San Elizario Salt War - Wikipedia
The San Elizario Salt War, also known as the Salinero Revolt or the El Paso Salt War, was an extended and complex range war of the mid-19th century that revolved around the ownership and control of immense salt lakes at the base of the Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas.
Salt War of San Elizario - TSHA
Jun 1, 1995 · Within a few days several detachments of troops and a posse of American citizens descended on San Elizario, killing four men and wounding several others on the way. The leaders of the mob and many of their followers fled to Mexico.
El Paso Salt Wars - U.S. National Park Service
Sep 23, 2022 · The El Paso Salt War began in the late 1860’s as a struggle between El Paso businessmen W.W. Mills, Albert J. Fountain, and Louis Cardis in an attempt to acquire title to the salt deposits near the base of the Guadalupe Mountains.
El Paso Salt War - Legends of America
The El Paso Salt War, also known as the Salinero Revolt and the San Elizario Salt War, began in the late 1860s and was a struggle between El Paso, Texas businessmen to acquire title to the salt deposits near the base of the Guadalupe Mountains.
Borderlands: Salt War of 1877 Divided Southwest Residents 18 …
Nov 18, 2024 · On December 12, 1877, Howard rode into San Elizario with a group of twenty Texas Rangers to enforce his ban on salt removal without payment. A mob of hundreds of angry, armed men met them. Father Borrajo had sent instructions for the Mexican to kill the Anglos.
Salt War erupted over attempt to start charging fees for it in 1877
Aug 13, 2020 · On Nov. 6, a mob of 200 men threatened the two men who put up the $12,000 bond for Howard, in San Elizario. The men sent to El Paso for help. Sheriff Kerber was able to find only two men...
Salt War turns bloody - TSHA
On this day in 1877, Charles H. Howard shot and killed Louis Cardis in a store in El Paso. The killing was merely the latest, though hardly the last, violent episode in a long dispute known as the Salt War of San Elizario.
Salt War - The Historical Marker Database
Nov 4, 2010 · The Salt War rose from political conflicts in El Paso County and from the controversies over control of the salt lakes east of El Paso that for centuries had been a free source of salt for local residents. (A historical marker …
Tracing the Salt Road, Where West Texas Geology, History Meet
Jan 31, 2019 · Spanish invaders sent wagon trains to gather salt for mines in Chihuahua. But in the late 19th century, the Guadalupe Mountains Salt Lakes became a flashpoint in a violent conflict. Echoes of the San Elizario Salt War continue to sound today, and its traces are etched in the West Texas landscape.
It looks specifically at the El Paso Salt War of 1877, an extended altercation along the U.S.-Mexico border that began with misunderstandings about property ownership and ended with at least twelve dead, forty wounded, and more than $500,000 worth of prop-