Old Mesilla: The plaza, the basilica and the valley are waiting for you
Said about Mesilla
John Russell Bartlett
U.S. Boundary Commissioner, on where Mesilla’s name comes from · Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, vol. 1 · 1854
Mesilla is the diminutive of the Spanish word mesa, i. e., table, also table-land, or plateau, and is applied to a lesser plateau in the valley of the Rio Grande, beneath that of the great mesa or table-land, which extends for several hundred miles in all directions from the Rio Grande.
U.S. Boundary Commissioner, on Mesilla’s rejoicing when the 1851 boundary line fell north of the village · Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, vol. 1 · 1854
The day came, and the event was celebrated by firing of cannon and a grand ball, which many from El Paso attended.
Wikipedia’s article on the Basilica of San Albino · Basilica of San Albino
It has the distinction of having originally been established in Mexico, but it is now located in the United States as a result of a transfer of territory in the Gadsden Purchase.
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