Valley History by Norman Rozeff

(Norman also has a page of articles on "Harlingen History" which can be opened by Clicking and also another page listing the "Chronological History of Harlingen" which can be opened by Clicking.)

2004-5 Valley Morning Star Our Heritage Page Second Year Index

Date	Subject	Photo	Extended Obituary
6/3/04	Gorges Hall; Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grants; Park Service Info; Roma History; Juneteenth	KGBT-TV
6/10/04	Brownsville Cathedral History; Knitting Club	Knitting Club	John Flowers, Monte Christo
6/17/04	Button Factory Followup	Button Factory	Ned Wood Solether, Weslaco
6/24/04	Film Crew at Palo Alto Battlefield		Jose Nieto, Sr., El Sauz Ranch
7/1/04	HHPS Museum Celebration; Explanation of 1916 Lawmen Photo	Lawmen Photo	Charles W. Wofford III, Raymondville
7/8/04	Verser House; Rocket Restoration; Brownsville Railroad Centennial
7/15/04	Lozano Building; Brownsville Heritage District	Runyon Photo 1909
7/2204	Valley in Tropical Trails Program; La Feria Reunion; The National History Trail;Lozano Bldg. Feedback	Old Sam Houston School	Alexandra Ontiveros; San Benito
7/29/04	La Reforma Ghost Town; Lozano & Other Buildings & Business College	La Reforma Map	Jerome "Geronimo" Preiss, Floresville
8/5/04	Baxter, Wittenbach Bldgs. & Harl. Business Schools History	Downtown Harlingen, 1927	Walter Gene Smith, Raymondville
8/12/04		Nursery Schools, 1929 and 1960	James Eubanks, Santa Rosa
8/19/04	Wittenbach Bldg. Followup; Carl Chilton's Fort Brown Book	American Eagle, San Benito
8/26/04	Texas Navy; McAllen Historical Development	Eagle Pharmacy Family
9/2/04	Audrey Prentiss Walk Account of 1905-15 Era in the Valley		The. Rev. Norman Washington, Harlingen
9/9/04	Kindergarten Photo Feedback		Albina P. Longoria, San Benito
9/16/04	Cameron County History Online		Reynaldo Garza, Brownsville; Dewitt Farley, Weslaco
9/23	Pancho Villa Followup	Picture of General Carranza	Steven Robert King, Port Mansfield
9/30/04	W.J. Tiller "The Adventures of a Helicopter Cowboy"		Wayne Labar, Harlingen
10/7/04	Brownsville Raid;State Genealogy Conv.;Stillman—Brownsville Founder	Weed Kindergarten and Memories
10/14/04	Rio Grande City History; Rozeff Genealogy Talk	La Borde House	Jesus "Chuy" Bazan, Pharr
10/21/04	Campacuas Cemetery Memorial Marker		C.L. "Smokey" Boyle
10/28/04	Dia do los Muertes & Harlingen Cemetery	1916 Soldiers at Harlingen Station
11/4/04	San Benito Historic Marker Memorial Illumination	Old Resaca Photo	Gilberto Zepeda, Sr.; San Benito
11/11/04	Zimmerman Telegram; Agrasanchez Talk; DeLeon Family History		Morris W. Dodd, Combes-Lyford
11/18/04	Sad End to Harlingen Railroad Depot; Alamo Grafitti	Old Depot Photos
11/25/04	From Balli to Berly—The Adams Gardens Connection; Genealogy Conf. and Award to Grannie	Adams Gardens Gateposts
12/2/04		1940s Greyhound Basketball Team	Maria L.Gonzales, Santa Rosa; Martin Rosales, Austin
12/9/04	Grants for UTPA Library; Mexican Documents	Team ID'd	Juanita "Mommy Five" Romero, Los Fresnos
12/16/04	RGC House and Ghosts; THC Book Awards	RGC Longoria House
12/23/04	Shared Language Embraces the Southwest	Seven Old Rio Hondo Photos
12/30/04	Harlingen Street Names	Misspelled Hays Street Name	Robert I. Irby, Harlingen
1/6/05	Tropical Trails		James Austin Oden, Harlingen
1/13/05	Reese-Wil-Mond Hotel/Heritage Manor History; Weslaco Museum Replica	South Padre Island 1964
1/20/05	South Padre Island 1964 Feedback		Carlos Gracia, Sr., Harlingen
1/27/05	More South Padre Island And Jetties Feedback	Jetties Area	Judge Fidencio Guerra, Sr., McAllen
2/3/05	RGV Jewish Settlers	Observant Jews	Pedro "Pepe" Campos, Sr., Primera
2/10/05	Charles Stillman, Brownsville Founder	Charro Days	Arlo Alvin Haught, Brownsville
2/17/05	Heritage Plan Brownsville Tax Break; TX Independence Day Celebration in Austin		Leandro T. Garza, Harlingen
2/24/05	Harlingen Air Bases; Charro Days	Charro Day Band
3/3/05	Robert E. Lee Hdqtrs., Fort Ringgold	Headquarters building	Capt. Walter A. Brooks, La Feria
3/10/05	Capt. Sanford Kidder's grave vandalized in Brownsville	Kidder's grave	Ezequiel C. Cavazos, Sr., Lyford
3/17/05	Port Isabel Lighthouse; Explorer LaSalle's "Belle", a Book Review	Lighthouse
3/24/05	Robert Runyon—A Man for All Seasons	Runyon Family	Walter A. Theall, Harlingen
3/31/05	Primera History, Part I		Edward Lee Ashley, Harlingen
4/7/05	Primera history, Part II, Memories of Alex Trejo, former mayor of Primera	Old Wilson School	Russell T. Biddison, Lozano; Marion Hardey Arpee, Harl.
4/14/05	History of USO & Chuey's Supermarket, Harlingen; 1937 miller house, McAllen; Biddison and Runyon followups	Biddison Mall, Chuey's Supermarket, USO bldg.
4/21/05	Valley Heritage Pride—Hispanic Ranching	El Ranchito Ranch hands	L.B. Reeder, Harlingen
4/28/05	Donald A. Hoffman & the Harlingen USO Club; Oldtime Brownsville Baseball	WWII Hoffman Photos
5/5/05	Cinco de Mayo Festivities; Visionaries in Preservation Program	Joe and Bertha Gavito	Joe Gavito, Jr.,La Feria
5/12/05	Lafitte's Well. Laguna Vista; Victoria Theater, Brownsville; Paper Preservation	Well and Theater
5/19/05	Student Winners of History Art Contest		Stacy Spiva Malone, Weslaco
5/26/05	99Year Old RG City Matriarch		Kenneth W. MacPherson, Harlingen

