Valley History by Norman Rozeff (and a few others)
The author,
Norman Rozeff,
encourages comments and suggestions concerning this material and you can reach
him via e-mail by clicking his name.
(Norman also has a page of articles on "Harlingen History" which can be opened by Clicking and also another page listing the "Chronological History of Harlingen" which can be opened by Clicking.)
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First Year
Index of Valley Morning Star "Our Heritage" Page
Second Year Index of Valley Morning Star
"Our Heritage" Page
Third Year
Index, Valley Morning Star "Our Heritage" Page
Fourth Year Index, Valley Morning
Star, "Our Heritage" Page
Fifth Year Index, Valley Morning
Star, "Our Heritage" Page
The Earliest Area Inhabitants
20th
Century Brought Renewed Life to the Old Miller Hotel
A Little Railroad and How It Grew
Before Fame Came, They
Worked in the Valley
Brownsville Rainfall Statistics
Clouds over
Brownsville and Major Blocksom's Investigation of the "Brownsville Raid"
Cameron County History Online
Invited To Be Dinner; It Ate
Our Lunch
It Shaped the Valley
Niche Industry was in Mercedes
Our Language Embraces the
Southwest
Significant Women in
the History of South Texas
Some Firsthand
History of the Spiderweb Railroad
The Gravity Canal Movement
The Insistence of
Memory—Pancho Villa and Matamoros
The Stage Line and the Paso Real
When St. Louis Bankrolled the
Valley
Weslaco Glowed Brightly in a Gloomy Period
Ed Couch, Prominent Valley Developer
Robert Runyon: A Man for All Seasons
Primera, Texas Celebrates 50 Years as a Town
Carl Lee Tanberg to the students of the Wilson School,
Primera
Vela, Filemon Bartome (1935-2004)
Garza, Reynaldo Guerra (1915-2004)
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1933
Ghostly Trains Through the Valley
Colonel Heywood Promoted the San Benito
Area
Medal of Honor
Recipient Billy Harrell of Mercedes
Vignettes of Rio Hondo History
Hometown Hispanic Icons
The Big Bell of Santa Rosa
Information on Al
Escalante, Brownsville Golf Pro
The LRGV Hurricane of 1933
Cotton History Highlights
Valley Baseball in the Late 1930s
The Story of Cameron County
Courthouses
The Cortez Hotel, Weslaco—The
Beginning
Forto Family Extracts
Two Great Freezes of the 20th
Century
Américo Paredes, Brownsville Native and Hispanic Icon
Three Valley Engineers
Hispanics Take
Action at 1927 Harlingen Convention
Origins of the Military Highway
The General Brant Highway
The Short Line Railroad of the
Valley
The Valley in Dispute
Beginnings of U. S. Navy Radio Communications
Near Norias, A
Case of Ranger Justice?
Ranches of Significance in Cameron County
Railroad Service to the Rio Grande
Dr. Héctor Pérez García, Hometown Hero of Mercedes, Texas
Forty-niners in the Valley
Who Was Clay Davis?
