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 Father
Eusebio Francisco Kino participated
in the first exploration of the Baja California
Peninsula, was the first European to visit the
Casa Grande Ruins, and established 24 missions in
Arizona and Mexico. |
 The Gadsden
Purchase came about primarily
because of a desire to connect all Southern
railroads into one system and then connect that
system with a Southern transcontinental railroad
to the Pacific. On June 30, 1854, the United
States agreed to purchase 45,535 square miles of
territory in what is now southwestern New Mexico
and southern Arizona for the sum of $10,000,000. |
 Juan
de Oņate founded the first
permanent settlement in New Mexico, at San Juan
Pueblo, in 1598. In 1601, he led an expedition to
Quivira in search of wealth and an outlet to the
sea. In 1607, he oversaw the establishment of
Santa Fe. |
 Great
Salt Lake is the largest lake in the
Western United States. It is very different from
almost every other lake in the world because it
is very shallow and extremely salty. In fact, it
is actually saltier than the oceans. |
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