Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 170 years ago this week, Mexico sold a substantial chunk of what is now Arizona to the United States. The purchase included ...

James Gadsden, ambassador to Mexico, purchased the land south of the Gila River from Mexico in 1853, an area first called the Gadsden Purchase, now Southern Arizona. His name lives on today in Gadsden ...

U.S. Minister to Mexico James Gadsden and three envoys of the President of Mexico signed the Gadsden Purchase (Gadsden Treaty) in Mexico City. It gave the United States of America claim to nearly ...

Herman Ehrenberg was born in Prussia, but his exploits as a transplant to America in the 1800s included fighting in the Texas Revolution, traveling the Oregon Trail, taking part in the California Gold ...

City of Gadsden and Etowah County officials have been touting how well they get along these days, and that harmonious relationship was on display Tuesday. The two entities teamed up to provide another ...

MESILLA – It was a day that officially changed the borderland. The ratification of the Gadsden Purchase, also referred to as "El Tratado de La Mesilla," will be remembered at 2 p.m. Saturday on the ...

I was a history major at the University of Arizona in Tucson, which I believe was part of the Gadsden Purchase, the last piece of old Mexico the United States “acquired.” Dear Mexican: I was a history ...

Nearly 170 years ago this week, Mexico sold a substantial chunk of what is now Arizona to the United States. The purchase included the Arizona cities — then small towns — of Yuma, Tucson and Casa ...