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FLOODING IN THE SIERRA VIEJA
06/30/08
UPPER WALKER CREEK
UPPER WALKER CREEK
UPPER WALKER CREEK
UPPER WALKER CREEK
CAPOTE CREEK
CAPOTE CREEK
In the last 24 hours some 2 inches of rain has fallen in Candelaria and the ranches to the north in the Sierra Vieja. Walker C -
CANDELARIA BRIDGE IS GONE: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
06/24/08
ABOVE IS THE BRIDGE ON 3-22-08
PHOTO BY GLENN JUSTICE
ABOVE IS FORMER BRIDGE SITE ON 3-24-08
PHOTO BY GLENN JUSTICE
PHOTO COURTESY CLARA LONG@BORDER STORIES.ORG
PHOTO BY GLENN JUSTICE
Yesterday after I posted the -
CANDELARIA FOOTBRIDGE STILL HERE
06/24/08
PHOTO BY GLENN JUSTICE
PHOTO BY GLENN JUSTICE
PHOTO COURTESY CLARA LONG@BORDERSTORIES.ORG
The old Candelaria bridge is still here. It spans a muddy trickle some five-foot wide in an almost dry arroyo. It's hot in the Presidio Valley -
FLAGS TEXAS CONFEDERATES CARRIED INTO BATTLE
06/15/08
Above are four Texas Confederate battle flags from the Texas State Archives.
Truth is, the thousands of fine, brave Texans who fought and died in the Civil War did not fly the red, white and blue stars and bars of the south into battle. They did not fight to keep their slaves -
TEXAS BIG BEND CEMETERIES
06/15/08
Glenn Willeford and Gerald Raun have done an insightful study of Big Bend cemeteries. Their "Cemeteries and Funerary Practices in the Big Bend of Texas, 1850 to the Present" is 240 pages packed full of out of the ordinary tidbits of information that genealogists or anyo -
NEW BOOK BIG BEND HISTORY BOOK BY JOHN CASAS
06/13/08
John Casas
Five years ago I undertook a project that, like a time machine, catapulted me back to the Trojan War, then to our subsequent ancestral home in Italy, and, via Spain and Mexico, to the Big Bend of Texas.
Initially, my intention was to put together a primer for the immediate -
CANDELARIA BRIDGE ISSUE RESPONSE FROM MARTIN LUJAN-CHEIF OF STAFF FOR TEXAS REPRENSATIVE PETE GALLEGO
06/10/08
Mr. Justice:
Thank you for the information. While I was not aware of this, Mr.
Gallego may be. Regardless, I will distribute this to everyone in our
office so that it is on our radar.
Thanks again.
Martin
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BIG BEND RADIO ON THE INTERNET
06/07/08
Have just learned that you can now hear Big Bend radio live on the internet at bigbendradio.com during scheduled times. There you will find the voice of the last frontier broadcasting KVLF and KALP feeds from their studio at Kokernot Field in Alpine. They have Big Bend news, sports and weather and t -
J. J.'s FLOWER BLOOMS AGAIN: A 1919 PEN FROM THE PAST
06/06/08
Above is James Judson Kilpatrick Sr. known in later years as the "King of Candelaria".
Above is Darwin Dawkins Kilpatrick, son of J.J. Sr. Dawkins or D.D. served as a scout for the last American punitive expedition into Mexico in August 1919. He operated the Ca -
ALWAYS THE MONEY
06/05/08
Glenn, I have one question. Are the children that are not going to be able to get a ride on the bus to school living in the USA? If not, who is paying the taxes to fund the school that they are attending? If they are living in Mexico, why are they going to school in the US? Lacy
Roy,
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HOW TO USE THE BLOG
06/03/08
There is a great deal of information here on the blog. To access information, you may simply scroll down to find the history and Mexican border news articles but since there is so much here this can be tedious. A to get a better idea of what is here, click on archives then when the next archives pag -
PORVENIR BRIDGE NEXT ON BORDER PATROL LIST TO BE REMOVED
06/01/08
According to the latest reports, the little footbridge shown above at the Porvenir/Pilares crossing of the Rio Grande is next on the Border Patrol removal list. The Border Patrol is requesting landowners on the Texas side tear the bridge down. Below is landowner Fred Nelan's respons
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