Hicks-Gregg House
ESTÉFANA
GOSEASCOCHEA CEMETERY
The Story of Union Forces in South Texas
During the Civil War
Brownsville's Forgotten
Namesake
Civilizing the Frontier—The Porters
Dr. Héctor Pérez García, Hometown
Hero of Mercedes, Texas
The McNair House of Brownsville
Hicks/Lawrence House of
Brownsville
Citrus History Excerpts
2003-4 First Year Index of Valley Morning Star "Our Heritage" Page
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Date |
Article |
Photo |
Extended Obituary |
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5/22/03 |
Pineda Stone |
L.C. Hill, hunting party |
Manuel R. Barrientez, Willacy |
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5/29/03 |
Border Radio |
Port Isabel |
Lola Jayne McHenry, Harlingen |
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6/5/03 |
Issac Neville Fleeson |
Service Club-HAAF |
Willard Wayne Potter, Harlingen |
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6/12/03 |
Rockets Across the Rio; Travels of Cabeza de Vaca |
The Pig (restaurant /store) |
Lorenzo Ayala, Weslaco |
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6/19/03 |
Snake King; Pig Memories |
Senovia Cantu, San Benito |
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6/26/03 |
Snake King; Sociedad Benito Juarez |
Mexiquitta,Port Isabel |
Henry C. "Hank" Schute, Brownsville |
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7/3/03 |
Joseph Chance Misc.; Pioneer families in 7/4 parade |
Farm Security Administration Labor Campschool |
Hector Edmundo Casas, San Benito |
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7/10/03 |
Railcars in Brownsville |
Valley Mid-Winter Fair Parade |
Bob Dietz, Bayview |
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7/17/03 |
Mid-Winter Parade |
Beulah Flooding |
Martha Oekerman, La Feria |
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7/24/03 |
Port Isabel Museum Loans |
Sebastian Dominoes Players |
Juanez Fountain, Harlingen |
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7/31/03 |
1915 Troops in Brownsville |
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8/7/03 |
1915 Infantry to the Rescue |
TX Int'l Fishing Tournament, 1930s |
Jose Ricardo Gonzales, La Tina |
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8/14/03 |
Fishing Tournament |
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Aurora Gonzales, San Benito |
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8/21/03 |
" " |
Gateway Bridge 1940s; Old Cypress |
Abraham Solis, Sr., Los Fresnos |
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8/28/03 |
Search for Old Farms; Sam Ringgold |
Battle of Palo Alto |
Daniel Cavazos, San Benito |
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9/4/03 |
Del Mar Beach |
Jackson Street, Harlingen, 1930s |
Virgil Lashbrook, Rio Hondo |
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9/11/03 |
F.Z. Bishop; Remains near Ft. Victoria |
La Nueva Libertad Bldg., Brownsville |
Gloria Robles, San Benito |
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9/18/03 |
Brownsville Downtown; HAFB Reunion |
HAFB photos |
Jerry Beach, South Padre Island |
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9/25/03 |
Base Activities |
Pharr Movie Theater |
Craig Cross, Harlingen |
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10/2/03 |
Texas Movie Houses |
El Jardin Hotel |
Rev. Aldegundo Alfaro Marguez, Valley |
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10/9/03 |
El Jardin Events; Arroyo RR. Bridge |
1930s Fast Food Stand |
Baldemar P. Rodriguez, Harlingen |
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10/16/03 |
Boo Koo Eatery; Historic Cemeteries |
Reese-Wil-Mond Hotel 1930s |
Miriam Vale, Rio Grande City |
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10/23/03 |
Pharr, Main Street City |
Runyon's Brownsville |
Guadeloupe C. Galvan, Harlingen |
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10/30/03 |
Letters on San Benito |
Harl. Fire Dept. & Municipal Auditorium |
Wallace Basse, Harlingen |
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11/6/03 |
Harlingen Auditorium |
Yacht Club, Port Isabel |
Dottie Burton, Weslaco |
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11/13/03 |
Yacht Club and Apts.; LULAC |
Champion Store, Port Isabel |
W. Raymond Cowley, Weslaco/Harl. |
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11/20/03 |
Champion Store; Edinburg Museum |
Harl. Filling Station 1930s |
Faustino Guetzow, San Benito |
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11/27/03 |
Depression Era Photographers in Harl./Weslaco |
Depression Era Photos; Cemetery |
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12/4/03 |
San Diego, TX Photo Book |
Rothstein Photo of Musical Drake Family |
Hector Medellin, Harl./La Feria |
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12/11/03 |
Anglin Family (Harl.); Rangerville Labor Camp |
Service Gin Fire, Weslaco |
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12/18/03 |
Labor Camp North of Rangerville |
Joseph Frankie, Jr., Los Fresnos |
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12/28/03 |
