December 30 in American History
The United States bought a strip of land from Mexico — parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico — for $10 million, mainly to secure a southern railroad route. It was the final major acquisition that fixed the continental borders of the lower 48 states. The map of the mainland was, at last, complete.
In 1853: the Gadsden Purchase. The United States bought a strip of land from Mexico — parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico — for $10 million, mainly to secure a southern railroad route.
The United States bought a strip of land from Mexico — parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico — for $10 million, mainly to secure a southern railroad route. It was the final major acquisition that fixed the continental borders of the lower 48 states. The map of the mainland was, at last, complete.
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