W. T. Millington and the Mexican Revolution: The Search for Battle Sites and Camps

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Big Bend Complex: Landscapes of History" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Millington letters from 1910 to 1913 described military actions along the Rio Grande in Presidio, Texas, at the start of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920). These letters are handwritten accounts of the Mexican Revolution and what was occurring across the U.S.–Mexico international border and how this unfolded in the Big Bend region. This presentation will examine what happened in this area and the battles across the river in Mexico between the “insurrectors” and Mexican soldiers. We will review what has been found archeologically on the United States side and explorations in Mexico. In all, by examining new information along the border and how the International Boundary Commission (IBC) under Consulting Engineer W. W. Follett was involved, we can understand a little more of this time in history. Examination of Follett’s activities and Millington’s letters show how both played large but unknown roles in history, especially in the Big Bend region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• The Big Bend Complex: Landscapes of History

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Abstract Id(s): 29891