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U.S. Army invades and captures New Mexico in the Mexican-American War
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Compromise of 1850- New Mexico becomes a territory of the United States
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The Civil War begins: Confederate troops occupy southern New Mexico. Confederate troops advance into northern New Mexico, there they were defeated and headed back to Texas.
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Kit Carson defeats Navajos, who are then forced on the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo
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Mescalero Apaches held at Bosque Redondo flee to their homeland to the south. Reservation is closed, Navjaos sign new treaty and return to their homeland in northwestern New Mexico
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Thousands of Apaches will be forced to relocate to this distant location far from their homeland.
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John Tunstall is killed, starting Lincoln County War
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Sheriff Pat Garett kills Billy the Kid, essentially ending the Lincoln County War
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New Mexicans prove their loyalty to the United States by serving heroically in the Spanish-American War, especially as members of a cavalry unit known as the rough riders. Arizona voters reject a plan to enter the Union as a single state with New Mexico.
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New Mexico achieves statehood at last.