Memories of the Labor Camp |
Labor Camp Nursery |
Leon Tolliver "Tol" Boswell, Jr., San Benito |
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1/1/04 |
Naming of Harlingen; BooKoo Eatery |
Emilio Anzaldua Villarreal, Raymondville |
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1/8/04 |
About Hill |
Hill and William Jennings Bryan; Fort Ringgold Photos |
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1/15/04 |
Hill Memories; Comments on Bryan |
Old Miller Hotel, Brownsville |
Harold Fassold, South Padre Island |
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1/22/04 |
Medieval Book Review; Lew Wallace, Miller Hotel |
1958 Gateway Bridge Photo |
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1/29/04 |
Bridge Photo Comment |
De Molay Chapter in Harlingen |
Irene Faye Green Place, Harlingen |
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2/5/04 |
De Molay IDs |
J.W. Rhone Store |
Merle Cowart Goode, San Benito |
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2/12/04 |
Rhone Photo Feedback |
La Feria Little Brown Church |
Robert Sims, Harlingen |
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2/19/04 |
Rhone and La Feria Church Feedback |
Bob Buford, Harlingen |
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2/26/04 |
"Rails to the Rio" Book Review |
Laguna Madre Ocelot Kill |
Willis Hudson, Bayview |
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3/4/04 |
H.E. Butt House; RGC Home |
Highland School, San Benito; Butt House |
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3/11/04 |
Silk Stocking Row |
Taylor Street Houses; Donna High School |
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3/18/04 |
Giants Roared in Hanger 38; Donna High School; Silk Stocking Correction |
MA-IB Crop Duster |
Mike J. Till, La Feria |
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3/25/04 |
Feedback on Donna Schools |
Donna Schools; Pharr Hotel |
Irving Rieff, Rio Hondo |
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4/1/04 |
Memories of Commerce and Taylor Streets |
Alamo Defended; Edinburg School |
Julian Flores, Jr., Weslaco |
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4/8/04 |
La Providencia Plat Map & Story; Pharr Main Street; Alamo Tourist Club History |
Calle Victoria; Harlingen Ice House |
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4/15/04 |
Ice House Comments; Court House Grants |
Sharon Shanahan Frys, Harlingen |
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4/22/04 |
Mexican –American War Book Review |
Buster Atkins, Harlingen |
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4/29/04 |
Valley Ice Business; Review of "Cattle Brands" |
Ice Industry Pictures |
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5/6/04 |
Book Review of " The Wings of Change" |
Dewey "D.M." Mark, Harlingen |
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5/13/04 |
Ice and Cold Storage in Harlingen |
Jimmy Stone, Weslaco/Harlingen |
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5/20/04 |
Mercedes Shell Button Industry; Courthouse Restoration Funding |
1942 Girls' Knitting Club |
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5/27/04 |
First Year "Our Heritage" Page Showcased; Part II Shell Buttons |
1944 Obituary of Navy Man Marcelo Casa, San Benito |
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2004-5 Valley Morning Star Our Heritage Page Second Year Index
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Date |
Subject |
Photo |
Extended Obituary |
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6/3/04 |
Gorges Hall; Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grants; Park Service Info; Roma History; Juneteenth |
KGBT-TV |
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6/10/04 |
Brownsville Cathedral History; Knitting Club |
Knitting Club |
John Flowers, Monte Christo |
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6/17/04 |
Button Factory Followup |
Button Factory |
Ned Wood Solether, Weslaco |
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6/24/04
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Film Crew at Palo Alto Battlefield |
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Jose Nieto, Sr., El Sauz Ranch |
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7/1/04 |
HHPS Museum Celebration; Explanation of 1916 Lawmen Photo |
Lawmen Photo |
Charles W. Wofford III, Raymondville |
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7/8/04 |
Verser House; Rocket Restoration; Brownsville Railroad Centennial |
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7/15/04 |
Lozano Building; Brownsville Heritage District |
Runyon Photo 1909 |
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7/2204 |
Valley in Tropical Trails Program; La Feria Reunion; The National History Trail;Lozano Bldg. Feedback |
Old Sam Houston School |
Alexandra Ontiveros; San Benito |
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7/29/04 |
La Reforma Ghost Town; Lozano & Other Buildings & Business College |
La Reforma Map |
Jerome "Geronimo" Preiss, Floresville |
