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1807:
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736:, in December 1860, a U.S. House of Representatives committee proposed to admit New Mexico as a slave state immediately. Although the measure was approved by the committee on December 29, 1860, Southern representatives did not take up this offer. Many had already left Congress due to the imminent declarations of secession by their states.
684:
747:, where it abolished slavery. As in New Mexico, slavery was already extremely limited, due to earlier Mexican traditions, laws, and patterns of settlement. The northwestern corner of New Mexico Territory was included in Arizona Territory until it was added to the southernmost part of the newly admitted
839:; thence in a straight line to a point on the Colorado River twenty English miles below the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers; thence up the middle of the said river Colorado until it intersects the present line between the United States and Mexico." The new border included a few miles of the
1734:
The coat of arms of the territory of New Mexico shall be the
Mexican Eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons. The date MDCCCL , under the eagles, and above that, on a scroll, the motto:
645:. The state of Texas (admitted to the US in 1845) strongly criticized this plan, as it claimed much of the same territory, although it did not control these lands. In addition, slaveholders worried about not being able to expand slavery to the west of their current slave states.
725:, insisted that older Mexican Republic legal traditions of the territory, which abolished black slavery in 1834, took precedence and should be continued. (Indian slavery had been abolished in Spanish colonies in 1769.) Regardless of the official status, slavery was rare in
1741:. That the great seal of the territory have the coat of arms thereon, being the same seal now used by the secretary of the territory, and that the same be adopted and established as the official seal and coat of arms of the territory of New Mexico.
1060:
to the New Mexico
Territory, bringing its land area to the maximum size achieved in its history as an organized territory. The land of 29,640 square miles (76,800 km) provided a more easily constructed route for a future southern
1949:
1916:
602:. Territorial boundaries were somewhat ambiguous. After the Mexican Republic formally ceded the region to the United States in 1848, this temporary wartime/military government operated until September 9, 1850.
1660:
in 1863, which was the western half split off from the original U.S. New Mexico
Territory. The short-lived Confederate Arizona Territory was the first American territorial entity to be called "Arizona".
713:
provoked considerable debate. Congress was sharply divided on the slavery issue, with
Southern representatives determined to protect their options for expansion of slavery in the West.
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in 1912. This jurisdiction was an organized, incorporated territory of the US for nearly 62 years, the longest period of any territory in the contiguous United States.
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29:
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of New Mexico was adopted by the territorial legislature in 1887, formalizing an earlier design, introduced in the early 1860s, already used in the territory's
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2467:
417:
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63:
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126:
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1688:. However, the government and leadership of Confederate Arizona persisted until the end of the Civil War in June 1865 with the surrender of the
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804:; thence due west one hundred miles; thence south to the parallel of 31° 20' north latitude; thence along the said parallel of 31° 20' to the
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1652:. This territory consisted of the southern half of the earlier Federal New Mexico Territory of 1851 and was in contrast to the later Federal
3577:
2497:
1710:
1726:. The legislation, titled "An Act adopting and establishing the coat of arms and great seal of the territory", was approved by Governor
1029:. Although this area was smaller than what had been included in the failed statehood proposal of early 1850, the boundary disputes with
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was created to the north. The proposed state boundaries were to extend as far east as the 100th meridian West and as far north as the
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599:
455:
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49:
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in 1853/1854 (known as the "Venta de La
Mesilla" or the "Sale of La Mesilla"), arranged by the then-American ambassador to Mexico,
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The boundaries of the New Mexico
Territory at the time of establishment (September 9, 1850) contained most of the present-day
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2006:
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for a half-century until admitted to the Union in 1912 as the 47th state (followed just under six weeks later by the
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119:
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for 'It grows as it goes'), was later added to the seal. The same design was later adapted for use in the
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1880:
1123:, which became the 48th state, finally filling out the coast-to-coast continental expanse of the United States).
