Castle Dome County, Arizona
From FamilySearch Wiki
(Difference between revisions)
Janedwards (Talk | contribs) ({{Arizona-stub}}) |
(recreate page) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Arizona|Arizona]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Castle_Dome_County,_Arizona|Castle Dome County]]'' | |
| − | + | '''Castle Dome County''' was a proposed county in a proposed new territory that was never approved and never existed.<ref>Thomas Edwin Farish, ''History of Arizona'' (Phoenix, Ariz., 1915), 1:324. [{{babhat}}].</ref> | |
| − | + | In 1857 the people of [[Arizona]] (at the time the southern part of modern Arizona and [[New Mexico]]) sent Sylvester Mowry to Congress to petition for creation of a new Arizona Territory carved from part of New Mexico Territory. Mowry drew up a map with four proposed counties: | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | :*'''''[[Castle_Dome_County,_Arizona|Castle Dome County]] ''''' in present-day [[Yuma County, Arizona]] | |
| + | :*'''''[[Ewell County, Arizona|Ewell County]] ''''' in present-day [[Pima County, Arizona]] extended east to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Pass Apache Pass] in [[Cochise County, Arizona]] | ||
| + | :*'''''[[Mesilla County, Arizona|Mesilla County]] ''''' from Apache Pass to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande Rio Grande] in present-day [[Cochise County, Arizona]], and [[Hidalgo County, New Mexico|Hidalgo]], [[Grant County, New Mexico|Grant]], [[Luna County, New Mexico|Luna]], [[Sierra County, New Mexico|Sierra]], and [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico|Doña Ana]] counties in New Mexico | ||
| + | :*'''''[[Dona Ana County, Arizona|Doña Ana County]] ''''' from the Rio Grande to [[Texas]] in parts of present-day [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico|Doña Ana]], [[Otero County, New Mexico|Otero]], [[Chaves County, New Mexico|Chaves]], [[Eddy County, New Mexico|Eddy]], and [[Lea County, New Mexico|Lea]] counties in New Mexico | ||
| − | + | The bill and these proposed counties failed passage. The only known original document mentioning these counties is the map accompanying the failed bill. | |
| − | [[Category: | + | == Reference == |
| + | |||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{Arizona|Arizona}} {{New Mexico|New Mexico}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:Arizona_counties]] [[Category:New_Mexico_Counties]] | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 10 August 2011
United States 
Arizona Castle Dome County
Castle Dome County was a proposed county in a proposed new territory that was never approved and never existed.[1]
In 1857 the people of Arizona (at the time the southern part of modern Arizona and New Mexico) sent Sylvester Mowry to Congress to petition for creation of a new Arizona Territory carved from part of New Mexico Territory. Mowry drew up a map with four proposed counties:
- Castle Dome County in present-day Yuma County, Arizona
- Ewell County in present-day Pima County, Arizona extended east to Apache Pass in Cochise County, Arizona
- Mesilla County from Apache Pass to the Rio Grande in present-day Cochise County, Arizona, and Hidalgo, Grant, Luna, Sierra, and Doña Ana counties in New Mexico
- Doña Ana County from the Rio Grande to Texas in parts of present-day Doña Ana, Otero, Chaves, Eddy, and Lea counties in New Mexico
The bill and these proposed counties failed passage. The only known original document mentioning these counties is the map accompanying the failed bill.
Reference
- ↑ Thomas Edwin Farish, History of Arizona (Phoenix, Ariz., 1915), 1:324. HathiTrust Digital Library edition.
| ||||||||||||
New to the Research Wiki?
In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.
Learn More