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After the sale, Lyda retired to his 220,000-acre La Escalera Ranch south of Fort Stockton, Texas. By 1999, he had owned or traded more than 880,000 acres (3600 km²) of ranch real estate, including the large Ladder Ranch in southeastern New Mexico, which he eventually sold to Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. Lyda died in 2005.
List of prematurely reported obituaries. Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death ...
The Alamo. / 29.42583°N 98.48611°W / 29.42583; -98.48611. The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which ...
Norman J. Sirnic and his wife Karen Sirnic were bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer in the parsonage of the United Church of Christ. The Sirnics' red Mazda was found in San Antonio three weeks later, and fingerprints linked their case with Claudia Benton's murder. 12 Karen Sirnic F 47 13 Noemi Dominguez F 26 June 4, 1999 Houston, Texas
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San Fernando Cathedral. San Antonio. 1738–1750. One of the oldest Cathedrals in the United States; the oldest Cathedral in Texas. Listed on the National Register of historic places. Mission Espada. San Antonio. 1745. Part of the San Antonio Missions; listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Cleto Rodríguez, a Mexican-American, was born and lived in San Marcos, Texas until his parents died when he was nine years old. After the death of his parents he was sent to live with relatives in San Antonio, Texas. As a boy he worked for the Gunter Hotel as a newsboy. He enlisted in the United States Army in early 1944 where he served as a ...
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