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  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 8, 2019 July 8 Post office opened in San Diego on July 8, 1867. First Postmaster was George B. Warden. Texas Post Offices July 9 In its July 9, 1887 edition, the Corpus Christi Caller reported that a “great concourse of people was present for July 4 festivities in San Diego. Among the American and Texas flags, Mr. Tibilier raised an Irish flag. There was also a Mexican flag, ‘As no American could be more enthusiastic than were the Mexicans in celebrating the day.’ Among Gun Club members participating were Charley Hoffman, M.C. Spann, Ferdinand Tibilier, George Bodet, and Frank Gravis. New members included Avelino Garcia Tovar, Eusebio Martinez, and Antonio Rosales. Others present included W.B. Croft and John Buckley. On entering the grounds, the Gun Club formed a procession, and with a band of musicians were joined by an enthusiastic crowd. All went to serenade the president of the club, J.O. Luby, who had to attend to business and could not...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 1, 2019 July 1 On July 1, 1878, Richard King leased to U.S. Army, 8th Cavalry (2nd Lt. George Pond) for $1 per month for one year part of the two square leagues of land out of San Leandro, “comprising the military post or camp at or near San Diego…” The lease included 160 acres, including water privileges and fixtures except house occupied by John Humphries with right of way in and out. Duval County Deed Records July 2 Judge Wright bound Pancho Bazan to the grand jury for stealing a pair of boots. He failed to give bond and was placed in jail. There were 16 inmates in the county jail. Corpus Christi Caller , July 2, 1887 July 3 In the city of Matamoros, on July 3, 1858, Zeferina Trevino and Juan Antonio Cassio declared before a notary public that they had authorized Gerardo de Leon, Trevino’s husband’s uncle and a citizen of Camargo, to act on their behalf and sell their rightful ownership in the ranch of San Diego acquired by inheritance or...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JUNE 24, 2019 June 24 The Brownsville Daily Herald reported in its June 24, 1895 edition that John Corkill and “the Mexican” killed by lightning several days before had taken refuge in a barn. Apparently, the name of the “the Mexican” was of no consequence to the newspaper. But Corkill’s brothers certainly earned a mention; they were Edward and William Corkill. Funeral services for John Corkill, who left a wife and “several” children (who also did not earn the newspaper’s requirements for being named) were held in Realitos.  Brownsville Daily Heral , June 24, 1895 June 25 The Weekly Telegram of Houston referenced a story in the Coprus Christi Advertiser that “an affray” in San Diego between Richard Miller and William Ashton had “resulted in the death” of Ashton. One is left to assume from this that Miller murdered Ashton but the newspaper could not see its way put it that way. In the same story, the Weekly Advertiser reported that Joun Du...