The U.S.-Mexican War erupted along the Rio Grande River over the disputed Trans-Nueces region. Grande River. The Mexican government insisted that the actual border was the Rio Nueces, 200 miles to the north. The intervening Trans-Nueces region was an uninhibited wasteland of no particular economic interest to either government, but the 1,800-mile-long Rio Grande stretched …
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