The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
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Important Dates:
- 1912: New Mexico admitted as the 47th state in the Union.
- 1912: Arizona admitted as the 48th and last contiguous state in the Union.
Suggested Search Terms:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as phrases using Search Pages in Chronicling America.] New Mexico, Arizona, state, admission, territory
Sample Articles from Chronicling America:
New Mexico
- Senate Provides for Two States; New Mexico to Enter Alone, The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), February 8, 1905, Image 1, Cols. 1-2
- Senate Passes Statehood Bill; Indian Territory and Oklahoma to Come in as One State, New Mexico as Another; Arizona was Eliminated, Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT), February 8, 1905, Last Edition, Page 8, Image 8, Col. 1
- Territories that Are Asking Uncle Sam for Statehood, Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT), January 27, 1906, Last Edition, Part Two, Page 18, Image 18, Cols. 1-7
- Arizona and New Mexico Statehood Bill in Congress, Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), March 18, 1906, Image 40, Cols. 1-4
- The Oldest and Newest Phases of American Life Still to be Seen Side by Side in the Big Territories so Soon to be Admitted to the Union as the New States of Arizona and New Mexico, New-York Tribune (New York, NY), September 25, 1910, Page 4, Image 20, Full page
- The Oldest and Newest Phases of American Life Still to be Seen Side by Side in the Big Territories so Soon to be Admitted to the Union as the New States of Arizona and New Mexico, New-York Tribune (New York, NY), September 25, 1910, Page 5, Image 21, Full page
- Texas to Lose Slice of Land? New Mexico Claims 600,000 Acres are Missing, The Breckenridge News (Cloverport, KY), November 16, 1910, Image 6, Col. 1
Arizona
- They Fought Hard Against the Bill, The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), December 16, 1893, Image 1, Col. 3
- Statehood Bills. Probability of Arizona Going in First., The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), August 19, 1894, Page 15, Image 15, Col. 2
- Contest Over the Omnibus Bill is Commenced at Once, The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), December 2, 1902, Image 3, Cols, 3-4
- Arizona--State No. 46, Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), October 17, 1905, Page 4, Image 4, Col.2
- Oppose Joint Statehood Plan, Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), January 7, 1906, Page 8, Image 26, Col. 4
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