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8/5/04 |
Baxter, Wittenbach Bldgs. & Harl. Business Schools History |
Downtown Harlingen, 1927 |
Walter Gene Smith, Raymondville |
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8/12/04 |
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Nursery Schools, 1929 and 1960 |
James Eubanks, Santa Rosa |
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8/19/04 |
Wittenbach Bldg. Followup; Carl Chilton's Fort Brown Book |
American Eagle, San Benito |
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8/26/04 |
Texas Navy; McAllen Historical Development |
Eagle Pharmacy Family |
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9/2/04 |
Audrey Prentiss Walk Account of 1905-15 Era in the Valley |
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The. Rev. Norman Washington, Harlingen |
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9/9/04 |
Kindergarten Photo Feedback |
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Albina P. Longoria, San Benito |
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9/16/04 |
Cameron County History Online |
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Reynaldo Garza, Brownsville; Dewitt Farley, Weslaco |
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9/23 |
Pancho Villa Followup |
Picture of General Carranza |
Steven Robert King, Port Mansfield |
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9/30/04 |
W.J. Tiller "The Adventures of a Helicopter Cowboy" |
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Wayne Labar, Harlingen |
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10/7/04 |
Brownsville Raid;State Genealogy Conv.;Stillman—Brownsville Founder |
Weed Kindergarten and Memories |
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10/14/04 |
Rio Grande City History; Rozeff Genealogy Talk |
La Borde House |
Jesus "Chuy" Bazan, Pharr |
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10/21/04 |
Campacuas Cemetery Memorial Marker |
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C.L. "Smokey" Boyle |
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10/28/04 |
Dia do los Muertes & Harlingen Cemetery |
1916 Soldiers at Harlingen Station |
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11/4/04 |
San Benito Historic Marker Memorial Illumination |
Old Resaca Photo |
Gilberto Zepeda, Sr.; San Benito |
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11/11/04 |
Zimmerman Telegram; Agrasanchez Talk; DeLeon Family History |
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Morris W. Dodd, Combes-Lyford |
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11/18/04 |
Sad End to Harlingen Railroad Depot; Alamo Grafitti |
Old Depot Photos |
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11/25/04 |
From Balli to Berly—The Adams Gardens Connection; Genealogy Conf. and Award to Grannie |
Adams Gardens Gateposts |
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12/2/04 |
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1940s Greyhound Basketball Team |
Maria L.Gonzales, Santa Rosa; Martin Rosales, Austin |
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12/9/04 |
Grants for UTPA Library; Mexican Documents |
Team ID'd |
Juanita "Mommy Five" Romero, Los Fresnos |
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12/16/04 |
RGC House and Ghosts; THC Book Awards |
RGC Longoria House |
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12/23/04 |
Shared Language Embraces the Southwest |
Seven Old Rio Hondo Photos |
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12/30/04 |
Harlingen Street Names |
Misspelled Hays Street Name |
Robert I. Irby, Harlingen |
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1/6/05 |
Tropical Trails |
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James Austin Oden, Harlingen |
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1/13/05 |
Reese-Wil-Mond Hotel/Heritage Manor History; Weslaco Museum Replica |
South Padre Island 1964 |
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1/20/05 |
South Padre Island 1964 Feedback |
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Carlos Gracia, Sr., Harlingen |
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1/27/05 |
More South Padre Island And Jetties Feedback |
Jetties Area |
Judge Fidencio Guerra, Sr., McAllen |
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2/3/05 |
RGV Jewish Settlers |
Observant Jews |
Pedro "Pepe" Campos, Sr., Primera |
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2/10/05 |
Charles Stillman, Brownsville Founder |
Charro Days |
Arlo Alvin Haught, Brownsville |
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2/17/05 |
Heritage Plan Brownsville Tax Break; TX Independence Day Celebration in Austin |
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Leandro T. Garza, Harlingen |
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2/24/05 |
Harlingen Air Bases; Charro Days |
Charro Day Band |
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3/3/05 |
Robert E. Lee Hdqtrs., Fort Ringgold |
Headquarters building |
