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Only southern New Mexico and Arizona qualify as such.
Portions of Arizona and New Mexico originate with the Gadsden Purchase.
It is when the US bought the land on the southern tips of New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico, right after the Mexican War in the year 1853. It was bought for railroads.
Gadsden purchase
It was bought so that America could further their Railroads
The Gadsen Purchase (1853), which included southern New Mexico and Arizona.
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
Southern New Mexico and Arizona. More specifically, the Mesilla Valley.
The Gadsden Purchase (1853) which included present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico.
The Gadsden Purchase is a region of Arizona and New Mexico. It was bought by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden.
The Gadsden Purchase saw the purchase of land from Mexico by the United States. Most of the land acquired from this purchased exists in southern Arizona just below Phoenix. The remaining land exists in New Mexico.