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Aug 23, 2024 · EDINBURG, RGV – Last month a much awaited statue of Col. José de Escandón y Helguera was officially unveiled and made available for students and community individuals to view and learn about the accomplishments of this military man called the ‘Father of South Texas.’
Aug 23, 2024 · Nuevo Santander: Texas’ youngest sister, this last province was set up in northern Mexico by Count José de Escandón in 1747. (Please note that South Texas was part of Nuevo Santander (Tamaulipas) until 1848.)
6 days ago · Settlers in the colonies founded by José de Escandón in South Texas requested individual land allocations as early as 1753, but not until 1767 did a Spanish royal commission began the work of surveying and granting possession of land to individual colonists at the Rio Grande villas of Laredo, Mier, Camargo, Revilla (later Guerrero), and ...
Aug 22, 2024 · Of significance is the fact that when Colonel José de Escandón established over 20 Villas del Norte in Nuevo Santander, he approved only two to be built on the east side of the Rio Grande. One is in what’s now Zapata County (Dolores, 1749), and the other one in Webb County (Laredo, 1755), about 30 miles upstream.
3 days ago · Serra founded the five Missions of the Sierra Gorda in Querétaro, Mexico, between 1750 and 1760 (Santa María del Agua de Landa pictured) The Sierra Gorda Indian missions, some 90 miles north of Santiago de Querétaro, were nestled in a vast region of jagged mountains, home of the Pame people and a scattering of Spanish colonists. The Pames ...
3 days ago · In many ways, it’s a heartbreaking piece about the impossibility of escaping loss and despair, but it also offers insight into how we can grow from the firsthand experience of failure. In the work of housing and homelessness, we had our share of setbacks recently.
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Aug 26, 2024 · Despite nearly dueling, Monte Cristo comes to appreciate Albert's fundamental decency. Upon learning of his father's disgrace, Albert forgives Monte Cristo for exposing his father's crimes. He ...
