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Rebekah LodgeFlorence J. Scott Study ClubIHears of Starr County History1 I_ RIO GRANDE CITY - venthe George R Boyle, an en \t Ri thusiaMie student of history, struck presented the program, Our Wealth of Local History for the Florence J. Scott Study Club a: the Community Room of the First State Bank and Trust Company with Mrs. James Peterson in charge of the programBoyle talked had happenedCity within the of its founding, events happened within a mile from the meeting room He told of the raid by the |C ommanches under the* notorious Roque Mauricio They stole the horses of the officers at Fort Ringgold Roque Marino had been earned from 'hi' home near Camargo by the Commanches when he was four years old By the time he was, t§ he was a Commanche war captain He was later captured and persuaded to join the Rangers where his aid was invaluableBoyle discussed the unusual journey of John W Audobon and 1*7 companions to the goldfields of California. They traveled from New York in M9 ;n Brownsville and then up the Rio Grande to Rio Grande City They intended to proceed to California through Mexico in6»'t*r“Mr*V*'H»lt;1*~1I*r.,wNo» * ICrrr ft nr. M ** Oe«|G»Of•'/IM*M.-BnOr'6■wvBrer*40-*v(Vft.1
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McAllen Monitor
McAllen, Texas, US
Mon, Mar 29, 1971
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