Celebrating Our Southwest Heritage

A talk with Khristaan Villela

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Neighbors North And South

Refugees from the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s head for Marfa, Texas.

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A New Conflict Threatened The US And Mexico's Relationship

More than 60 years after the United States and Mexico fought their last battle over land, a new conflict threatened the two countries’ relationship.

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The Final Piece

The dark green color in the map depicts the land that was the Gadsden Purchase.

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Alta California Becomes A State

This 1750 map captures the Spanish belief—based on the Baja Peninsula—that California was an island.

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From Tejas To Texas

The republic of Mexico—newly independent from Spain—faced some big problems in the early 1820s.

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The Rise of New Spain

Within a couple of years of arriving in Mexico, Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire.

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Rethinking A Holiday

Columbus Day has been an official U.S. holiday since 1937. But some people question the idea of celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the “New World.”

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The Promise Of Gold And A Sea Route To India

The promise of gold and a sea route to India.

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Getting Started

Did you know that the Spanish arrived in North America more than 100 years before the English settled their first colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts?

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