Cochise and the Apaches continued their raids against American and Mexican settlements and military positions throughout the 1860s.

He also encouraged more Mexican and European settlement.

No permanent Mexican settlements were ever established, but the Spanish Trail was built in the state's southern boundaries, and several geographic names remain.

Rio Bravo was a Mexican settlement established in 1849.

Through the next three decades the state faced constant attacks from indigenous on Mexican settlements.

The name has also been applied to the Postclassic Mexican settlement Cholula.

The style of the plaza's buildings is a reflection of its mid-19th-century origins, when this Mexican settlement became part of the United States.

For much of its 16-year history, the fort was the only major permanent settlement on the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and the Mexican settlements.

Most of the remaining Mexican settlements were destroyed with only those in the upper Rio Grande secured.

A wide number of Mexican settlements were named Matamoros by Spanish settlers in honour of their patron saint.