In 1911, an army of Mexican rebels under Gen. Pascal Orozco attacked the city of Juarez. James R. Garfield, son of the former president, and 100 other Americans were the first to raise the alarm .

175 years ago on Feb. 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It ended the Mexican-American War and changed the lives of early Coloradans forever.

The treaty was signed in a town outside Mexico City called Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848. It was ratified by the U.S. Senate on March 10, 1848, and approved by Mexico's Congress on May 30, 1848.

About a year later, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the conflict. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ... which the Americans and Mexicans signed in modern-day Studio City on Jan. 13, 1847.

The war ended when the two countries signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, named after the Mexican city where it was signed. Pages from that treaty are on display now at History Colorado Center ...

On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe ...