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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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+|29 August 1856 - An unofficial conference held in Tucson issued a petition to the U.S. Congress, signed by 256 people, requesting the creation of an Arizona Territory from the southern half of New Mexico and authorized 4 proposed counties: Castle Dome, Ewell, Mesilla, and Dona Ana.<ref>Thomas Edwin Farish, ''History of Arizona'' (Phoenix, Ariz., 1915), 1:324. [{{babhat}}].</ref> Sylvester Mowry was sent to Congress to petition for this new Arizona Territory. He drew up a map of this territory, showing the 4 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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-|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>
+|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.<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.
+Congress, however, failed to recognize the new territory. As a result, the proposed new territory with the 4 proposed counties, was never officially created. 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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 |18 Jan 1862 - New Mexico discontinued [[San Juan County, New Mexico (Extinct)|San Juan County]] (original, extinct) returning the land to [[Taos County, New Mexico|Taos County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1861-1862, 11th assy. /p. 16</ref> Look for records in [http://www.taoscounty.org/ Taos County]. <br> 18 Jan 1862 - New Mexico discontinued [[Arizona County, New Mexico (Extinct)|Arizona County]] returning the land to [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico|Dona Ana County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1861-1862, 11th assy. /p. 18</ref> Look for records in [http://www.co.dona-ana.nm.us/ Dona Ana County].
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+|On August 28, a convention met again in Tucson and declared that the territory formed the previous year was part of the Confederacy. Granville H. Oury was elected as delegate to the Confederate Congress. Oury drafted legislation authorizing the organization of the Confederate Territory of Arizona. The legislation passed on January 13, 1862, and the territory was officially created by proclamation of President Jefferson Davis on February 14.
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