Reading includes "Erandi's Braids" by Antonio Hernandez Madrigal The Museum of South Texas History is the place to be this summer, with activities for all ages. Story Time Tuesday encourages families to engage in summer reading together. Reading together can create new memories, meaningful conversations, shared adventures and experiences to cherish while also making an […]
Sixty years ago, when Edinburg was a small town but with a big community ambience, a team of young baseball players made Rio Grande Valley sports history. Surviving team members and the coaches will come together and reminisce about their challenges and triumphs as a team at the Museum of South Texas History. In Pharr, […]
The book, “Ranch Life in Hidalgo County After 1850,” is compiled of oral histories conducted by Emilia Schunior Ramirez, a well-known teacher, education administrator and college Spanish professor in the Rio Grande Valley. Schunior Ramirez interviewed her parents and other relatives who lived on nearby ranches. Her manuscript was written to be part of a […]
MOSTHistory Happy Hour is a two-hour event that welcomes young professional, history enthusiasts and the young at heart to engage in the museum’s exhibits and its presentation of local history with craft beer tasting. Each event highlights a different historical theme from Ice Age to contemporary such as lucha libre and contraband. During this happy […]
Note: This presentation will be in Spanish. Returning for another special Sunday Speaker Series presentation is Jesus Correa, a local historian from Starr County. Early in August 1812, Bernando Gutiérrez de Lara, a representative from the San Antonio area seeking to free Mexico from Spain’s control, and Lt. August Magee, who was stationed in Fort […]
Alfonso René Ramirez (1923-2009) is perhaps most remembered for serving as the first Hispanic mayor of Edinburg, Texas, from 1963 to 1967. Throughout his life, however, Al Ramirez made numerous contributions to his community. A graduate of Texas A&M University and a World War II veteran, Ramirez had careers in politics as well as education […]
Alfonso René Ramirez (1923-2009) is perhaps most remembered for serving as the first Hispanic mayor of Edinburg, Texas, from 1963 to 1967. Throughout his life, however, Al Ramirez made numerous contributions to his community. A graduate of Texas A&M University and a World War II veteran, Ramirez had careers in politics as well as education […]
Alfonso René Ramirez (1923-2009) is perhaps most remembered for serving as the first Hispanic mayor of Edinburg, Texas, from 1963 to 1967. Throughout his life, however, Al Ramirez made numerous […]
In the year 1850, separatists in Brownsville tried to rally support for the creation of the Territory of the Rio Grande, separate from the state of Texas. What would the […]