Emory-Salazar Commission

• American

Emory-Salazar Commission was a commission created to establish a boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both republics. From 1849 to 1855, three separate boundary commissions surveyed a 2000 mile long border from Paso, Mexico (present-day Ciudad Juarez) to the Pacific Ocean. The US commissioner was William H Emory and Jose Salazar y Larregui was the Mexican Commissioner. - AsNotedIn