Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

A landscape significant for its role during the Mexican-American war has been added to the National Park System at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park in Texas.

Over two dozen people were seen scouring parts of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park with metal detectors in recent weeks, and then collecting historic artifacts they discovered during their search. What was going on…and where is Palo Alto Battlefield?

Commemorative activities at the Palma de Reseca Battlefield recently drew attention to a little known national park with an important distinction. Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park near Brownsville, Texas is the only NPS unit that preserves a Mexican War battle site (and it does a fine job of it, too).