Talk:Mesilla County, New Mexico

The version of this article existing before 4 January 2013 was factually incorrect.
 * Sylvester Mowry was a delegate to the US congress for Arizona and did distribute a map with his memorial for a proposed Arizona Territory. But that map did not show any counties.
 * The four counties for Arizona Territory (Castle Dome, Ewell, Mesilla, and Dona Ana) were proposed at the Constitutional Convention held in Tucson from 2 to 5 April 1860.

The version of this article existing before 4 January 2013 was also misleading.
 * When the Union took over control of Arizona, they wanted nothing similar to the Confederate Territory. Therefore the territory was changed and the counties were dissolved. No new counties were patterned after those Confederate counties.
 * There were a total of 10 different proposals given to the US congress to create an Arizona Territory. Only the last proposal was successful. Mowry was only associated with one of the unsuccessful proposals. Why were the other eight unsuccessful proposals not explained.