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 Gadsden Purchase. President Franklin Pierce sent James Gadsden to Mexico City in 1853 with several proposals for buying from Mexico land to the south of the boundaries established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.