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[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "alyeskakc" <alyeskakc at n...> wrote:
 
> And just a little history note, New Mexico was not the only state to 
> belong to Mexico in the early to mid 1800's. 
> 
> The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended 
> the war with Mexico. It confirmed U.S. claims to Texas and set its 
> boundary at the Rio Grande.  Mexico also agreed to cede to the United 
> States, California and New Mexico. This included what is now 
> California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah as well as parts of New Mexico, 
> Colorado and Wyoming. 

An Hispanic friend of mine who grew up in the Denver area decided to do some 
genealogical research.  She was so surprised when she found out "My family 
didn't leave Mexico -- Mexico left us!"