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 |3 Feb 1855 - [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico|Dona Ana County]] gained all the land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1854, 4th assy. /p. 57</ref> Its boundary was stretched across present day Arizona to the Baja California border. Look for records in [http://www.co.dona-ana.nm.us/ Dona Ana County].
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 |1 Feb 1860 - New Mexico created [[Arizona County, New Mexico (Extinct)|Arizona County]] from land in [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico|Dona Ana County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1859-1860, 9th assy. /p. 74</ref> Arizona County was located entirely within present day Arizona. Look for records in [http://www.co.dona-ana.nm.us/ Dona Ana County].
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+|5 Apr 1860 - An unofficial convention held in Tucson established a provisional government, declared the creation of the Territory of Arizona from the southern half of New Mexico Territory below 33 degrees 40 minutes north latitude. and authorized the creation of 4 proposed counties: Castle Dome, Ewell, Mesilla, and Dona Ana.<ref>Thomas Edwin Farish, ''History of Arizona'' (Phoenix, Ariz., 1915), 1:324. [{{babhat}}].</ref> <ref>Sacks, 36, 151; Swindler, 1:244-248</ref>
+Sylvester Mowry was sent to Congress to petition for this new Arizona Territory. He drew up a map of this territory, showing the proposed counties. Congress, however, failed to recognize the new territory. As a result, the proposed new territory with the 4 proposed counties, was never officially created. No records created.
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