New Mexico Territory: Compromise of 1850, List of Counties in Colorado, Apache Wars, Battle of Glorieta Pass, Santa Fe Trail

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Compromise of 1850, List of counties in Colorado, Apache Wars, Battle of Glorieta Pass, Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico Campaign, First Battle of Mesilla, 32nd meridian west from Washington, Josiah Gregg, Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory, Kearny Code. Excerpt: The following is a list of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. Two of these counties, the City and County of Denver and the City and County of Broomfield, have consolidated city and county governments. Colorado’s postal abbreviation is CO and its FIPS state code is 08. Colorado metropolitan areasColorado municipalities Geography of ColoradoHistory of ColoradoList of cities and towns in Colorado List of forts in ColoradoList of ghost towns in ColoradoList of places in ColoradoOutline of Colorado Wikimedia Commons: ColoradoUnited States Census Bureau The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills, passed in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The compromise, drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years. The Compromise was greeted with relief, although each side disliked specific provisions. Texas surrendered its claim to New Mexico but received debt relief and the Texas Panhandle, and retained the control over El Paso that it had established earlier in 1850. California was permitted to be admitted to the Union as a free state, instead of being split at the Missouri Compromise Line or parallel 35 north. In addition, the South avoided the Wilmot Proviso. As compensation, the South received the possibility of slave states, an issue to be determine…