Title: Fort Brown Description: Fort Brown, also known as Fort Texas, depicted in an engraving during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); the fort, near Point Isabel and the Gulf of Mexico, was the scene of early engagements between U.S. and Mexican forces in the war; 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: forts, Fort Brown, Fort Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Point Isabel, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1321 (2.77 MPixels) (1.59) Print Size: 17.8 x 11.2 cm; 7.0 x 4.4 inches File Size: 7.97 MB (8,353,366 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038556 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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