Mrs Pancho Villa Visits Big Bend Park in 1965
Hallie Stellwell reports a reception at Big Bend National Park hosted by Supt Brown for Luz Villa Pancho Villa of Chihuahua City Mexico. About 15 Ojinaga dignitaries joined Villa on the visit. she praises the park and recalls Texas years 1917 1918 1919 and 1970. The party enjoyed music and a Mexican Hat Dance amid border peace.
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Hallie Stellwell
Big Bend National Park
Ojinaga
Pancho Villa
Texas
San Antonio
Big Bend
Villistas
Rio Grande
Madera
Villa
Parral
Mexico
Chihuahua
Revoluntionary
Perry Brown
Senator’s long trek delays to Austin as legislature adjourns
A senator traveling with a wagon train for safety against Indians arrived in Austin after the legislature had met transacted all business and adjourned, illustrating the vast distance from El Paso to Austin and the challenges of travel in that era.
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el Paso
Austin
Texas
Soil Scientist Returns After Alaska Assignment
August Turner a soil scientist with the Alpine Work Unit of the Soil Conservation Service resumes work in the Big Bend area after four months in Alaska. He joined a party of scientists from Palmer Granada Bolivar Bottineau Murfreesboro and Paoli to map sample blocks in the Susitna Valley where tents served as survey HQs. Turner notes Alaska's main crops and local production to meet domestic demand.
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Alaska
August Turner
Alpine
Soil Conservation Service
Big Bend
Turner
Susitna Valley
Palmer
Granada
Miss
Bolivar
Tenn
Bottineau
N. Dak
Murfreesboro
Paoli
Ind
Anchorage
Pate Re Elected Supervisor In Zone II Vote
James W. Pate was unanimously reelected as supervisor of Zone II in the Big Bend Soil Conservation District. He has served on the board since 1948 and for 17 consecutive years in this role. The report also notes historical lines about widow burnings from the National Geographic.
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Pate
Big Bend
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Ranch News
Georgia S. Dallman
Alpine Cemetery Association
Soil Scientist Returns
India
National Geographic
C. D. Arnold, R.ph
Holland Ave
DIAL
Fords
Ford
Americas
Falcon
Brewster County Motors
East Holland Avenue
IR Ajar
Flasher
Rdtoy
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