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From the Republic of the Rio Grande: A Personal History of the Place and the People. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. Lack, Paul D. (2022). Searching for the Republic of the Rio Grande: Northern Mexico and Texas, 1838–1840. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-1-68283-126-7. The Laredo Morning Times Online edition; Lindheim, Milton.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1] The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern Tamaulipas, Mexico.
This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of the Rio Grande that insurgents against the Central Mexican Government sought to establish in northern Mexico. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840 and the Republic of the Rio Grande was never officially recognized.
1904 - West McAllen townsite established. [1] 1905 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad begins operating. [1] 1907 - East McAllen development begins. [1] 1909 McAllen Monitor newspaper begins publication. [2] Methodist Church built. [1] High school established. [3] 1910 - Population: 150. [1] 1911 Town of McAllen incorporated in Hidalgo ...
Hacienda office at the Republic of the Rio Grande Capitol Building Museum Kitchen of a period hacienda Hacienda bedroom. Republic of the Rio Grande Museum is a historic house museum located in the downtown San Agustin de Laredo Historic District in Laredo, Texas, United States, next to the historic La Posada Hotel and San Agustín Cathedral. [2]
In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in rebellion to the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and brought back into Mexico by military force. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War the town was occupied by the Texas Rangers.
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The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America. [5] It existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836 to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande (another Mexican breakaway republic), and the United States of America. The Republic of ...