CERRO GORDO

sāˈrō gōrˈthō, mountain pass, E Mexico, on the road between Veracruz and Xalapa, site of a decisive battle (Apr. 17–18, 1847) of the Mexican War. General Santa Anna, having established himself firmly at and behind the pass, attempted to halt the advance of Gen. Winfield Scott from Veracruz to Mexico City. Although the Mexicans thought their position impregnable, the Americans were able to rout the weak left flank and take the pass from the rear. Santa Anna was defeated, and Xalapa occupied. Capt. Robert E. Lee (who scouted out a route for the flanking movement) and Lt. U. S. Grant took part in the battle.

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books on: Cerro Gordo  - 248 results

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The Teotihuacan Trinity: The Sociopolitical Structure of an Ancient Mesoamerican City
Book by Annabeth Headrick; University of Texas Press, 2007
Subjects: Aztecs--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan--Antiquities, Aztecs--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan--Politics And Government, Aztecs--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan--Rites And Ceremonies, Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan, San Juan Teotihuacaan (Mexico)--Antiquities, Social Archaeology--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan, Teotihuacaan Site (San Juan Teotihuacaan, Mexico)
manner, Cerro Gordo serves as the focal point for the entire...mimic the mountains profile so that Cerro Gordo sym- metrically frames the structure...appears to get ever larger, just as Cerro Gordo seemingly submerges behind the structure...
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Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica
Book by Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Annabeth Headrick; Westview Press, 2001
Subjects: City Planning--Mexico--History, Indian Architecture--Mexico, Indians Of Mexico--Politics And Government, Indians Of Mexico--Religion, Landscape Assessment--Mexico--History, Mexico--Antiquities, Sacred Space--Mexico--History
Cerro Gordo was envisioned like an inverted pottery...110-111; Taube 1986:52 . Thus, Cerro Gordo was the mountain of sustenance, the cleft...thereby appropriating the symbolism of Cerro Gordo. As one walks up the Avenue of the Dead...
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Santa Anna of Mexico
Book by Will Fowler; University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Subjects: Generals--Mexico--Biography, Mexico--History--1821-1861, Presidents--Mexico--Biography, Santa Anna, Antonio Laopez De--1794?-1876
...in Plan del Rio (rather than at Cerro Gordo, which is where they would have...Scott would attempt to ascend the Cerro Gordo Pass, Santa Anna wasted no time in fortifying Cerro Gordo. It was as he distributed his...
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The Mexican-American War
Book by Ruth Tenzer Feldman; Lerner, 2004
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848--Juvenile Literature
...Guns and men blanketed the top of Cerro Gordo. La Atalaya remained unmanned...main road. The Mexican guns on Cerro Gordo had to fight an attack from two...down La Atalaya and struggled up Cerro Gordo. They captured the Mexican artillery...
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American Campaigns - Vol. 1
Book by Matthew Forney Steele; Byron S. Adams, 1909
Subjects: Battles--United States--Maps, United States--History, Military--Maps, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
fied Cerro Gordo, gave it as his opinion, that the position...But Santa Anna insisted upon fortifying Cerro Gordo. It was here that the patriots had made...brigade of National Guards, had reached Cerro Gordo by April 12, while one half of the American...
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journal articles on: Cerro Gordo  - 27 results

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Pandemic-Flu Public Awareness Campaign-Cerro Gordo Department of Public Health, Mason City, Iowa
Journal article; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 69, 2006
Subjects: Cerro Gordo, California--Health policy, Epidemics--California, Epidemics--Prevention, Influenza--Prevention, Public health--Management
...Flu Public Awareness Campaign-Cerro Gordo Department of Public Health, Mason...severe it will be. Officials at the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health...held September 1, 2006, at the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health...
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The Ethnic in the Canon; or, on Finding Santa Anna's Wooden Leg
Journal article by Jesse Aleman; MELUS, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: Literary associations, Literary societies
...Annas army near the small town of Cerro Gordo nearly a month after President...to commemorate the fall of Cerro Gordo and Santa Annas lost leg: The...stumpless quite since from the shot Of Cerro Gordo peggin I left behind, to pay Gen...
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Profiles in Leadership, Part I: JEH Goes on a Quest
Journal article by Rebecca Berg; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 69, 2006
Subjects: Human resource management--Methods, Journal of Environmental Health (Periodical)--Human resource management, Journal of Environmental Health (Periodical)--Officials and employees, Leadership styles--Methods, Periodical publishing--Management, Periodical publishing--Officials and employees
...environmental health service manager for Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, described the challenges...term capacity," said Hanft of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, "because I think...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED For Hanft of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, a leader is someone...
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A "Great Roads" Approach to Teaching Modern World History and Latin American Regional Survey Courses: A Veracruz to Mexico City Case Study
Journal article by James Seay Brown Jr., Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez; Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, Vol. 27, 2002
Subjects: Historical research--Technique, Teaching--Technique
...Mexico City roads. The Battle of Cerro Gordo took place in April of 1847 some...American capture of Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, and then the altiplano battles...major battles, from Veracruz and Cerro Gordo to those in the Valley of Mexico...
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Landscape, Gender, and Community: Andean Mountain Stories
Journal article by Lynn Sikkink, Braulio Choque M; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 72, 1999
Subjects: Andes Mountains, Anthropology, Bolivia, Community, Mountains, Perceptions, Storytelling
...Sullka ayllu, as her son. In Condo many people point to Cerro Gordo by Sevaruyo, with an imprinted "fist mark" on its top, as her son. Near Cerro Gordo there are Inca ruins by the present-day village (Johan...
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magazine articles on: Cerro Gordo  - 13 results

