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First Exploration of New Mexico from United States

Home Timeline Stories First Exploration of New Mexico from United States
June 22, 2019

First Exploration of New Mexico from United States

Zebulon Montgomery Pike leads an exploratory expedition to the Southwest to map the Red River. He and his party are captured in what was then northern New Mexico and taken to Santa Fe and Chihuahua before being released.

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