New Mexico & Las Gorras Blancas

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Mexico United States New Mexico Las Gorras Blancas Miguel Antonio Otero Manifest Destiny westward expansion U.S. history Guadalupe Hidalgo The West rights land racism Latino American Hispanic Anglo land grants squatter trains ranching Mexican American United States U.S. History Collection U.S. history us history history social studies American history ushist22
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History-Social Science
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New Mexico & Las Gorras Blancas

Learn about the history of New Mexico, the largest and oldest Spanish settlement in the Southwest. 

In 1889, Las Gorras Blancas (The White Caps) emerged in the New Mexico Territory and American Southwest to protect land rights. Three brothers, Pablo, Nicanor, and Juan Jose Herrera, organized this resistance movement to protect half a million acres of land from encroachment by cattle ranchers. 
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