Historical Marker
La Salineta on the Camino Real
Historical marker location:
Texas Highway 20, Anthony, Texas, vicinity, New Mexico
( 3.6 miles south of the New Mexico/Texas state line within El Paso County, Texas.)
In September, 1680, refugees fleeing the Pueblo Revolt assembled at La Salineta, a paraje – or stopping place – near here named for salt deposits along the Rio Grande. Antonio de Otermín, governor and captain-general of New Mexico, ordered a muster of those present; he counted 1,946 individuals. Here too, the decision was made to retreat to El Paso del Norte (present-day Juarez) rather than attempt an immediate reconquest of the province.