Tag Archives: Way of Life

Tejano Legacy: Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734 – 1900

A month ago I bought the book by Armando C. Alonso titled “Tejano Legacy: Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734 – 1900”. I bought it in an effort to understand how the way of life for my wife’s family might have had been. Her paternal side of the family can be found arriving in South Texas in the early…

Indians of the Rio Grande Delta: Their Role in the History of Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico

Two months ago I started to read a very informative and very well made book about the Indians of the lower Rio Grande of both South Texas and Northeastern Mexico. If you have come across an ancestor that was a Native American from this region, this is the book to read. You will get a complete picture of how their…

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