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Earlier in 1850, organizers proposing New Mexico for statehood had drafted a state constitution that prohibited
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1637:
1219:
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1977:
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3413:
3000:
2546:
2217:
1689:
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606:
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1956:
1923:
1507:
1491:
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1315:
1283:
435:
198:
2896:
2043:
1704:
426:
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3423:
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3153:
3035:
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1523:
1299:
941:
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3383:
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2918:
1571:
1235:
1203:
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743:", which split off the western portion of the 12-year-old New Mexico Territory, establishing the new
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at the western end; the remaining land portion consisted of line segments between points, including
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2886:
2796:
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1539:
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1427:
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and New Mexico
Territories, split from the original New Mexico Territory of 1851, showing existing
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3299:
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3239:
3209:
3184:
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2705:
717:(IL) and others maintained that the territory could not restrict slavery, as under the earlier
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177:
90:
2099:
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in
September 1850, the legislation provided for the establishment of New Mexico Territory and
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3015:
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2836:
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1998:
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3289:
3259:
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3214:
2826:
2427:
2370:
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2120:
1812:
1677:
1645:
1077:
242:
100:
1111:
in 1864. This Act left the New Mexico
Territory with boundaries identical to the eventual
438:. It existed with varying boundaries until the territory was admitted to the Union as the
8:
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3005:
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2323:
2260:
2236:
2230:
2060:
2022:
1641:
1112:
1100:
1096:
1092:
1014:
805:
740:
718:
256:
2723:
3249:
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3219:
3148:
3093:
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2602:
2433:
2394:
2382:
2315:
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2288:
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reported the following population counts (after 7 reported the following counts in the
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733:
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691:
622:
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215:
69:
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1978:
New Mexico
Territory Slave Code (1859–1867) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
1080:" on February 28, 1861, with the same boundaries that would ultimately constitute the
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2248:
2212:
2064:
2002:
1855:
1653:
1116:
1088:
1081:
744:
431:
361:
334:
86:
3010:
1991:
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3143:
3108:
3088:
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2400:
2388:
2376:
2335:
2303:
2155:
1120:
1104:
1041:
1018:
669:
389:
229:
157:
145:
683:
3138:
3128:
3020:
2881:
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2406:
1784:
1108:
875:
722:
618:
3050:
1126:
In 1850, all 73 churches with regular services in the New Mexico Territory were
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The Purchase treaty defined the new border as "up the middle of that river (the
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1898:"New Mexico and Utah organized as incorporated U.S. territories, Sept. 9, 1850"
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in May 1862, following the retreat of Texan Confederate forces back south to
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997:
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773:) to the point where the parallel of 31° 47' north latitude crosses the same
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33:
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put an end to the push for immediate New Mexico statehood. Approved by the
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Chasing the Santa Fe Ring: Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico.
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represents the territory's change of sovereignty. The territorial motto,
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172:
3123:
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2816:
2812:
1746:
1723:
1685:
1673:
1629:
1057:
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770:
642:
577:
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420:
from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the
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270:
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1884:
1636:. Settlers in the southern part of the Territory willingly joined the
1950:
Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990
1917:
Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990
1084:. This Act removed the Colorado lands from the New Mexico Territory.
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Proposed boundaries for the earlier federal State of New Mexico, 1850
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Illustrated coat of arms of the New Mexico Territory, published in
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in 1864. Eventually, Arizona Territory was admitted in 1912 as the
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On February 24, 1863, during the Civil War, Congress passed the "
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New Mexico. Black slaves never numbered more than about a dozen.
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638:
573:
1045:
1026:
748:
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626:
1030:
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valley and eastern New Mexico Territory with the capital of
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from the New Mexico Territory, i.e. the entire present-day
634:
1632:, New Mexico Territory was disputed territory during the
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plus the land that would become the southern part of the
1099:" on February 24, 1863, removed all the land west of the
732:
As one of the final attempts at compromise to avoid the
2152:
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
1943:
1941:
609:. The request was approved at the same time that the
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organized incorporated territory of the United States
16:
Territory of the United States of America (1850–1912)
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1774:
1938:
702:. It also defined the disputed western boundary of
2055:Selcer, Richard F. (2006). Balkin, Richard (ed.).
1990:
3583:Former organized territories of the United States
1908:
1749:'s outstretched wings over the smaller "Mexican"
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2569:and other inhabited territories governed by the
1988:
1624:Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
940:, the eastern corners of NM southern bootheel (
2084:National Park Service – The Battle of Glorieta
1835:New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War
1620:New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War
3568:States and territories disestablished in 1912
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2171:
2044:New York Times – The New Territory of Arizona
709:During the territorial period, the status of
1895:
1021:, and portions of the present-day states of
649:Compromise of 1850 and disputes over slavery
3613:1912 disestablishments in the United States
3608:1850 establishments in New Mexico Territory
1754:
1736:
1065:line (second of the routes) for the future
1056:and a smaller area in today's southwestern
3563:States and territories established in 1850
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1861:Territorial evolution of the United States
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456:U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
422:U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
321:U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
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2023:"Department of State – Gadsden Purchase"
1840:Governors of the Territory of New Mexico
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1644:, with a representative delegate to the
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1136:26 counties in the New Mexico Territory
1052:. This added today's southern strip of
1044:was acquired by the United States from
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2615:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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600:a provisional government of New Mexico
572:Source: 1850–1910 (1860 includes both
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2108:
1696:with its delegate still in Richmond.
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3618:1912 disestablishments in New Mexico
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1947:
1914:
1017:, more than half of the present-day
625:panhandles and parts of present-day
617:, thus encompassing the present-day
3578:Pre-statehood history of New Mexico
1765:seal of the new state of New Mexico
765:Territorial evolution of New Mexico
13:
2203:Organized incorporated territories
2142:
2104:. Haskell House. pp. 161–162.
