El Paso Salt War comes to Las Cruces NM on April 18

Less than one month until the New Mexico-Arizona Joint History Conference in Las Cruces, April 18-20. I have the honor of being the opening plenary session speaker. The topic? New Mexico and Arizona Territories involvement in the El Paso Salt War of 1877.  Murderous politicians, Gilded Age hustlers, Texas Rangers good and bad, Buffalo Soldiers, a sheriff’s posse of outlaw deputies, and an army of Tejano “minute men” fighting for their rights as American citizens.   Link to the program, with registration and hotel information here:   http://arizonahistory.org/2013%20conv/HSNMLC13–WebProgramJan292013.pdf