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Laura Canales was raised in Kingsville, Texas. She attended Henrietta M. King High School in Kingsville. After graduation, her father, Perfecto, encouraged her to continue her pursuit of a tejano music career. She made her recording debut in 1973 with Los Unicos while simultaneously singing with renowned Texas conjunto and norteño group ...
Irma Lerma Rangel (May 15, 1931 – March 18, 2003) was an attorney and Democratic state legislator based in Kingsville, Texas.She was the first Mexican-American woman elected to serve in the Texas House of Representatives and the first Mexican-American female attorney in Kingsville.
Kingsville is a city in the southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County.Located on the U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi and Harlingen, Kingsville is the principal city of the Kingsville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area.
A sixth-generation Texan, Cavazos was born on the King Ranch near Kingsville, Texas, and was the son of Lauro F. Cavazos Sr. and Tomasa (Quintanilla) Cavazos. [1] His father served as foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis cattle division.
Richard Cavazos, a Mexican-American, [6] was born on 31 January 1929, in Kingsville, Texas.His brother was former United States Secretary of Education, Lauro Cavazos. [7] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in 1951, where he played on the football team and was a distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officers' Training ...
Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville: 2017 [77] Reuben Gretschow 23 Elmhurst: Tackle Spinal cord injury sustained during game vs. Valparaiso: 1931 [48] Lewis Grisler 21 Ohio Wesleyan: End Heart failure sustained during practice 1906 Theodore Hammonds 23 Warner: Wide receiver Exercise collapse 2019 [78] Jyilek ...
Lafayette Green Pool (July 23, 1919 – May 30, 1991) was an American tank-crew and tank-platoon commander in World War II and is widely recognized as the US tank ace of aces, [2] [page needed] credited with 12 confirmed tank kills and 258 total armored vehicle and self-propelled gun kills, over 1,000 German soldiers killed and 250 more taken as prisoners of war, [3] accomplished in only 81 ...
Kleberg County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 31,040. [1] The county seat is Kingsville. [2] The county was organized in 1913 [3] and is named for Robert J. Kleberg, an early settler.