1896:ANDREW Glass (September 9, 2015).
1069:, constructed later in 1881/1883.
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450:Before the territory was organized
178:New Mexico Territorial Legislature
14:
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3598:Pre-statehood history of Colorado
641:, as well as most of present-day
3593:Pre-statehood history of Arizona
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2567:United Nations trust territories
2187:Territories of the United States
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1642:Confederate Territory of Arizona
909:, near AZ-NM-Mexico tripoint at
806:111th meridian of longitude west
598:, the United States established
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120:Organized incorporated territory
62:
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30:Organized incorporated territory
3603:Pre-statehood history of Nevada
2621:American Concession in Shanghai
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2057:Civil War America: 1850 to 1875
1640:in 1861 as the newly organized
1091:(two years after the ill-fated
874:at the Colorado River, west of
3358:List of counties in New Mexico
2627:American concession of Tianjin
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2015:
1982:
1971:
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2125:New Mexico Secretary of State
1997:. Harper & Row. pp.
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1093:Confederate Arizona Territory
3588:History of the American West
2218:U.S. territorial sovereignty
1948:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.).
1915:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.).
1690:Trans-Mississippi Department
7:
1957:United States Census Bureau
1924:United States Census Bureau
1770:
436:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
199:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
10:
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3154:Sangre de Cristo Mountains
2468:Unincorporated territories
1617:
1087:The creation of the Union
1033:had been dispelled by the
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665:The Gadsden Purchase, 1853
657:New Mexico Territory, 1852
453:
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1680:under the control of the
1672:, placed the area of the
1140:1850 United States census
1132:1910 United States census
1067:Southern Pacific Railroad
1063:transcontinental railroad
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2553:Northern Mariana Islands
2098:Zieber, Eugene (1969) .
1989:David M. Potter (1976).
1076:was established by the "
3167:Southwestern New Mexico
1711:State Arms of the Union
1666:Battle of Glorieta Pass
975:, and the west bank of
928:31.332099°N 109.05047°W
862:32.49399°N 114.813043°W
792:31.78333°N 106.528194°W
414:Territory of New Mexico
24:Territory of New Mexico
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1743:
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998:31.78377°N 106.52864°W
963:31.78378°N 108.20854°W
897:31.33214°N 111.07423°W
696:United States Congress
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3543:New Mexico portal
2208:Territorial evolution
1845:History of New Mexico
1732:
1707:
1692:, living in exile in
1601:New Mexico Territory
933:31.332099; -109.05047
867:32.49399; -114.813043
797:31.78333; -106.528194
759:Territorial evolution
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679:
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461:Historical population
430:becoming part of the
3573:New Mexico Territory
1993:The Impending Crisis
1850:Mexican–American War
1813:United States portal
1646:Confederate Congress
1078:Colorado Organic Act
1003:31.78377; -106.52864
968:31.78378; -108.20854
902:31.33214; -111.07423
721:. Others, including
596:Mexican–American War
594:In 1846, during the
3114:Northern New Mexico
2975:Tourist attractions
2645:uninhabited islands
2547:U.S. Virgin Islands
2101:Heraldry in America
1700:Territorial symbols
1656:established by the
1113:State of New Mexico
1097:Arizona Organic Act
1015:State of New Mexico
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741:Arizona Organic Act
719:Missouri Compromise
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3149:Shortgrass prairie
3094:Eastern New Mexico
3074:Central New Mexico
2958:Pueblos and Tribes
1959:. pp. 110–111
1716:
1648:in the capital of
1638:Confederate States
1634:American Civil War
1614:American Civil War
1074:Colorado Territory
1035:Compromise of 1850
827:31.333°N 111.000°W
715:Stephen A. Douglas
692:Compromise of 1850
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376:Colorado Territory
243:Colorado Territory
216:Compromise of 1850
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3194:Metropolitan Area
3104:Manzano Mountains
3084:Chihuahuan Desert
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2643:claims and other
2641:Guano Islands Act
2541:Panama Canal Zone
2213:Thirteen Colonies
2148:David L. Caffey,
2008:978-0-06-131929-7
1856:Silvester Mirabal
1654:Arizona Territory
1611:
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1117:Arizona Territory
1089:Arizona Territory
1082:State of Colorado
745:Arizona Territory
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424:, as a result of
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362:Arizona Territory
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335:Republic of Texas
263:February 24, 1863
257:Arizona Territory
249:February 28, 1861
153:• 1910–1912
141:• 1851–1852
115: • Type
85:Map of the later
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3144:Sandia Mountains
3109:Mogollon Plateau
3089:Colorado Plateau
3079:Chicoma Mountain
2941:New Mexico music
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2304:Indian Territory
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222:9 September 1850
158:William J. Mills
146:James S. Calhoun
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70:Seal (1887–1912)
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56:Flag (1896–1908)
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