Villa’s Mexican Revolution Echoes Across Big Bend
The article recalls Pancho Villa’s 1914 Ojinaga raid and its impact on the Big Bend region, including refugees crossing the Rio Grande to Texas towns like Presidio and Marfa. It notes local memories, key figures such as Ceferino Madrid and Glenn Willeford, the desert trek to Marfa, and lasting cultural Footprints in Alpine and Marfa families amid the war’s broader toll.
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Chihuahua City
Madrid
Mexico
Ventura Hernandez
Rio Grande
Ceferino Madrid
Villa
Big Bend
Glenn Willeford
Center For
Big Bend Studies
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Marfa
Ojinaga
Chihuahua
Villistas
Venustiano Carranza
United States
Texas
Odessa
West Texas
Glenn Justice
Candelaria
Presidio
Justice
Hipolito
Durango
1914
Ruben Osorio
Osorio
U.S
Federales
Ambrose Bierce
Don Ambrosio
3Rd Cavalry
J. Alfred Roosevelt
National Guard
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Woodrow Wilson
Carranza
Columbus
N.M
Pancho Villa
Acevedos
Catafos
Evaros
Bedford
Odessa and surrounding areas birth and divorce notices
June notices list births in Odessa area with partners and birth dates from June. Names include Alvarez Adams Orona Pogue Adams Waldron Woods Acosta Sims Hager Beane Thompson McCain Lopez Garza Allen Groening King Graves Stoglin Howard Zuniga Rivera Burson Rich Graves etc. Divorces posted include multiple couples with dates May 11 to June 17 across Odessa, Fort Stockton, Wink, Iraan and surrounding locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle
John Alvarez
Odessa
Amanda Quest
Noemi
Pete Orona
Kermit
Trista
James Pogue
Christina Adams
Franklin Waldron
Terry
Tina Woods
Elizabeth
Alex Acosta
Mario
Holly Sims
Erika Hager
Tristian Beane
Angela
Kevin Thompson
Matt
Crystal McCain
Robert
Audrey Lopez
Enrique and
Mary Linda Garza
Big Spring
Lori
Don Allen
Rick
Lisa Groening
Ricky
Emily King
Iraan
Jery
Alisa Graves
Wink
Kristi White
David Solis
Marcie Zuniga
Dixcie Rivera
Tammy Burson
Kevin Rich
Erlinda
Terry Graves
Fort Stockton
Michael Stoglin
Mitchelle Howard
Pancho Villa biographies and a new documentary
Since Villas death in 1923, several biographies and novels have appeared. Notable books include The Life and Times of Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa Strong Man of the Revolution, Pancho Villa Intimate Recollections, and The Eagle and the Serpent. A local documentary The Devil Swing revisits Big Bend legends with footage of Villista soldiers in the 1914 Battle of Ojinaga, available for 25 from Documentary Arts in Dallas.
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Pancho Villa
Stanford University Press
Frederick Katz
High Lonesome Books
Larry A. Harris
Hastings House Publishers
Jessie
Father Daughter Vets Team Up At Purdue
Robertson and his daughter Battershell plan to practice together at Lafayette Indiana. He notes her move to veterinary school fits a lifelong dream, while she values open communication and shared knowledge. They express mutual pride and a strong partnership.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Robertson
Battershell
Family Faces Cancer Trial Among Young Relatives
Raul Dominguez, a young student, battles cancer with monthly chemotherapy. His uncle Salinas expresses mixed fear and faith while the family adapts to his illness. A teacher assisted Raul at home, but he hid headaches to skip study, preferring to nap or play.
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Salinas
Raul
Dominguez
Laura Meza
Savannah Belcher
Odessa
American Cancer Society
Belcher
Seabury Nursing Home
Cancer’s changed view gives patients new hope and treatments
Angela Peterson of West Texas Cancer Center cites modern options like chemotherapy gene therapy hormone therapy and radiation. Patients face shock denial and then a calm period as they learn to cope and pursue short term goals while undergoing treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slate
Charlotte Bridges
Nurse At Home
Angela Peterson
West Texas Cancer Center
Peterson
Protesters block access to silver refinery in Torreon
Hundreds of residents in Torreon blocked three plant entrances at Met-Mex Pendes to pressure relocation talks after failed negotiations. The protest intensified after reports of lead exposure in local children, with 650 families in 393 homes slated for demolition as part a government cleanup plan including a $6 million fund.
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Mexico City
Met-Mex Pendes
Torreon
Maria Dolores Guillen
Guillen
Plan
Mexico
Break-in at residence on E 11th Street reported
A 51-year-old woman said her home in the 1500 block of E 11th St was broken into between 10 45 p m and 11 35 p m Friday suspects forced the front door and ransacked the dwelling A 22 year old man was arrested Saturday on drug charges Ivan Cerda 1615 W 8th St posted 7500 bond and was released Saturday
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E. 11Th St
Ivan Cerda
W. 8Th St
Zedillo pledges direct aid for quake victims
President Ernesto Zedillo announced direct government aid to earthquake victims to avoid political profiteering. The 6.7 magnitude quake killed at least 17 and damaged over 7,700 homes in Puebla and Oaxaca, with relief centers to distribute funds and materials.
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Zedillo
Mexico City
Ernesto Zedillo
Puebla
Oaxaca
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Desnieges D. Robinson
Richard W. Truelock
Blanca E. Barnes
John C. Barnes
William Michael Holmes
Patricia A. Ornelas
Raymond G. Ornelas
Linda Marie Altamirano
Manuel C. Altamirano
David Jarmon
Teresa Jarmon
Cory Franklin Carr
Carla Kay Carr
Sidney Howard Norton
Laura Norton
Cecilia R. Molina
Jose F Molina
Melinda M. Maldonado
Jessie V. Maldonado
Ted Arnold Bickerstaff
Vallie Myrtle Bickerstaff
Rebecca G
Cosmo Rafel Castro
Lorena Anna Acosta
Larry Wayne Jones
Lisa Joelle Akins
Clark Marshall Reed Jr
Lisa Marie Lesly
Michael Wayne Speir
Laurie Gay Ward
Ray Ellis Davis
Sandra Joy Russell
Clifford Lee Washington
Nelia Tovar Gonzales
Ruben Gilbert Garcia
Joann Rojo
Michael David Valencia
Taysha Lynn Huffty
William Lloyd Smith
Rhonda Sherrie Shaver
Terry Lynn Sweat
Porcia Lynn Mood
Dustin Craig King
Melissa Diana Raborn
Gary Dean Holloman
Sherry Kay Ellinger
Ricardo Pando
Sabrina Hernandez Tucker
Duan Walden
Carol Hammond Berry
Randall Wayne McQueen
Cheryl Renee Adams
Frederick Hernandez Balcazer
Kimberly Ann Jones
Joseph Fred Gattis
Linda Juarez
Jricardo Carrillo Martinez
Elizama Garcia
Raymond Ernesto Robles
Margarita Angelica Garza
Hezael Perez Paez
Gabriela Alvarado Soto
Gilbert Bae
Silver
ST. Dessa
Permian Basin
Sten Cheaien
Suberen, Stylus, Prises
Mcoreless Co
Ram Kolluru
M.D. Cardiology Board Certified
Raji Kolluru, M.D
Holter
N. Washington
American Home Improvement
North Dixie Boulevard
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