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Villegas, Antonio, Sr.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1890    

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Antonio Villegas, Sr. Oral History, 9-10-1978

 File
Identifier: ELIBR-0027-00996
Scope and Contents

Antonio Villegas, Sr. was born in 1890. In this interview, Antonio Villegas Sr. talks about Los Tubitos Ranch, Aniceto Pizana, Luis De La Rosa, Las Norias raid, Captain W.M. Hanson, land selling, 1915 Olmito railroad derailment, Texas Rangers, Military Highway, Juan Cortina, Jesus Acevedo, ca1915 burning, and Japanese soldiers who came to South Texas.

Interview conducted on 10 September 1978 in Pharr, Texas.

Dates: 9-10-1978
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus / ELIBR-0027, Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

Antonio Villegas Sr. Oral History - 1978-09-10

 Digital Record
Identifier: ELIBR0027-VillegasAntonio-1987
Dates: 1978-09-10
Found in: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus

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Brownsville (Tex.)--History 1
Discrimination against Mexican Americans 1
Hidalgo (Tex.) 1
Matamoros (Mexico) 1
Mexican Americans--Violence against--Texas 1
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Oral History Interview 1
Politics and culture--Texas--Cameron County 1
Railroads--Texas--Cameron County. 1
Reinosa (Mexico) 1
Revolutions--Mexican-American Border Region--History--19th century. 1
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