Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 453
... Reynosa might well have to be entrusted to a private traveller going its way . Any such place was " as poor as sand bank , or drought , and indolence can make it , " in the words of a letter that went from Laredo to the Texas Gulf Coast ...
... Reynosa might well have to be entrusted to a private traveller going its way . Any such place was " as poor as sand bank , or drought , and indolence can make it , " in the words of a letter that went from Laredo to the Texas Gulf Coast ...
Page 472
... the north bank across from Reynosa , where the missioners set out in their cloister a grove of orange trees that flourished prophetically , the first citrus plantation in the lower 472 Book Three : The Mexican Rio Grande.
... the north bank across from Reynosa , where the missioners set out in their cloister a grove of orange trees that flourished prophetically , the first citrus plantation in the lower 472 Book Three : The Mexican Rio Grande.
Page 711
... Reynosa and Mier on their way to Camargo . The march was an ordeal that lasted eight days , through rain and mud , or blasting sunlight and dust . The old Escandón towns offered little shelter - they looked deserted but the men soon saw ...
... Reynosa and Mier on their way to Camargo . The march was an ordeal that lasted eight days , through rain and mud , or blasting sunlight and dust . The old Escandón towns offered little shelter - they looked deserted but the men soon saw ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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