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San Elizario Salt War

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armed men arrested the compliant jurist, however, and others went in search of Howard, locating him at Sheriff Kerber's home in Yselta. Under the leadership of Francisco "Chico" Barela, they seized Howard and marched him back to San Elizario. For three days, he was held prisoner by several hundred men, led by Sisto Salcido, Lino Granillo, and Barela. On October 3, he was finally released upon payment of a $ 12,000 bond and his written relinquishment of all rights to the salt deposits. Howard left for
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surrendered to adversaries. Howard, Ranger Sergeant John McBride, and merchant and ex-police lieutenant John G. Atkinson were immediately executed by firing squad with their bodies hacked and dumped into a well. The Rangers were disarmed and sent out of town. The civic leaders of San Elizario fled to Mexico, and the people of the town looted the buildings. In all, 12 people were killed and 50 wounded.
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context of the long and often violent social struggle of Mexican-Americans to be treated as equal citizens in the United States and not as a subjugated people. Most recently, the "mob" has been described as an organized political-military insurgency with the goal of re-establishing local control of their fundamental political rights and economic future.
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former citizens of Mexico than to either US political party, and was influential in swinging their votes in any direction he thought beneficial to the community or to himself. Howard was elected district judge and about the same time began feuding with Cardis over who would be the county's political "top dog".
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The conflict began as a local quarrel and grew in stages to finally occupy the attention of both the Texas and federal governments. Newspaper editors throughout the nation covered the story, often with frenzied tone and in lurid detail. At the conflict's height, as many as 650 men bore arms. About 20
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who collected salt the going rate for its retrieval, but he insisted the salt was his. The Tejanos of San Elizario, encouraged by Father Borrajo (by now the former pastor), with the support of Cardis, gathered and kept salt in spite of Howard's claim. The people did not look only to outside leaders.
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In 1872, Charles Howard, a Virginian by birth, came to the region determined to restore the Democratic Party to power in West Texas. His natural rival was Mills, so he struck up an alliance with Cardis, who was influential with Hispanic voters in the region. Cardis had a stronger allegiance to the
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route. In 1863, the people of San Elizario, as a community, built by subscription a road running east to the salt lakes. Early residents of the Rio Grande valley at El Paso were granted community access rights to these lakes by the King of Spain, and these rights were later grandfathered in by the
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Besides the many casualties, the war cost an estimated $ 31,050 in property damage. Additionally, many crop losses were sustained because local farmers did not till or harvest their fields for several months; loss of wheat crops alone was estimated at $ 48,000. To these immediate financial losses
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On September 29, 1877, José Mariá Juárez and Macedonia Gandara threatened to collect a wagonload of salt. When Howard learned of their activities, he had the men arrested by El Paso County Sheriff Charles Kerber and went to court in San Elizario that evening to legally restrain them. A faction of
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Traditionally, the uprising of Mexican-Americans during the San Elizario Salt War has been described by historians as a bloody riot by a howling mob. The Texas Rangers who surrendered, especially their commander, have been described as unfit. More recent scholarship has placed the war within the
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led by Tays. Once again, a group of armed insurgents descended upon them. Howard and the Rangers took cover in the buildings, eventually taking refuge in the town's church. After a two-day siege, Tays surrendered the company of Rangers, marking the only time in history a Texas Ranger unit ever
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In 1870, a group of influential leaders from Franklin claimed the land on which the salt deposits were found. They were unsuccessful in gaining sole title to the land, and a feud over its ownership and control began. William Wallace Mills favored individual private ownership,
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to keep an eye on the border and the local Mexican population. When the railroad came to West Texas in 1883, it bypassed San Elizario. The town's population decreased, and ethnic Mexicans lost much of their political influence in the region.
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was a relatively large community south of the river from its founding in 1789 until an 1829 flood changed the course of the river, leaving San Elizario on "La Isla", a new island between the new and old channels of the Rio Grande.
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and began pushing for his plan of county government ownership with community access. San Elizario's Spanish priest, Father Antonio Borrajo, opposed the plan and gained the support of Cardis. On December 7, 1870, Judge
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mercenaries caused hundreds of Tejanos to flee to Mexico, some in permanent exile. The right of individuals to own the salt lakes, which had previously been held as a community asset, was established by force of arms.
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and identified the "deepest channel", i.e. the southern channel, as the official international boundary. The status of San Elizario was further made official by the 1853 treaty that sold the territory of the
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favored county government ownership with community access. This led Cardis and Fountain to join together as the so-called "Anti-Salt ring", while Mills became the leader of the opposing "Salt ring".
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from ore in Chihuahua mines. Historically, caravans to the salt lakes traveled either down the Rio Grande and then straight north or via what became the
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proclaimed the Rio Grande as the southern border of the new country. The nationality of the people of San Elizario was disputed until the signing of the
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In response to pleas from a frightened Anglo community (numbering fewer than 100 residents out of nearly 5,000 in the county), Governor of Texas
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Charles H. Howard was long reported to have been a native of Missouri, but Virginia has now been established as his birthplace. See Sonnichsen,
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brought many entrepreneurs to the area. The families of San Elizario had deep roots and were loath to accept the newcomers. Many
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As a result of the unrest, San Elizario lost its status as county seat, which was relocated to the growing town of El Paso. The
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colonials and later Mexicans settled a series of communities along the south banks of the river, which provided protection from
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and replenishing what sweating took from humans and animals. Its value made it a commodity used for barter along
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drew salt of a high purity to the surface. This salt was valuable for a wide variety of purposes, including
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had begun to reclaim political influence in the state. The Democratic operatives, with their ties to the
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settled in the small community of Franklin, Texas, a trading village across the Rio Grande from the
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is a natural barrier in West Texas. Long before claims to the region were made by Anglo-Americans,
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Republic of Mexico and in accordance with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Beginning in 1866, the
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to 30 men were killed in the 12-year fight for salt, and perhaps double that number were wounded.
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In the summer of 1877, Howard filed a claim for the salt lakes in the name of his father-in-law,
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This position relative to the river became more important in 1836, when the newly independent
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created great changes in the political landscape of West Texas. The end of the war and
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to the United States. At that time, San Elizario was the largest US community between
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raids from the north. Prior to major water-control projects on the Rio Grande such as
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Falling back on a long tradition of local self-government, they formed committees (
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of the mid-19th century that revolved around the ownership and control of immense
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On December 12, 1877, Howard returned to San Elizario with a company of 20
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favored the Hispanic community concept of commonwealth, and
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For traditional and revisionist views of Tays, see Webb,
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against a leading politician, who was supported by the
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Index

Range Wars
El Paso County
Texas
United States
History of Chicanos
and Mexican Americans


Josefa Segovia
Las Gorras Blancas
Mexican–American War
Mutualista
San Elizario Salt War
Sonoratown
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1913 El Paso smelters' strike
1917 Bath riots
Bisbee Deportation
Bloody Christmas
Bracero program
Cantaloupe strike of 1928
California agricultural strikes
Citrus Strike of 1936
La Matanza
Mexican Repatriation
Operation Wetback
Plan de San Diego
Porvenir Massacre
Sleepy Lagoon trial
Zoot Suit Riots
Aztlán
Black-brown unity

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