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Salt War at San Elizario Texas 1877 Salt Lakes Clash
In 1877 a dozen Texans and Mexicans fought over salt beds near San Elizario El Paso County. Mob violence, arrests, and Ranger action followed amid a border feud. Major Jones and the Frontier Battalion restored order after killings and mutilations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Rangers
Frontier Battalion
Yellow Plain
Rio Grande
New England
Old South
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
el Paso Valley
Chihuahua
Tularosa
New Mexico
Guadalupe Mountains
San Flizario
Tularoso
Guadalupe
United States
San Elizario
A. J. Fountain
Presido
Samuel Maverick
San Antonio
Maverick
Fountain
Colonel Fountain
W. W. Mills
Asociates
Luis Cardis
Antonio Borajo
Socorro
Cardis
W.W. W. Mills
Mills
Borajo
Salt Lakes
Austin
Charles Howard
Howard
George B. Zimpleman
Ysleta
Barajo
Furiou Cardis
Jose Juarez
Macedonia Gandara
Zimpleman
Garcia
Gandara
Juarez
Judge Garcia
Justice of the Peace of
McBride
Kerber
Justice of the Peace
Bond
Father Bourgade
Bourgade
Garribaldi
John B. Jones
Rucker
Major Jones
Mesilla
Cisto Salzedo
Salzedo
Blair
Judge Howard
Tays
Charles E. Ellis
C. E. Mortinmer
Rangers
Ranger
John Atkinson
Billy Marsh
Jesus Telles
Old Mexico
Tay
General Hatch
Hatch
Baylor
Salt Lake
Guadalupes