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Holtby, David V. "Historical Reflections on New Mexico Statehood: New Mexico's Economy; A Case Study of Mining to 1940," New Mexico Historical Review, (Winter 2013), 88#1 pp 65–94. Holtby, David V. Forty-Seventh Star: New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood (2013) online review
Before statehood in 1912, the name "New Mexico" loosely applied to various configurations of territories in the same general area, which evolved throughout the Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. periods, but typically encompassed most of present-day New Mexico along with sections of neighboring states.
Proposed state of New Mexico, 1850; Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912 [1] Gadsden Purchase of 1853; American Civil War, 1861–1865 Arizona Territory (CSA), 1861–1865; State of New Mexico since 1912 [2] [3]
The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, [1] until January 6, 1912. [2] It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of Nuevo México becoming part of the American frontier after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The State of New Mexico amends its Constitution changing the name of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to New Mexico State University. April 1: The 1960 United States Census enumerates the population of the State of New Mexico, later determined to be 951,023, an increase of 39.6% since the 1950 United States Census.
State of New Mexico becomes 47th State admitted to the United States of America on January 6, 1912 World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917; Carlsbad Caverns National Park established on May 14, 1930; World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
The state legislature met on July 1, 1850, and elected as United States senators Francis A. Cunningham and Richard H. Weightman, but while Weightman was on his way to Washington to claim his seat in the senate the famous compromise measures of 1850 were passed by Congress, one feature of which was the act organizing New Mexico as a territory ...