Turmoil on the Rio Grande
Subtitle: the territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865
By: William S. Kiser
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest -- no. 38; Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest -- no. 38.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781603442961
Subjects: Mexico; Apache Indians; Mexico. 1848 Feb. 2.; Gadsden Purchase; Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847; History
Other titles: Territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Doniphan at Brazito; title: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; title: The international boundary surveys; title: Enter James Gadsden; title: Fort Fillmore and the Apaches; title: Separatist movements in Mesilla; title: Mesilla: capital of the Arizona Territory; title: The Confederate invasion; title: The Confederate Territory of Arizona; title: Martial law in the Mesilla Valley; title: Conclusion.