to Mexican territory in 1846, the region became the site of a continent-shaping power struggle between two rival nations.When Mexican governor Manuel Armijo unexpectedly fled Santa Fe, he left the New Mexico territory undefended, and it fell to forces under Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny in a bloodless occupation. In the ensuing two decades, the southern portion of New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley played a prominen 410 0$aElma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;$vno. 38. 517 3 $aTerritorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 606 $aDoniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847 606 $aGadsden Purchase 606 $aApache Indians$zNew Mexico$zFort Fillmore$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aMesilla Valley (N.M.)$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNew Mexico$xHistory$yTo 1848 607 $aNew Mexico$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865 607 $aArizona$xHistory$yTo 1912 615 0$aDoniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847. 615 0$aGadsden Purchase. 615 0$aApache Indians$xHistory 676 $a978.9/66 700 $aKiser$b William S.$f1986-$01717706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812709703321 996 $aTurmoil on the Rio Grande$94114144 997 $aUNINA