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Robert E. Lee at 200
Magazine article by John S. Brown; Army, Vol. 57, January 2007
Subjects: American Civil War, Military history, Military officers
...the Mexican War he distinguished himself at Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco and Chapultepec. By wars end he had risen...reconnaissance determined Gen. Winfield Scotts tactics at Cerro Gordo, and from that point Scott recognized and advanced his...
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Crossroads of Conflict
Magazine article by Tom Stabile; Humanities, Vol. 19, September 1998
Subjects: Documentary films, KERA-TV-Dallas TX, Mexico, Military history, Television programs, Television stations, United States, War
...countless scholars, just as the battles at Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo loom as classic encounters to study. The wars relevance...the loss of his artificial leg as he fled the battle at Cerro Gordo-as well as his exceptional political skills, which...
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America's Forgotten War
Magazine article by Robert W. Johannsen; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 20, Spring 1996
Subjects: Mexico--History, United States history--War with Mexico, 1845-1848, United States--Relations with Mexico
...the 16th century. Santa Annas army blocked his path in Cerro Gordo, a wild, mountainous region, but by unexpectedly following...11, 1847, three weeks after the bloody engagement at Cerro Gordo. The war, he declared, was an evil. Nations, however...
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Mexican War Fought by Few
Magazine article by Richard K. Kolb, Joe Moran; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 88, January 2001
Subjects: Mexican-American War, Pierce, Franklin (1804-69), Politics, Presidents, Social impact, Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
...he was severely wounded by grapeshot in the chest at Cerro Gordo, miraculously recovering to be hit again (in the arm...up with the Army to participate in the land battles of Cerro Gordo, Churubusco and Chapultepec around Mexico City. By...
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Building New Structures
Magazine article by Todd Melby; Independent Banker, Vol. 50, November 2000
Subjects: Bank management, Bank services, Efficiency, Financial Institutions Inc, Financial Services Modernization Act 1999-US, Holding companies, Nonbanks, United States
...banks were serving seven sparsely-populated counties in northern Iowa. The only nearby county experiencing growth was Cerro Gordo. Its biggest town, Mason City, served as the regions center. The city of 28,800 residents attracts people from...
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Beauty of Plants
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 27, 2010
...heard about "this ecological model community called Cerro Gordo in Cottage Grove." She moved here, started working with Cerro Gordo and ended up running a health food store in Cottage Grove...
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Florida Soldier Served in Wars of U.S., Egypt
Newspaper article by R.F. Ensslin; The Washington Times, April 5, 1997
...assaults. The Mexican commander, Santa Anna, rushed to Cerro Gordo to block the pass and hurl Winfield Scotts small force...defensive positions. Gen. Scotts report of the Battle of Cerro Gordo said, "It is a most pleasing duty to say that the highest...
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Lynnette Wren of Wadsworth
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 5, 2007
Subjects: Western Illinois University
...was raised in Oakley, Ill., and was a graduate of Cerro Gordo High School. She earned her bachelors degree from Western...Methodist Church and the Eastern Star @#173, both in Cerro Gordo, Ill. Survivors include her husband, Marc; children...
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Lee Builds Campaigns on Information
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 25, 2003
Subjects: Lee, Robert E.
...Chancellorsville in 1863, it actually took place at Cerro Gordo in 1847 during the Mexican War. It was there that then...crushed the Union flank. Lees earlier experiences at Cerro Gordo no doubt resonated with him at Chancellorsville, where...
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Owners, Bring Your Pets to Church for Annual Blessing
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 14, 2010
Subjects: Pets
...based on I Corinthians 3:5-10. The guest speaker for the three-day event will be the Rev. Larry Mercer of Cerro Gordo Baptist Church in Jackson, Tenn. If you are in need of a spiritual, uplifting, good time, come and worship with...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cerro Gordo  - 7 results

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Cerro Gordo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CERRO GORDO sa ro gor tho, mountain pass, E Mexico, on the road between Veracruz and Xalapa, site of a decisive battle (Apr. 17 18...
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Mexican War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city. Scott then began his drive on Mexico City. In April, Santa Anna was defeated at the mountain stronghold of Cerro Gordo . After hard fighting Mexican forces were also routed at Contreras and Churubusco (August). On Aug. 24 the Mexicans...
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Contreras
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...battle (Aug. 19 20, 1847) of the Mexican War. Gen. Winfield Scott, continuing his advance after the battle of Cerro Gordo, approached Mexico City. The Mexicans under General Santa Anna were drawn up for defense. Scott sent out a reconnaissance...
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Santa Anna, Antonio LÓpez De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...apparently and again became president (1846 47). He commanded in the Mexican War, but his defeats at Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, and Puebla and the loss of Mexico City sent him again into exile. He returned and ruled (after Dec., 1853) as...
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Mason City
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MASON CITY city (1990 pop. 29,040), seat of Cerro Gordo co., N central Iowa; inc. 1874. It is the rail, trade, and industrial center of a large agricultural area. There is food...
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