Buena Vista

(place) by EverybodysCyclopedia Sun Jun 01 2003 at 4:50:00

Buena Vista, a village of Mexico, 7 miles S. of Saltillo, where, on Feb. 22-23, 1847, some 5,000 United States troops, under Taylor, defeated 20,000 Mexicans under Santa Ana.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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