Mines, Cattle, and Rebellion - An Intimate Portrait of the Mexican Revolution
A documentary history built upon thousands of original letters, journals, business records, and archival documents.
About This Book
Through the voices of ranch owners, managers, employees, investors, and visitors, Mines, Cattle, and Rebellion presents the remarkable history of Hacienda de Corralitos Ranch, one of northern Mexico's most influential cattle and mining enterprises. Once encompassing more than 1.5 million acres in Chihuahua, Mexico, Corralitos stood at the center of one of northern Mexico's largest cattle ranching and mining enterprises, influencing the Apache wars, the growth of El Paso, the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, and General John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition.
An Intimate Portrait of the Mexican Revolution
More than a history of a ranch, Mines, Cattle and Rebellion documents 275 years of the people, industries, and events that shaped northern Mexico and the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands. From the final years of the Apache conflicts and the Copper Trail to the rise of foreign investment and the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, Corralitos stood at the crossroads of extraordinary historical change.
Built upon thousands of original letters, journals, business records, and archival documents gathered from major university special collections and private archives, the book presents history largely through the firsthand accounts of ranch owners, managers, employees, investors, and visitors. Together, their correspondence reveals daily life, political turmoil, military conflict, and the human stories behind one of northern Mexico's most influential cattle and mining enterprises.
Illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and archival documents, the volume provides additional context and brings the people, places, and events of the Corralitos Ranch to life.
Readers will encounter the people and events that shaped the region, including Cochise, Geronimo, Pancho Villa, General John J. Pershing, the Corralitos Candelaria Mining Company, the Mexican Northwestern Railroad, and the emergence of El Paso, Texas, as a major transportation and smelting center.
Rather than interpreting history through the lens of modern hindsight, Mines, Cattle, and Rebellion allows those who witnessed these extraordinary events to tell their own story through the letters, journals, and correspondence they left behind.
Historical Highlights
Recommended for readers of Borderlands history, the Mexican Revolution, Western history, military history, and primary-source documentary research.
Book Details
Length: 428 pages
Genre: Documentary History • Borderlands History • Mexican Revolution • American West
ISBN: 978-0-9904161-0-4