Soy de Duval

POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 29, 2019 July 29 Murder at Lopez Ranch Two men were taken into custody as accessories in the murder of Cesario Cuellar who was killed on July 29, 1889 at the Antonio Lopez ranch near Guajillo. A third man was believed to be the killer and was still at large.  Cuellar was a young, kind, inoffensive lad always willing to help, would not harm anyone. Laredo Daily Times , August 6, 1889 July 30 Los Reyes Post Office closed The Post Office at Los Reyes was closed on July 30, 1910. Texas Post Offices July 31 Guajillo Post Office closed The Post Office at Guajillo was closed on July 31, 1935. Texas Post Offices August 1 St. Francis de Paula was “A Thriving Mission” The Catholic church at San Diego had twelve churches and chapels under its care: San Diego, Alice, Falfurrias, Benavides, Realitos, Hebbronville, Concepcion, Vera Cruz, Guajillo, Palito Blanco, Mindieta, and La Rosita. The Southern Messenger , August 1, 1907 August 2 Preachers and madame v...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 22, 2019 July 22 Descendants of early San Diego land grants affirmed as owners by the Mexican government On July 22, 1831, the descendants of Julian and Ventura Flores were placed in actual possession of the San Diego de Arriba and San Diego de Abajo land grants which originated under the Spanish Government and were perfected under articles 23 and 26 of Decree No. 42 being the Colonization Law of Tamaulipas. On that same day, Rafael Garcia Salinas was placed in actual possession of the San Leandro Grant under the same laws. Each grant was comprised of four leagues of land. General Land Office July 23 Cotton, vegetables and fruit crops blossom in Duval County July 23, 1889 – The new gin in San Diego was almost finished but machinery had not arrived. Cotton picking had started and the first bale had been ginned at the Barkman gin and shipped to Galveston. Farmers were expecting four times the cotton production from the previous year. Cotton, v...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 22, 2019 The era of the tequileros during Prohibition played an important role in Duval County. As the well-known corrido says very clearly “el rumbo que ellos llevaban era San Diego mentado!” Dr. George T. Diaz It is a seriously unreported era. The group La Santa Cruz de la Concepcion Tejanos will have a presentation on this topic on Saturday, August 10, 2019, beginning at 1 p.m. on the second floor of the Duval County Courthouse. Dr. George T. Diaz professor and author will be the featured speaker. His topic will be “Los Tequileros of South Texas, The Duval County Connection.” Diaz, who earned his Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University in 2010, is a professor of history at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville. In addition to numerous pieces in scholarly journals, Diaz also authored Border Contraband: A History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande” available at Amazon (see link at end of the blog.) Carolina Monsivais In...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 15, 2019 July 15 W.B. Croft donates funds for new Episcopal Church A new brick sanctuary was dedicated at San Diego by Episcopal Bishop James Steptoe Johnston of San Antonio. A choir of 15 left Corpus Christi on the train to San Diego and 12 more people joined them in Alice. A large group met the train, despite sporadic rainfall as church bells rang out. The church was packed to capacity. Mrs. Jacobs, the church organist, played the Voluntary as the choir led Bishop Johnston and Revs. A. J. Holworthy and Samuel Thulin into the church. At the end of the hour-long services, Rev. Holworthy preached and paid tribute to W.B. Croft and his sister who donated money to build the church. The newspaper account indicated that the Episcopal church was often thought of as a “rich man’s church”. “Today, thank God, this reproach has been removed from the jurisdiction by the consecration of this beautiful building, so complete in all its appointments, the g...