Book Title: Salt Warriors Insurgency on the Rio Grande Volume 11 CansecoKeck History Series Author: Paul Cool Plot Summary: The Salt Warriors Insurgency on the Rio Grande is a groundbreaking book that sheds light on one of the most significant yet little-known events in American history - the El Paso Salt War of 187. The book challenges the traditional narrative that the conflict was a mindless rabble, instead revealing it as an insurgency born out of a deliberate community-based decision rooted in the American nation's original fight for self-governance. The book explores how the local Mexican Americans had long held common ownership of the immense salt lakes at the base of the Guadalupe Mountains since Spanish rule, believing their title was confirmed in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. However, to American businessmen who saw the white expanse as a cash crop, ownership appeared up for grabs. The author, Paul Cool, employs previously untapped sources and thoroughly examines familiar ones, such as the government report "El Paso Troubles in Texas," to create a detailed study of the war. First-person accounts from reports and newspaper items provide a landmark day-by-day account of the San Elizario battle, including the location of the Texas Ranger positions.

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