Sali?eno

Saline?o is on the Rio Grande two miles from State Highway 83 and twelve miles northwest of Roma in western Starr County. It is a quaint, 250-year-old community, formerly headquarters of Rancho Salinas. The site is near an ancient Indian river crossing, which was used until bridges were completed. Ranching in the Mier (Tamaulipas) and Saline?o area started in 1734, and by 1757 five area ranches had 4,000 horses and cattle and 40,000 sheep and goats. The area was in the province of Nuevo Santander under the Spanish and in Tamaulipas under the Mexicans; it became part of the state of Texas in 1848, after the Mexican War