Revolution on the Rio Grande : Mexican raids and army pursuits, 1916-1919
Justice, Glen , 1948-
Revolution on the Rio Grande : Mexican raids and army pursuits, 1916-1919 / by Glenn Justice. - 1st edition - El Paso, Tex. : Texas Western Press : University of Texas at El Paso , c1992. - 100 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Southwestern studies ; no. 95 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-100).
In March, 1916, Pancho Billa raided the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. In 1917 the Brite Ranch in western Presidio County, Texas became the target of Mexican raiders and in 1918, the Eighth U.S. Calvary, along with a group of Texas Rangers and ranchers retaliated and burned the village of Porvenir, Texas to the ground. Violence escalated. Using previously undiscovered sources, including military records and private papers, Glenn Justice takes a fresh view of these border raids and retaliations. His account of the massacre at Porvenir and the U.S. reprisal at Pilares has not been fully told before.
874041864
91065782
Rio Grande Valley----History
Mexico---History---Revolution, 1910-1920
F392.R5 / J87 1992
LAS 976.4 JUS
Revolution on the Rio Grande : Mexican raids and army pursuits, 1916-1919 / by Glenn Justice. - 1st edition - El Paso, Tex. : Texas Western Press : University of Texas at El Paso , c1992. - 100 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Southwestern studies ; no. 95 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-100).
In March, 1916, Pancho Billa raided the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. In 1917 the Brite Ranch in western Presidio County, Texas became the target of Mexican raiders and in 1918, the Eighth U.S. Calvary, along with a group of Texas Rangers and ranchers retaliated and burned the village of Porvenir, Texas to the ground. Violence escalated. Using previously undiscovered sources, including military records and private papers, Glenn Justice takes a fresh view of these border raids and retaliations. His account of the massacre at Porvenir and the U.S. reprisal at Pilares has not been fully told before.
874041864
91065782
Rio Grande Valley----History
Mexico---History---Revolution, 1910-1920
F392.R5 / J87 1992
LAS 976.4 JUS
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