175 years ago on Feb. 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It ended the Mexican-American War and changed the lives of early Coloradans forever. Yet, it is a ...

Driven by a vision of expansion “from sea to shining sea,” President James K. Polk set his sights on Mexico. When U.S. troops ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Republican Congressman Steve Pearce of New Mexico has introduced a bill aimed at giving Hispanic families stronger measures to review claims of lost lands under the 1848 Treaty of ...

DENVER — The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed 175 years ago this week, ending the Mexican-American War and prompting profound changes to cultures, land and identity among peoples who suddenly ...

Some Texans may still look at the Battle of the Alamo as an origin story, as the state’s story of freedom and heroic glory and the most significant event in its complex, violent history. Despite the ...

DENVER, Colorado — The United States acquired the eastern part of Colorado in the Lousiana Purchase, but the rest wasn't for sale. Instead, it joined the nation by way of war. The United States was ...

Feb. 02 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It provided for Mexico's cession of ...

The U.S. border with Mexico used to run straight through Colorado. The U.S. took over the southwestern part of the country after it waged a war with Mexico in the 1840s. The pieces of paper that ended ...

The accord that formally ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) radically altered the destinies of both countries. So crushing was the defeat of Mexico that the United States demanded and received ...

Pages from the original Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo are on display at History Colorado Center for the first time. The document transformed this part of the world by significantly expanding the United ...

"America owes us the opportunity to take care of our own communities." This report is part of "Turning Point," a groundbreaking series by ABC News examining the racial reckoning sweeping the United ...