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Américo Paredes (September 3, 1915 – May 5, 1999) was an American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas. His family on his father’s side, however, had been in the Americas since 1580.
Gregorio Cortez Lira was born in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, [13] near the U.S.-Mexico border, the son of Roman Cortez Garza, a rancher, and Rosalia Lira Cortinas. In 1887, the Cortez family moved to Manor, Texas near Austin.
Republic of the Rio Grande from the Handbook of Texas Online; The Republic of the Rio Grande Museum web site “The Republic of the Rio Grande: A Story of Its Rise and Fall,” Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas. Antonio López de Santa Anna from the Handbook of Texas Online; Yahoo! News article mentioning Republic of the Rio Grande in a present-day ...
Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea (May 16, 1824 – October 30, 1894), also known by his nicknames Cheno Cortina, the Red Robber of the Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Robin Hood, was a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero.
In the state of Rio de Janeiro, after Independence September 7, 1822 there were also free executioners of African descent who having to travel around, were reached by couriers with execution orders. Executioners, also when slaves, were paid for their executions; at the example of the province of Minas Gerais , we can establish payment was ...
The Kinney Gang disbanded when John Kinney was arrested in 1883 for rustling. He was released from prison in 1886, but by that time all former gang members had either disappeared, were in prison or dead. John Kinney did not return to his former outlaw life, instead serving in the US Army during the Spanish–American War, and lived until 1919.
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History is a book by Paul Horgan. It won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize in 1955. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Captaincy of Rio Grande (Portuguese: Capitania do Rio Grande) was one of the administrative subdivisions of Brazilian territory during the colonial period of Portuguese America. It was created in 1534 along with thirteen other hereditary captaincies and granted by John III , King of Portugal, to the so-called donatários .