Early 18th Century San Antonio de Bexar Colonization Effort
Archival record details the 1730-31 Bexar settlement attempt by Canary Island families led by Leal Goras and Leal, funded by Spanish king orders to populate Texas. Only 56 persons reached San Antonio de Bexar, with ten to fifteen families forming the initial colonists aboard the venture later named Sas Fernando de Bexar in honor of the crown heir.
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San Antonio de Bexar
Jase
Leal Goras
Canary Islands
Mattie Austin Hatehber
Bexar
University
Heraverete
San Fernando del Bexar
Texas
Maree
Quanttitlan
Mexico City
Juan Lez Goras
Juan Curbelo
Juan Leal
Amaitos
Joseph Padroni
Mariel de Niz
Vicente Alvarez
Traviesc
Salvador Roderiguez
Ant
Francisco de Arocha
Antonio Rodriguez
Joseph Leal
Juan Delgardo
Joseph Cabrera
Maria Rodrigo Provagna
Mariana Melano
Philipe Perez
Joseph Antonio Perez
Martin Lorenzo de Armas
Sas Fernando de Bisar
Hatcher
Mexico honors Casa fuerte with victory name and colonial land laws
The passage discusses naming a new Mexican victory in Casa fuerte, the establishment of a new villa governed by the Leyes de los Reyes de las Indias, and land grants to colonists from the Canary Islands. Heads of families received two parcels and two suerte along the San Antonio River. The text also notes pensions laws in 11 states, deer hunter fatalities, an uneconomic Wooden gun bribe, U.S. gold holdings, farm land prices, and wartime veterans rolls, reflecting a collage of historical and contemporary topics.
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Casa
Fuerte
Mexico
Accoi
Cuidad
San Antonio
Presidio
John
Hetz
Argentina
Hlany
United States
Great Britain
United
Thei Vritins
Public money facts demanded by editorial heads in Oklahoma papers
Several Oklahoma newspapers publish the same paragraph urging regular public spending audits. The note argues government attics and boards must show expenditures, with the publisher asserting the public deserves the facts, and mentions grocery delivery costs and a Sunday family visit to Mrs. Reed’s mother in Smithville.
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Oklshoma
Sspviation
Silver Dome at Mount Locke Observatory Near Fort Davis
The article describes the McDonald Observatory dome on Mount Locke at the West Texas mountains. It details a 62 foot diameter dome rising 75 feet, 34 windows, four aluminum doors, a 16 ton dome shutter, and a 82 inch telescope mirror being ground in Cleveland. Construction by Warner and Swasey, with work paused for winter, aims for 1936 operation, plus notes on crew, housing, and nearby activities.
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Texas
McDerma Observators
West
Num
Unem
Cleveland
Warner and Swasey Company of
New York
The
Glass Company
Warner and Smythe
McDonald Observatory
Mount Locke
Ft Davis
iTexas
Warner and Swasey
Mouth Locke
Frank Roach
Roach
Ndt
Theodore Imamicga
Lock “Tvs
Chicago
Mexico
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Kolberg's Greamilk Dairy
Westinghouse
Sunbeam
Tronmaster
Simplex
Hotpoint
LAMO
Central Power and Light Company
Tommy Givens
Mrs
W. P. Givens
Landa
Jno
Weynands
Victoria
J. E. Johnson
el Campo
John Chapman
C. C. Leedy
W. H. Koehn
Navasot
Adolph Vacek
A. A. Klockman
Houston
J.F. Ulery Optometrist
Eagle Lake
Magle Lake
L. D. Allen
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