NPS / 106 GROUP For decades, this place stood at the center of an international boundary dispute. After nearly a century of conflict, diplomacy prevailed. Negotiation preserved goodwill between countries that once had been at war. The resolution came at a cost, disrupting people, the land, and the river that shaped them. 
Cultural LandscapeWater Made This Place 
WarThe Cost of the US-Mexican War 
BoundaryDrawing a Boundary After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 
Century of ConflictA Shifting River and Contested Boundary 
NegotiationMapping a Solution to the Chamizal Issue 
People ReactPerspectives on the Chamizal Solution 
ImplementationResolution and Impacts of the Chamizal Convention 
CelebrationTwo Countries Commemorate Milestones |
Last updated: December 23, 2021