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Wikipedia: The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla, or "Sale of La Mesilla", in Mexico) is a 29,670-square-mile (76,800 km) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by President Franklin Pierce on June 24, 1853, and ratified by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 1854. The purchase was the last major territorial acquisition in the continental United States. It is named for James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time.
![[Gadsden Purchase]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gadsden_Purchase_Southern_Pacific_s.jpg "Gadsden Purchase")
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![[The Gadsden Purchase historical mark near Interstate 10]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gadsden_Purchase_historical_mark_s.jpg "The Gadsden Purchase historical mark near Interstate 10")
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![[Shaded relief map of Arizona.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Arizona_Relief_NED_s.jpg "Shaded relief map of Arizona.")
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