Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy

Text from the http://www.humanitiestexas.org/exhibitions/list/by-title/vaquero-genesis-texas-cowboy In the early 1970s, noted Texas historian Joe Frantz offered Bill Wittliff a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—to visit a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros still worked cattle in traditional ways. Wittliff photographed the vaqueros as they went about daily chores that had changed little since the first Mexican cowherders learned to work […]

Sunday Speaker Series: Hidalgo Cemetery 1884

This presentation will cover the history of the 130-year-old cemetery and the stories of several past Hidalgo residents interred there. Famous individuals include Elder B. Barton who fought in the […]

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