Mexico was platted in 1834. The community's name probably commemorates the Mexican War of Independence. Mexico was established along an Indian trail bordering the Eel River. This trail became the Michigan Road, the first road in Miami County. Sitting along the Michigan Road was the River House Inn, owned by the parents of Indiana poet Dulciana Minerva Mason, which was at the time the only stopping point between Indianapolis and Michigan City. The post office at Mexico has been in operation since 1837.
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History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-18881889 · page 197Read the page →
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Coiiq., 336 et seq., whose record ends practically with '96, and who has been followed more or less closely by Prince and other late writers. Another excellent and contemporary version, founded of course on the same doc, or Vargas' reports to Mexico, is Siyiienza y Gdngora, Mercurio Volante, con la dc la recuperacion de to provincias del Nuevo Mexico, coiiseguida por Don Diego de Viirijas, etc., written by order of the viceroy Conde de Galve, and printed at Mexico 1693. It contains a brief summary, of no special value, of the discovery, conquest, and revolt of N. Mex. I have not seen the original
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by traces of aboriginal structures. This region is as yet but sparsely settled, but is being gradually occupied by Mormon and other settlers. In the east, adjoining New Mexico on the tributaries of the San Francisco, are the copper mines, which are among the most productive in the world, this region being connected by a narrow-gauge railroad with the Southern Pacific at Lordsburg, New Mexico. Solomonville,
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We HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO have made a strong race for first place as to value of production. At the present time fuel oil from the oil wells of California and Texas is replacing coal upon the railroads of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico to the almost complete exclusion of coal upon the railroads and to a great extent for domestic and manufacturing purposes. The demand for New Mexico coal has thus been lessened to the extent of 1,000,000 tons per annum, approximately. On the other hand, the mines have not
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For several years prior to the inauguration of this proceeding there had been a great scarcity of water, especially in southern New Mexico and in that portion of Mexico bordering upon the river. This led to a complaint from the republic of Mexico, and as the result of diplomatic negotiations between the two countries, in May, 1896, the matter was referred to the international boundary commission for investigation.
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