In the early morning cold, Texas Rangers and local ranchers took 15 unarmed Mexican American men and boys from their homes in Porvenir, Texas. They marched them to a bluff and killed them without trial or evidence of wrongdoing.
The surviving women and children fled. The U.S. Army later burned what remained of their village. No one was ever held criminally responsible. For generations, families carried the truth while the country largely forgot.
Archaeological work in 2015 confirmed the location and recovered evidence that helped reveal the military’s involvement. Construction through this landscape could destroy evidence that still has more to teach us.
108years later, the fight against erasure continues.
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