Gadsden Purchase

The only difference is a 30,000-square-mile segment in southern Arizona and New Mexico acquired from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million—the so-called Gadsden Purchase—to allow for a southern railroad route across the United States.

A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

The only difference is a 30,000-square-mile segment in southern Arizona and New Mexico acquired from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million—the so-called Gadsden Purchase—to allow for a southern railroad route across the United States.

A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

In 1853 under what is known as the Gadsden Purchase, he actually sold 77,000 square kilometres of Mexico all of Southern New Mexico and Arizona to the US for $10 million, pocketing most of the proceeds for himself.

19 June 1867, The death of Maximilian I, of Mexico de Brantigny........................ 2008

In 1853 under what is known as the Gadsden Purchase, he actually sold 77,000 square kilometres of Mexico all of Southern New Mexico and Arizona to the US for $10 million, pocketing most of the proceeds for himself.

Archive 2008-06-15 de Brantigny........................ 2008

It was not until December 1853, under the pro-slavery expansionist and pro-KGC President Franklin Pierce, that the southernmost section of modern-day Arizona—from the Gila River south—and southernmost New Mexico were acquired for $10 million under the so-called Gadsden Purchase.

Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

James Gadsden, we acquired a comparatively small tract south of the Gila, called the Gadsden Purchase (compare maps, pp. 330, 352).

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

It is generally called the Gadsden Purchase, after

A School History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

Five years after that (1853) we bought the land then known as the Gadsden Purchase (see first map in this paragraph); last of all (1867) we bought Alaska (see second map in this paragraph).

The Beginner's American History 1882

States, and residents of the Territory known as the Gadsden Purchase, respectfully represent:

Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona Sylvester Mowry 1850

[Illustration: This map shows the extent of the United States in 1853 after we had added the land called the Gadsden Purchase, bought from

The Beginner's American History 1882