What if Baja California was part of the United States?

There actually was an attempt in the 19th century to bring Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora into the United States. During the early- mid-1850s, William Walker, an American mercenary organized expeditions into the aforementioned Mexican states, hoping to eventually petition the U.S. read more

There actually was an attempt in the 19th century to bring Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora into the United States. During the early- mid-1850s, William Walker, an American mercenary organized expeditions into the aforementioned Mexican states, hoping to eventually petition the U.S. government to annex the states, just as they annex Texas and the Mexican Cession only a few years prior. read more

Baja California (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfoɾnja] ( listen)), (English: Lower California), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. read more

Baja California, also called Baja California Norte, estado (state), northwestern Mexico, bounded to the north by the United States (California and Arizona), to the east by the state of Sonora and the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), to the west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the south by the state of Baja California Sur. read more

Baja California is the twelfth largest state by area in Mexico. Its geography ranges from beaches to forests and deserts. The backbone of the state is the Sierra de Baja California, where the Picacho del Diablo, the highest point of the peninsula, is located. read more