Capt. Walter A. Brooks, La Feria |
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3/10/05 |
Capt. Sanford Kidder's grave vandalized in Brownsville |
Kidder's grave |
Ezequiel C. Cavazos, Sr., Lyford |
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3/17/05 |
Port Isabel Lighthouse; Explorer LaSalle's "Belle", a Book Review |
Lighthouse |
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3/24/05 |
Robert Runyon—A Man for All Seasons |
Runyon Family |
Walter A. Theall, Harlingen |
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3/31/05 |
Primera History, Part I |
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Edward Lee Ashley, Harlingen |
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4/7/05 |
Primera history, Part II, Memories of Alex Trejo, former mayor of Primera |
Old Wilson School |
Russell T. Biddison, Lozano; Marion Hardey Arpee, Harl. |
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4/14/05 |
History of USO & Chuey's Supermarket, Harlingen; 1937 miller house, McAllen; Biddison and Runyon followups |
Biddison Mall, Chuey's Supermarket, USO bldg. |
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4/21/05 |
Valley Heritage Pride—Hispanic Ranching |
El Ranchito Ranch hands |
L.B. Reeder, Harlingen |
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4/28/05 |
Donald A. Hoffman & the Harlingen USO Club; Oldtime Brownsville Baseball |
WWII Hoffman Photos |
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5/5/05 |
Cinco de Mayo Festivities; Visionaries in Preservation Program |
Joe and Bertha Gavito |
Joe Gavito, Jr.,La Feria |
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5/12/05 |
Lafitte's Well. Laguna Vista; Victoria Theater, Brownsville; Paper Preservation |
Well and Theater |
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5/19/05 |
Student Winners of History Art Contest |
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Stacy Spiva Malone, Weslaco |
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5/26/05 |
99Year Old RG City Matriarch |
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Kenneth W. MacPherson, Harlingen |
2005-06 Third Year Index, Valley Morning Star "Our Heritage" Page
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Date |
Subject |
Photo |
Extended Obituary |
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6/2/05 |
Baseball Guru Shares Historical Collection |
Rene Torres |
Leopoldo G. Torres, Raymondville |
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6/9/05 |
Flames Fostered Town of Palm Valley |
Fred Deyo, Harlingen |
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6/16/05 |
Juneteenth; Restoring RGC Architecture |
Jim Ghilain, Harlingen |
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6/23/05 |
1909 Harlingen Flood |
Reymundo Y. Anciso, Harlingen |
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6/30/05 |
Fort Ringgold Mural |
Mural; Historic Paso Real |
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7/7/05 |
Paso Real History Feedback and also the Rogers Massacre |
Three of the Paso Real |
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7/14/05 |
Weslaco Glowed Brightly in Gloomy Period |
Architect Newell's portrait, his work in Weslaco and Los Fresnos |
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7/21/05 |
Couch Made Mark as Prominent Developer |
1933 Hurricane Damage on Jackson Street |
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7/28/05 |
1933 Hurricane Recollections |
Dr. George Lee Gallaher |
Larry Lee Danner, Harlingen |
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8/4/05 |
1933 Hurricane on Brazos Island |
Old Brazos Island Structures |
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8/11/05 |
More 1933 Hurricane Stories |
Frances Domanski, El Ranchito |
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8/18/05 |
Another 1933 Hurricane Story; Brownsville Raid Display |
Champion Building, Port Isabel |
Mary Champion Henggeler, Brownsville |
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8/25/05 |
Famed Sculptor, Lincoln Borglum, Farmed in Harlingen Area |
Mount Rushmore, L. Borglum sculptures |
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9/1/05 |
1933 Hurricane; History Information Sought |
Harvey Richards Airport |
Francisca V. Chavez, Raymondville |
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9/8/05 |
1933 Hurricane in Los Fresnos |
Damron photos |
Allan Wayne Damron, Raymondville & Terlingua |
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9/15/05 |
McAllen's Historic Resources Survey |
McAllen downtown |
James Leroy "Eddie" Grayson, Harlingen |
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9/22/05 |
Issac Bennoni Bigelow of 1800s; Disastrous 1940 Alamo Labor Truck/train Collision |
Grave of Bigelow |
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9/29/05 |
Reuse of Old Brownsville Jail; Origin of Garrett Road, Harlingen Name |
Photo of Two Border Bandits to be Executed in 1916 and Another of the Gallows |
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10/6/05 |
Community Heritage Workshop by the THC to be held in Harlingen |
