GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.584961000000
Longitude: -106.272532000000
Longitude: -106.272532000000
County:
- El Paso
Date:
December 12-17, 1877
Time Period:
Description:
Armed Mexicans riot and take over the town of San Elizario, sixteen miles south of El Paso, to protest Anglo-American control of salt deposits near Guadalupe Peak. Two whites, Charles Ellis, C. E. Mortimer, are killed in the rioting; three others, Charles Howard, John E. McBride, and John G. Atkinson, are subsequently executed when the mob takes control of the town.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, C. L. Sonnichsen, "SALT WAR OF SAN ELIZARIO," accessed August 21, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jcs01.
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 358-362.
Charles Henry Howard GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.584961000000
Longitude: -106.272532000000
Longitude: -106.272532000000
County:
- El Paso
Date:
December 12-17, 1877
Event Description:
Armed Mexicans riot and take over the town of San Elizario, sixteen miles south of El Paso, to protest Anglo-American control of salt deposits near Guadalupe Peak. Two whites, Charles Ellis, C. E. Mortimer, are killed in the rioting; three others, Charles Howard, John E. McBride, and John G. Atkinson, are subsequently executed when the mob takes control of the town.
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, C. L. Sonnichsen, "SALT WAR OF SAN ELIZARIO," accessed August 21, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jcs01.
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 358-362.
Charles Henry Howard