Agriculture--farm produce
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Antonio Villegas Jr Oral History, n/d
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Identifier: ELIBR-0027-Antonio Villegas Jr.
Scope and Contents
Antonio Victor Villegas was born in Pharr in 1920. He talks about his grandparents. He reminisces about: farming and vegetables grown, diet, making cheese, education, vegetation present before the clearing for agriculture lands, how jacales were made, people and homes being taken away with river flooding, Rio Grande river flooding, Carrizitos, crossing the Rio Grande on boats, smuggling, and incest.
Dates:
n/d
Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 01
Digital Record
Identifier: Oral history Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 01
Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 02
Digital Record
Identifier: Oral history Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 02
Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 03
Digital Record
Identifier: Oral history Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 03
John Randall Peavey Oral History, 1981
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Scope and Contents
John Randall Peavey (b. 12 Aug 1892, d. 3 Mar 1985), lawman and author of Echoes from the Rio Grande, was interviewed by Dr. Hubert J. Miller for the Pan American University Oral History Program. Part 1. Over the course of two days, December 22-23, 1981, Peavey provides a brief history of his family, describes their relocation to the Valley from St. Louis, and discusses early agricultural and economic development, including farming, ranching, staple crops and...
Dates:
1981
