"Salute" To The Kearny Command, October 27, 1846 - October 27, 1973. (Cover Title)

GRAHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Publication: Privately printed, 1973, N P

Souvenir edition. 4to. Pictorial wrappers, n. p. (8 pp.), illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, map. A program by the Graham County Historical Society for the dedication of the General Stephen Watts Kearny monument. Kearny and about 100 men engaged in war with Mexico on October 27, 1846. The account highlights the hardships faced by soldiers traveling through deserts, mountains, and hostile terrain; encounters with Native peoples and Mexican forces; and the command's strategic importance in securing key territories. Fine copy.