Salt War
August 20, 2026
The San Elizario Salt War of 1877–1878 centered on control of the salt lakes northeast of San Elizario, El Paso County, Texas, where local Mexicans had long taken salt without charge and where Judge Charles H. Howard, acting for George B. Zimpleman, asserted legal claim to the deposits. The dispute…
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