San Benito House of Alba Heywood |
Carlos Flavio Vela, Harlingen |
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10/13/05 |
Dias de los Muertos, RGV Museum Exhibit; Heywood House Feedback. |
Day of the Dead sugar skulls; Heywood Hog Ranch Exhibit |
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10/20/05 |
Betty Murray feedback on Heywood and her family history in San Benito |
Bledsoe Music Company |
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10/27/05 |
Lino Hinojosa, Union Soldier; When St. Louis Bankrolled the Valley; Valley's First Lutheran Church, Mercedes; Ghosts of Fort Brown |
Great-great granddaughter and grave of Hinojosa in Rio Grande City |
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11/3/05 |
Tobin Armstrong, Armstrong |
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11/10/05 |
Dr. John Crockett |
Aurel John "AJ" Neese, Raymondville |
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11/17/05 |
Robb Kendrick Tintypes; Historic Signs for San Benito's Aztec and La Especial Bakery Buildings |
Tintype and historic building photos |
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11/24/05 |
S. W. Brooks, Border Architect; Mission Museum Curator, Cynthia Lopez |
S. W. Brooks |
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12/1/05 |
Simmons Family (4) |
Leonard Pierce "L.P." Simmons, Jr., Rangerville |
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12/8/05 |
Nathaniel White: La Feria's Man of Mystery; Donna Newspaper Marker |
White Ranch road signs |
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12/15/05 |
UTB/TSC Lease Endangered Kraigher House |
John Kent Swan, San Benito |
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12/22/05 |
100 Years of Edelstein Furniture Business; Brownsville RR Line May Become Park |
Edelstein Furniture Photos |
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12/29/05 |
Mercedes Irrigation District Office, 1925 |
Building, Dr. Caballero |
Dr. Eduardo Caballero, Mercedes |
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1/5/06 |
Book review of "Seldom Heard: Ranchers, Ranchos, and Rumors of the South Texas Brush Country"; Record Digitization in Brownsville Heritage Complex |
Related photos on both subjects |
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1/12/06 |
Brownsville Historical Association Annual Meeting |
Medrano Family |
Dolores Medrano, Lasara |
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1/19/06 |
PBS History Detectives and the Chisholm Trail; Auto- Rack Trains in the Valley |
McAllen Ranch |
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1/26/06 |
Al Escalante, Valley Golfer; Sanderson's "Nevin's History" |
Manix Family; Al Escalante |
Glenda May Manix, Rio Hondo |
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2/2/06 |
Al Escalante, Golf Pro; Historical sites of Hidalgo County; Underground Civil War Railroad Art |
Maples Family; Al Escalante |
Dorothy 'Fina' Maples, La Feria, Santa Maria, Bluetown |
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2/9/06 |
Arroyo Colorado Dredging |
Dredge Temple & Model of It |
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2/16/06 |
Rio Grande Museum Name Change; Tropical Trail Meeting In San Benito |
Bard Photos |
O.N. "Buddy" Bard, Harlingen |
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2/23/06 |
Bert Nosler, San Benito Industrialist; Rio Grande City Trolley Rides |
Nosler; Rio Grande City |
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3/2/06 |
Texas Artifact Auction; Brownsville Heritage Museum "Sufferage" Exhibit & Open House |
Contreras' Tortilla Machine, Family; 1881 Colt Revolver |
Jesus L. Contreras, Sr., Harlingen |
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3/9/06 |
Santa Rosa Bell; Padre Island Painting by Robnett |
Painting; Bell |
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3/16/06 |
Santos Garcia, Harlingen Tortilla Pioneer |
Terhune photos |
Claude Mitchell "Terry" Terhune |
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3/23/06 |
Brazos Island Military Camps |
Baker photos |
Billy Jo Baker, Mission, Arroyo City |
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3/30/06 |
Amberson Book on Mier and John C. C. Hill |
Fuente Family |
Angelica De La Fuente, Santa Rosa, Combs |
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4/6/06 |
Lafitte's Well in Laguna Vista |
Well Photo; SoRell Photos |
Myrtle Leona Cowart SoRell, Harlingen |
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4/13/06 |
Jimmy Cocke's Fairway Memories; 1953 Movie Ride, Vaquero |
1930s Golfing; Br. Movie Premier |
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4/20/06 |
Valley Baptist Hospital on F Street; S. Padre Island Quarantine Station; Austin's Tejano Monument |
Hospital (2); Quarantine Station |
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4/27/06 |
Harlingen's Early Doctors; Stillman Family Work at Brownsville Hospitals |
Valley Baptist Hospital on F street and Doctors |
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5/4/06 |
