Visitors walk over a bridge at the Bricktown Canal in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The canal opened in 1999 and features a variety of restaurants, entertainment and culture. The canal is similar in concept to the San Antonio River Walk.
The Gadsden Purchase was an 1854 treaty between the United States and Mexico. In exchange for $10 million the United States gained 29,640 square miles of land from Mexico. Thi â¦ s land makes up a big chunk of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
The purchase included lands south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande; it was largely so that the U.S.A. could construct a transcontinental railroad along a deep southern route.he Gadsden Purchase (shown in yellow with present-day state boundaries and cities) Northeastern boundary was the disputed U.S.âMexico boundary; line shown is the unratified BartlettâConde compromise proposal which was preempted by the Gadsden Purchase.