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

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Identifier: ELIBR0027-VillegasAntonio-1987

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Dates

Creation: 1978-09-10

Extent

1 Items : Oral history runs 00:49:25

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General Note

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. Oral recording took place on 10 September, 1978 in Pharr, Texas.

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Subject

Pizana, Aniceto, 1877–1957 (Person)
De La Rosa, Luis (Person)
Hanson, William M. (Captain) (Person)
Blanco, Lucio, 1879-1922 (Person)
Cortina, Juan N. (Juan Nepomuceno), 1824-1894. (Person)

Source

Villegas, Antonio, Sr. (Person)
Norton, Robert Everett (Person)

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Linked Records

Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories | Antonio Villegas, Sr. Oral History, 9-10-1978

Repository Details

Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus Repository

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