The U.S. gets pulled into the Revolution. March 9, 1916. Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa and his Division of the North attack Columbus, NM. Eight...
Villa’s Raid on New Mexico
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Pancho Villa
Patrick Murphy’s One-Man Air Corps
A bright orange glow spread across the eastern New Mexico horizon on the morning of March 9th, 1916. The sleepy border town of Columbus was slowly...
The Saga of Pancho Villa
A bright orange glow spread across the eastern New Mexico horizon on the morning of March 9, 1916. The sleepy border town of Columbus was slowly...
Giving and Comfort Some Chinese were rewarded for helping American Forces in the Punitive Expedition.
During the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916-1917, Mexicans generally refused to help American troops, who they viewed as invaders. But...
The Punitive Expedition – Pluses and Minuses The incursion into Mexico was part success, part failure.
General John Pershing led the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916-1917. American troops sought for Pancho Villa and his men after they had...
The Great Raid George Patton gained his spurs in a Mexican gunfight.
May 1916. Lieutenant George Patton led a group of 10 soldiers on a raid of a Mexican ranch, looking for Pancho Villa aide Julio Cardenas. It...
Frontier Hygiene and Pancho Villa’s Missing Head
What was frontier life like in the 1880s? Rena Miller Titusville, Florida What you see in Westerns is a sanitized version of life in the 19th...
The Mexican Revolution’s Mata Hari
The true story of the mysterious and elusive Helene Pontipirani
Guns of Mexico’s Freedom Fighters
During Mexico’s 1910 Revolution, rebel forces fought with muzzle-loaders, lever-action and bolt-action repeaters—even machine guns.
Combate De Los Malamigos (The Battle Of Bad Friends)
Villa vs Calles: With friends like these, who needs enemies? Pancho gets whipped and three of his adversaries become president of Mexico!
Pancho Villa And The El Paso Connection
¡Ay Chihuahua! How this strategic U.S. town launched the Mexican Revolution.
Pancho Villa and the El Paso Connection
Although Pancho Villa—whose real name was Doroteo Arango—is the best known figure of the Mexican Revolution, Villa would perhaps never have gained...