New Mexico’s Fight for Statehood “Morley’s Map of New Mexico Compiled from the Latest Government surveys and other reliable surveys Ent. Acc. of Congress in the Year 1873 by Harry Whigham and G.A. Bushnell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C.”   In 1939, the New Mexico Historical Review began publishing a series of essays written by University of New Mexico history professor Marion Dargan. Although each had its own area of emphasis and focus, at times even leaving the state, all focused on “New Mexico’s Fight for Statehood, 1895-1912.” Part 1:  Political Leaders of the Latter Half of … Continue reading The Fight for Statehood