Showing posts with label Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Show all posts
Saturday, February 2, 2019
This Day in History
It's not just Ground Hog Day. In 1848 the Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which added 525,000 square miles to the USA and, incidentally, ended my home city's status as a border town. It also explains why the culture of southern Colorado is so different from the Denver-Boulder corridor in the north.
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