Nursing School at VBH,1949-50; Brownsville Heritage Museum Digitization |
Nurses in Training |
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5/11/06 |
"Crossing the Rio Grande: An Immigrant's Life in the 1880s"; Oñate Trail Exhibit; Dr. Davidson Recalled |
Guadelupe Valdez, Jr. and Grandfather's Book |
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5/18/06 |
Sorrento Restaurant, Harlingen's First Italian One |
Guerra Family |
Maria Villarreal Guerra, San Benito |
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5/25/06 |
Start of Valley Baseball (by Abner Doubleday?) |
1952 Sorrento Restaurant Postcard |
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2006-2007 Fourth Year Index, Valley Morning Star Our Heritage Page
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Date |
Subject |
Photos |
Extended Obituary |
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6/1/06 |
Valley Baptist Hospital Article Feedback |
VBH Old Nurse Residence, Nurse Capping Ceremony |
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6/8/06 |
Mack, Rickey Brought Baseball to the Valley |
Doane-Miller Family |
Margaret Doane Miller, Stuart Place |
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6/15/06 |
"She Came to the Valley", Book and Movie |
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6/22/06 |
124 W. Jackson St. Restoration; RG City Cemetery; St. Historical Marker Program |
Restoration Work of Tony and June Ramirez |
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6/29/06 |
Domingo-Laiseca House, Brownsville Demolished |
Demolition; Spradlin |
Lena Ruth Spradlin, Harlingen |
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7/6/06 |
August Weller and Early Harlingen Banks |
Harlingen State Bank & Early Harlingen, 1915 |
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7/13/06 |
Wittenbach Family |
Robert Tro Wittenbach, Harlingen |
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7/20/06 |
Arnaldo Villareal Ramirez Sr., 'Mr. Falcon', of Mission |
Mr. Falcon |
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7/27/06 |
San Benito's Aztec Roof Garden |
Aztec Building |
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8/3/06 |
Brownsville Raid Centennial; Joe Chance's new book, "Maria de Jesus Carvajal" |
Garcia Family |
Jesus L. Garcia, Mercedes |
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8/10/06 |
Gregg House Restoration, Brownsville; Pharr Demolitions; Runyon Postcards at Brownsville Heritage Complex |
Gregg House Work |
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8/17/06 |
Brownsville Raid Revisited and Reconsidered after 100 Years |
Black Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment; Its Last Survivor |
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8/24/06 |
Harlingen Hubs 1938 Baseball Team |
Hubs Team Photo; Cantwell Photos |
Douglas Cant-well, Harlingen |
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8/31/06 |
1933 Hurricane: Part I; J.W. Daniel, Santa Rosa, account of storm |
Fernandez Beach House, Boca Chica Island, 1932 |
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9/7/06 |
1933 Hurricane: Part II |
Destroyed Municipal Auditorium |
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9/14/06 |
1933 Hurricane: Part III; Personal Recollections |
Harlingen Downtown Destruction |
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9/21/06 |
Hurricane Recollection: Mildred Bennett |
Hoverson Photos |
Richard Roy Hoverson, La Feria |
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9/28/06 |
Gen. Zachary Taylor and Fort Polk; Sisters of Mercy Hospital Chapel |
Early Port Isabel Lighthouse; Hospital Chapel |
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10/05/06 |
Valley Hispanic Icons: Part I |
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10/12/06 |
Valley Hispanic Icons: Part II; Americo Paredes |
Aerial View 77 & Morgan, Harlingen |
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10/19/06 |
Flags of Our Fathers; Harlon Block , Iwo Jima |
Iwo Jima Flag Raising |
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10/26/06 |
The Letzerich Building; Feedback on Old 77 Sunshine Photo |
Letzerich Building |
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11/2/06 |
More Feedback on 77 Sunshine Photo; Harlingen Concert Assoc. (2 articles) |
Old Municipal Auditorium; Famed Performers Here |
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11/9/06 |
Feedback on Concert Article |
Rodriguez Family |
Hector Eduardo Rodriguez, Harlingen |
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11/16/06 |
Feedback on Concert Article and on 77 Sunshine Photo |
Continental Oil Co. Station on Harrison |
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11/23/06 |
Feedback on Conoco and 77 Sunshine Photos |
Lopez Family; Conoco Station |
Magdaleno Torres Sr., La Feria |
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11/30/06 |
State Applications for Markers |
Noriega Family |
Juan Jesus Noriega, Mercedes |
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12/7/06 |
Candlelight Ceremony Resaca de la Palma Battlefield for Mexican War Soldiers |
