Wine Bar of the Southwest
by Barbara Chichester
Title
Wine Bar of the Southwest
Artist
Barbara Chichester
Medium
Painting - Paintography, Photography, Digital Enhancement
Description
"Wine Bar of the Southwest" Digital Art Photography by Barbara Chichester, Las Cruces, New Mexico (Old Mesilla, New Mexico). The village of Mesilla was incorporated in 1848, after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo moved the U.S.-Mexico border south of the village of Dona Ana, placing it in the United States. A small group of citizens, unhappy at being part of the United States, decided to move south of the border. They settled in Mesilla at this time. By 1850, Mesilla was an established colony. By this time, its people were under constant threat of attack from the Apache. By 1851, the attacks caused the United States to take action to protect its people just to the north of the border, in the Mesilla Valley. They did this by creating Fort Fillmore. As a result of the fort, the United States declared the Mesilla Valley region part of the United States. Mexico also claimed this strip of land, causing it to become known as "No Mans Land." This boundary dispute, which was officially caused by a map error, was resolved in 1853, with the Gadsden Purchase. Mesilla became a part of the United States, as well as the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona.
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