GadsdenPurchase

GadsdenPurchase
Gadsden Purchase
An area in extreme southern New Mexico and Arizona south of the Gila River. It was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853 to ensure territorial rights for a practicable southern railroad route to the Pacific Coast.

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Universalium. 2010.

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