Arizona, formerly part of the Territory of New Mexico, was organized as a separate territory on this day in 1863. The United States had acquired the region under the terms of the 1848 Treaty of ...

It was the first map of the newly acquired ... Act of Congress approved Feb. 24, 1863. ... The southern portion of Arizona formed part of the territory purchased from Mexico in 1854, heretofore ...

Arizona, formerly part of the Territory of New Mexico, was organized as a separate territory on Feb. 24, 1863. The U.S. acquired the region under the terms of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe ...

The country, intoxicated by the results of the purchase of California, would have readily justified a much larger price than was paid for Arizona. But the social condition of the Territory has ...