Talk:New Mexico Territory

Why so long a territory?

Does anyone know why New Mexico remained a territory for so long, particularly since there was an organized statehood movement as early as 1850 that was apparently stymied only because of disputes over slavery? --Jfruh (talk) 03:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Anachronistic map in infobox

The map in the infobox is dated 1866, and includes the Gadsden purchase, which occurred in 1866- *after* Arizona Territory had been split from New Mexico Territory, and so includes areas that were never a part of New Mexico Territory. Cottonflop (talk) 07:16, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

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The New Mexico Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. This illustration, created by Henry Mitchell for State Arms of the Union, published by Louis Prang in 1876, depicts the territory's coat of arms, adopted by legislation in 1887: "The coat of arms of the territory of New Mexico shall be the Mexican Eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons." The year 1850, representing the territory's organization, appears in Roman numerals under the eagles, and below the shield is the Latin motto Crescit eundo ('It grows as it goes').

Illustration credit: Henry Mitchell; restored by Andrew Shiva

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