Antonio Villegas Sr. Oral History - 1978-09-10
Digital Record
Identifier: ELIBR0027-VillegasAntonio-1987
Dates
- 1978-09-10
Extent
1 Items : Oral history runs 00:49:25
Language of Materials
English
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.
- Cortina, Juan N. (Juan Nepomuceno), 1824-1894.
- Texas Rangers--History--20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blanco, Lucio, 1879-1922
- Brownsville (Tex.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- De La Rosa, Luis
- Discrimination against Mexican Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hanson, William M. (Captain)
- Hidalgo (Tex.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Matamoros (Mexico) Subject Source: Local sources
- Mexican Americans--Violence against--Texas Subject Source: Local sources
- Pharr (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pizana, Aniceto, 1877–1957
- Politics and culture--Texas--Cameron County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reinosa (Mexico) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Revolutions--Mexican-American Border Region--History--19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Texas--El Capote Ranch Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Villegas, Antonio, Sr. (Person)
- Norton, Robert Everett (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus Repository
Contact:
ELIBR 1.104
University Library
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg TX 78539-2999
(956) 665-2726
archives@utrgv.edu
ELIBR 1.104
University Library
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg TX 78539-2999
(956) 665-2726
archives@utrgv.edu
