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Agriculture--farm produce

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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

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Identifier: Oral history Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 01

Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 02

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Identifier: Oral history Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 02

Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 03

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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