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    Columbus is an incorporated village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, about 3 miles (5 km) north of the Mexican border. It is considered a place...
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    small United States border town of Columbus, New Mexico, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the border with Mexico. The raid escalated into a full-scale...
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    The Columbus New Mexico Port of Entry is an international border crossing between Columbus, New Mexico, United States, and Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico. Located...
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    retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and was the most remembered event of the Mexican Border War. The declared objective of the...
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    Columbus Municipal Airport (IATA: CUS, FAA LID: 0NM0) is an abandoned airport in New Mexico. Its origins date to 1916 when it was used by the Aviation...
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    Dakota it's Native American Day". Retrieved October 23, 2018. "New Mexico scraps Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples' Day". Associated Press. April 3, 2019...
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    revolutionary Pancho Villa attacked the American border town of Columbus, New Mexico. In response, the United States Army, under the direction of General...
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  • The history of New Mexico is based on archaeological evidence, attesting to the varying cultures of humans occupying the area of New Mexico since approximately...
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    Regiment during the Battle of Columbus, New Mexico in 1916 where Pancho Villa burned several buildings in Columbus, New Mexico, stole weapons and horses and...
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    the municipality of Ascensión, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It borders the village of Columbus, New Mexico, in the United States. Palomas is located...
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    Pancho Villa (category Deaths by firearm in Mexico)
    Villa conducted a raid on the border town of Columbus, New Mexico to goad the U.S. into invading Mexico in 1916. Despite a major contingent of soldiers...
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    territories that were discovered by Christopher Columbus.[dubious – discuss] 1492–1499: Christopher Columbus, as governor and viceroy of the West Indies 1499–1502:...
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    There are 50 places where people can cross the Mexico–United States border. Several large border cities have multiple crossings, often including one or...
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    defeated by revolutionary forces in 1915, he led an incursion raid into Columbus, New Mexico, prompting the U.S. to send 10,000 troops led by General John J....
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  • Municipal Airport (New Mexico) in Columbus, New Mexico, United States (FAA: 0NM0, IATA: CUS) Columbus Municipal Airport (Nebraska) in Columbus, Nebraska, United...
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    Susie A. Parks (category People from Luna County, New Mexico)
    southern New Mexico town of Columbus, on the southern border of the United States. She alerted the contingent of the National Guard located in Deming, New Mexico...
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    1917 was rated a Junior Military Aviator. Clark flew assignments in Columbus, New Mexico; Kelly Field, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He went to Hawaii in...
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    Frank Tompkins (category People of the Mexican Revolution)
    Distinguished Service Cross for his leadership during the 1916 Battle of Columbus, New Mexico. Tompkins was born September 28, 1868, in Washington, D.C., one of...
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    eastern North America from southern Michigan south to central Mexico, west to New Mexico. Species thrive as far west as California and as far north as...
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    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 31. "Diego Columbus". Encyclopedia Britannica. Barry, J.J.. The Life of Christopher Columbus, Loreto Publications...
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    Cavalcade (section Mexico)
    across the United States–Mexico border 3 miles to the Pancho Villa State Park and Museum in the village of Columbus, New Mexico. From the border the Villistas...
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    of Columbus and Camp Furlong is a National Historic Landmark District commemorating the 1916 raid by Pancho Villa on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and...
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    is a variety of sweet onion grown by Carzalia Valley Produce in Columbus, New Mexico. The Sunbrero (Texas) Sweet Onion is grown in Texas and distributed...
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    shipment was sent to Columbus, New Mexico and was presumably used in arming the squadron's aircraft when it operated in Mexico during the Pancho Villa...
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    recognition of his rival. To draw the US into Mexico he attacked the border village of Columbus, New Mexico, killing US citizens in 1916. The U.S. Army...
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    The Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's...
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    Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic...
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    Sonora Antelope Wells, New Mexico – El Berrendo, Chihuahua Columbus, New Mexico – Palomas, Chihuahua Santa Teresa, New Mexico – San Jerónimo, Chihuahua...
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  • was initially cordial. Villa retaliated against arms dealers in Columbus, New Mexico because he had been sold faulty weapons and powder that resulted...
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