Garcia Family |
Hilario B. "Larry" Garcia III, San Benito |
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12/14/06 |
The International Style Kraigher House in Brownsville |
Flados Family |
Norman Flados, Palm Valley |
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12/21/06 |
Port Isabel Mexiquito 1933 Hurricane Memories; Valley Students at Seton Hall in the 1860s. |
Mexiquito Scene of the 1920s |
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12/28/06 |
Civil War Landing at River's Mouth |
Gregory Family |
Ophelia Gregory, Harlingen |
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1/4/07 |
Runyon Family Genealogy; Matamoros Bullfights; Heritage Briefs |
Matamoros Bull Ring; Early Valley Home |
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1/11/07 |
General Taylor's Legacy; St. Joseph Academy Exhibit |
Painting of Taylor; Academy Memorabilia |
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1/18/07 |
La Lomita Mission, Mission |
Mission Scenes |
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1/25/07 |
Robert E. Lee at Fort Brown |
Lee Portrait, Castillo Family |
Dora I. Salazar Castillo, Harlingen |
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2/1/07 |
Luvenia's Journal, Part 1 of 3 |
Burk & Bloss Families |
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2/8/07 |
Luvenia's Journal, Part 2 of 3; Tip-O-Texas Genealogy Society 45th Anniversary; Brownsville Raid Tour; BHA Exhibit |
Luvenia & Friends |
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2/15/07 |
Luvenia's Journal, Part 3 of 3 |
Schupp-Tomlin Family |
Mary Christina Schupp-Tomlin, Harlingen |
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2/22/07 |
Brownsville Union Blockade in Civil War; Port Isabel Historic District Expansion; TSTC black History Month Events |
Blockade Map; Old Point Isabel Lighthouse, Champion Building |
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3/1/07 |
Brownsville Convent School; Mexiquito Neighborhood of Port Isabel; Reese-Wil-Mond Feedback |
Mexiquito Area Map & Tendajos; Convent Building |
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3/8/07 |
3 Shaped the Valley; Port Isabel/Island Ferry Boats; Library Gems (part 1) |
Canal; Ferry |
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3/15/07 |
Gulf Squadron (1846 Warships); Library Gems (part 2); King of Rivers Exhibit |
1848 Engraving; Exhibit Offerings |
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3/22/07 |
Alba Stimson Heywood of San Benito |
Two Heywood; Two Bates |
Lois Bates, Rio Hondo |
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3/29/07 |
VBMC Chapel in Brownsville Restored; Founding of LULAC: J. T. Canales Program |
Chapel; Lulac |
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4/5/07 |
James B. Wells; Nopalitos Lenten Fare |
Wells; Nopalitos |
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4/12/07 |
F. Yturria's Book "The Patriarch"; VMS History Award |
Yturria; Goette Family |
Harry J. Goette, Port Isabel |
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4/19/07 |
RV Living, Tradition in RGV |
1930s RV Camping |
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4/26/07 |
La Lomita Mission Restoration; RV Feedback |
La Lomita Mission |
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5/3/07 |
Lozano Building Sign Dedication |
Peables Family |
Woodrow "Woodie" Peables Jr., La Feria |
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5/10/07 |
Lozano Plaza Dedication; Palo Alto 161st Anniversary; Rozeff Book Review |
Lozano Family, Lozano Building |
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5/17/07 |
130th Year Hispanic Presbyterian Church, Brownsville |
Fonseca Family |
Evangelina Cantu Fonseca, San Benito |
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5/24/07 |
Port Isabel Early History; Show of Brownsville Postcards |
Port Isabel Aerial; VMS Honor Award |
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5/31/07 |
Pharr Heritage Tourism; Port Isabel Museums |
Pharr Landmarks |
Yturria Book Review |
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2007-2008
Fifth Year Index,
Valley Morning Star Our Heritage Page
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Subject |
Photos |
Extended Obituary |
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6/7/07 |
Port Isabel Fishing History; Mexiquito Area History |
Fishing, Now and Then |
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6/14/07 |
Vela/Zamora Reunion |
Dodie Fowler |
Dorothy "Dodie" Meade Fowler, Harlingen |
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6/21/07 |
Antonio Aguilar |
Antonio Aguilar, Mexico & RGV |
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6/28/07 |
Early Laguna Madre Promotion; Manautou House, Brownsville Restoration |
Shary Yacht Club, Port Isabel |
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7/5/07 |
Historic Brownsville Palm Trees |
Brownsville Palms |
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7/12/07 |
Brownsville Early Wooden Road Tiles |
Biggerstaff Family; Road Tile |