Main Street, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, where Walter I went for such things as supplies, mail, and payroll. Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, was twenty to thirty miles south of the Amatlán Mining Company
The Amatlán Mining Company camp
Cristeros posing in front of Pentland's office
Cristero Chiefs of Staff
Cristero chiefs and escorts
Cristeros waiting outside Walter Pentland's office. Some are inside talking with him about his "contribution" to their cause:
The Cristeros were part of a rebellion waged in western Mexico in response to what were considered vigorous anticlerical measures instituted by Mexico's President Plutarco Elías Calles. The church responded by suspending all religious ceremonies. Historians believe the church also approved and supported the Cristeros rebellion. ["Mexico, history of" Encyclopædia Britannica accessed July 15, 2002]
The arrow in the left image points to the spot on the trail where Federal soldiers were photographed, arriving two weeks after the Cristeros visited Walter I for his "contribution to the revolution.
Walter Pentland II explained to his son, Walter III, that Walter I desisted on calling the federal troops because they were more expensive than the payroll in terms of lodging and support. In addition, individual soldiers sometimes robbed and harrassed the miners and their families.
Federal soldiers and their horses outside Walter I's office.
Federal soldiers and their horses outside Walter I's office.
