Camargo, Revilla, Mier, and Laredo were among the original Settlements on the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande borderlands. The Families of Camargo: The 1757 Census Households, named residents, and the mission community
Shattered Ribbons: Forced Partition Along the Starr County Riverlands In the arid brush country of Starr County, survival has always depended on access to the Rio Grande, where 18th-century Spanish
For those searching for ancestors. I have spent about 15 years researching ancestors; information is hard to find. So I hope this helps a few of you. But if nothing
Click on the following link; it will take you to a webpage where the census is easier to view .
Graciela Olivárez reached law school without a high school diploma or a college degree. Before earning those credentials, she had already become an advocate for Mexican Americans and poor families.
In 1918, Texas allowed women to vote in Democratic primaries for the first time. About 386,000 women registered for the July 27 primary. Black women, however, were still excluded from
When I was studying at Oklahoma State, I met numerous Indigenous people. They would often ask me what tribe I belonged to. I had no idea, what tribe I belonged
The riders gathered before the dust had even begun to drift across the Arroyo de los Guerras. It was the low, breathless hour before sunrise, when the chaparral looked gray
For those seeking ancestors whose road leads to the founding of Mier. Censo de Mier, 1757 — Historia para todos · Consulta libre y gratuita. .
While I can be certain that my grandfather married a woman born in New Mexico, research suggests that South Texas and Northern Mexico Vaqueros herded cattle to the army bases
My youngest brother, Joel, recorded my parents around 2001-2002 and asked them questions about their early lives. I am very thankful to him because it adds to the story of
Eighty Years Later, Estela Finally Walked the Graduation Stage In 1946, Estela Gallegos Pérez was supposed to finish her education at Martin High School in Laredo. Instead, a mistaken tuberculosis
I was a student at the University of Houston at the time, and I was one of the U of H students who taught at the schools. This was an
I used to go to Zapata to visit relatives. Later, I drove across Falcon Dam on my way into Mexico, with the Rio Grande held back on one side and
Before Bobby Pulido became a star, his father Roberto was El Primo to Tejano audiences across South Texas. He called people primo—cousin—and they called him that in return. For many
For years, Black and Mexican-American children attended West Oso schools under a system controlled largely by Anglo trustees. The district segregated Black students, Mexican-American families had little political power, and
With the help of ChatGPT and hours of work, we created the 1860 census for Starr County, Texas. If you want to use it, it is here for you to
When I began tracing the Barrera side of my family, I expected to find baptisms, marriages, births, and deaths. What I did not expect was to find my ancestors already
West Oso has never been one of Texas’ wealthy school districts. It served working-class families on the edge of Corpus Christi, many of them Mexican American and Black, and much
Listen to the story Going backward has been the best way to trace my ancestors: census records, birth records, baptisms, and marriages. Along the way, I found that my father
