AN INCIDENT OF THE MEXICAN WAR MEMORIAL
THE AMERICAN FORCES WERE DRIVEN UPON A BUTTE IN THE DESERT, ON WHICH THERE WAS NO WATER AND WERE SURROUNDED BY THE MEXICAN FORCES. EDWARD F. BEALE AND KIT CARSON VOLUNTEERED TO GET THROUGH THE MEXICAN LINES AND GET REINFORCEMENTS AND THEY SAVED THE AMERICAN FORCES.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Stone Carving Memorials
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
SYD WHITTLE
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