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Kerber, Charles

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Kerber, Charles

August 20, 2026

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Sheriff Charles Kerber, who served in El Paso County from 1874 to 1877, took part in the San Elizario Salt War, though accounts differ on the extent of his role. The conflict, remembered as El Paso’s first and only race riot, began in 1877 when former district judge Charles Howard claimed the salt…

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