Title: Santa Fe, New Mexico Description: Santa Fe, an 1848 engraving and etching of Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); on August 18, 1846, two days after occupying San Miguel, New Mexico, U.S. troops entered Santa Fe and the U.S. flag was erected in the public square; both occupations were without a battle; the war was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, San Miguel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1091 (2.29 MPixels) (1.92) Print Size: 17.8 x 9.2 cm; 7.0 x 3.6 inches File Size: 6.58 MB (6,904,288 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038573 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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