David Van Holtby: 1 book
Forty-Seventh Star
New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
New Mexico was ceded to the United States in 1848, at the end of the war with Mexico, but not until 1912 did President William Howard Taft sign the proclamation that promoted New Mexico from territory to state. Why did New Mexico’s push for statehood last sixty-four years? Conventional wisdom has...
