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  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM MARCH 27, 2019 Pictured above, from left, are Francisco G. Salinas, Arturo D. Garcia, and Dario G. Garcia. All three were deputies under Duval County Sheriff Michael Corrigan in 1898. This photo ran in the Alice Echo-News on Aug. 17, 1969, and was contributed by Juan “Chancla” Garcia, son of Deputy Dario Garcia. 1 COMMENT ON "1898 DUVAL COUNTY DEPUTIES" Robert J. Garcia | March 27, 2019 at 5:17 pm | Reply The first man on the left is my great-grandfather, Francisco Garcia Salinas.

POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM MARCH 25, 2019 March 25 Thirteen carloads of rock came in from R. B. Glover’s land at the 67th milepost on the Texas-Mexican Railway. Mr. Shannon, a contractor, was in San Diego and says there are 7,000 tons of rock to be shipped from Duval Station over the railroad to Corpus Christi and then by boat to the Aransas Pass. A large force of men was gathering the rock. Corpus Christi Caller, March 25, 1883 March 26 On March 26, 1855, Henry Stadler and Henry Mecklenburg entered into an agreement with Jose Maria Garcia, Severo Garcia, Roberto Garcia, Concepcion Garcia, wife of Santos Moreno, Maria Ines Garcia, and Jose M. Garcia (estate of the late Isidro Garcia) that by September 1, 1856, they would: 1. perfect title to San Leandro and La Vaca grants and pay all expenses; 2. put 10 persons on these tracts; 3. clean out the wells; and 4. make improvements to water as reasonably as possible. They also granted them the right to settle 20 families and give each

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM MARCH 18, 2019 March 18 T. C. Hanneley was a physician and surgeon in San Diego. He advertised “special attention given to venereal and chronic disease.” Charges responsible. Corpus Christi Caller, March 18, 1883 March 19 Considerable cotton was shipped through Corpus Christi via the Texas Mexican railroad. Seventeen bales were grown in Duval County. Corpus Christi Caller, March 19, 1887 March 20 The switchboard in the new telephone office in San Diego was installed. The poles have been received and are ready to be set. The stringing of the line will begin this week and in a course of a few days more, San Diego can boast of an up to date telephone system. Weekly Corpus Christi Caller, March 20, 1908 March 21 M. C. Spann accepted agency for Ready Fire Extinguisher in San Diego. Corpus Christi Caller, March 21, 1886 March 22 Henry Gray, mother and sisters, Rosa, Alice, and Hilaria were in San Diego on way to San Marcos where they will live after sellin