Ruby Sisson Library

In the early 1840s a map of North America would show two dominant nations, the United States and Mexico. As the decade progressed, tensions between the two countries steadily mounted, erupting violently in the spring of 1846. What followed was a passionate territorial battle that would last for two years, cover hundreds of thousands of square miles, and forever alter the communities in its wake. The U.S. - Mexican War paints a detailed, cross-cultural...

The Mexican-American War began as a dispute over Texas, California and other parts of the Southwest. This regioal conflict helped shape the modern Southwest.

An encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War, including excerpts from eyewitness accounts that highlight the day-to-day reality of marching and fighting.

In March 1846, about 4,000 U.S. soldiers arrived at the Rio Grande. According to the U.S. claim, this river marked the southern border of Texas. But the area was actually controlled by Mexico. Mexico's leaders were upset. They believed the United States had invaded their country. Building Our Nation is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks,...

"On their way to fight in the Mexican-American War, a group of American soldiers are swept away to a strange and deadly alternate Earth in this thrilling new adventure set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Destroyermen series. The United States, 1847. A disparate group of young American soldiers are bound to join General Winfield Scott's campaign against Santa Anna at Veracruz during the Mexican-American War. They never arrive. Or rather...

Americans in the mid-1840s, facing a nearly empty continent stretching to the west, saw it as their natural right, their "Manifest Destiny," to annex this land to the United States. The young country traveled to its "destiny" over a rough, rutted, dangerous road: the Santa Fe Trail. William Y. Chalfant tells the story of this road - stretching eight hundred miles from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico - during the pivotal period of the...