Mesilla Plaza, Mesilla, New Mexico
La Mesilla includes a historic plaza and surrounding buildings that have been restored to their 19th-centuryappearance. During the 1800s, the area served as a camping and foraging spot for both Spaniards and Me... More
Map of the Gadsden Purchase : Sonora and portions of New Mexico, Chihu...
Relief shown by hachures. LC copy signed in ink on page 2 of cover: Millard Fillmore, Feby. 6, 1861. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Front desk of the historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona, on the M...
Opened in 1907, the hotel is named for James Gadsden, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico who signed what became known as the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased 29,670-square-miles of what was the... More
Unites States Territorial Acquisitions
Created by an act of Congress in 1879, the USGS has evolved over the ensuing 125 years, matching its talent and knowledge to the progress of science and technology. The USGS is the sole science agency for the D... More
Gadsden Purchase 1953 U.S. stamp
A 3-cent commemorative of the 100th anniversary of the Gadsden Purchase issued December 30, 1953. The U.S. bought the Gadsden Purchase (1854) from Mexico. It amounted to 29,670 square miles which later became ... More
EB9 United States - historical maps (bottom)
4 historical maps of the United States, the bottom half of Plate VII. in the article "United States" in the American version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed.1830, depicting the dates of states' admissi... More