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In my history articles I have usually dealt with subjects occurring over the last 150 years. A recent web discovery now allows me to tell you about considerably older Valley natives.

Not much has been published on the very earliest Native Americans in this region, but as early as 1917 artifacts were coming to light which stirred periodic interest. Still the amount of archeological literature on the subject is relatively little. Andrew Eliot Anderson was one of the first to explore local sites, make notes, and collect artifacts. He first published some of his results in 1932, and his collection is presently housed at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory.

Archeologists have termed the little-known Indian groups who occupied the Rio Grande Delta during the period 1100-1700 A.D. the Brownsville-Barril complex or culture. With its semi-arid climate and variable soils the area was generally inhospitable for cultivation so "The people of the Rio Grande Delta were hunters, fishers, shellfish collectors, and plant gatherers who moved frequently as the seasons, tides, and food supplies dictated." Unfortunately evidence of even earlier occupation is scant since river flood deposits and hurricanes have covered or destroyed sites which were on the higher dunes and levees along the coast, resacas, and the river.

The Rio Grande Delta was largely neglected by the Spanish settlers until 1747, years after they had established missions and settlements upriver. By their accounts it was suggested that as many as 50 named Indian groups may have populated the area. These include the Atastagonie (probably the same as the Taztasagonie), Cacalote, Garza, Pacuache (also given name variants such as Campacua, Paachiqui, Pacao, and Patzau), Pajarito (also called the Pacaruja), Pinanaca (Pimanco, Pinaca, Piranca), Tecahuiste, and Tepachuache. These peoples were all part of the Coahuitecan language group of Northeastern Mexico, and this language group may have encompassed up to 200 tribes.

The notorious Karankawa, who constituted a separate language group, did not inhabit the Valley area. In the mid 1840s, remnants of the Karankawa tribe moved from the Corpus Christi area into Tamaulipas, Mexico. Besieged by Mexico authorities after being accused of plundering Reynosa, they moved into Texas in 1850 and settled near Rio Grande City. In 1858 a Texas force led by Juan Nepomuceno Cortina annihilated the small remaining band of Karankawas.

Date	Article	Photo	Extended Obituary
5/22/03	Pineda Stone	L.C. Hill, hunting party	Manuel R. Barrientez, Willacy
5/29/03	Border Radio	Port Isabel	Lola Jayne McHenry, Harlingen
6/5/03	Issac Neville Fleeson	Service Club-HAAF	Willard Wayne Potter, Harlingen
6/12/03	Rockets Across the Rio; Travels of Cabeza de Vaca	The Pig (restaurant /store)	Lorenzo Ayala, Weslaco
6/19/03	Snake King; Pig Memories		Senovia Cantu, San Benito
6/26/03	Snake King; Sociedad Benito Juarez	Mexiquitta,Port Isabel	Henry C. "Hank" Schute, Brownsville
7/3/03	Joseph Chance Misc.; Pioneer families in 7/4 parade	Farm Security Administration Labor Campschool	Hector Edmundo Casas, San Benito
7/10/03	Railcars in Brownsville	Valley Mid-Winter Fair Parade	Bob Dietz, Bayview
7/17/03	Mid-Winter Parade	Beulah Flooding	Martha Oekerman, La Feria
7/24/03	Port Isabel Museum Loans	Sebastian Dominoes Players	Juanez Fountain, Harlingen
7/31/03		1915 Troops in Brownsville
8/7/03	1915 Infantry to the Rescue	TX Int'l Fishing Tournament, 1930s	Jose Ricardo Gonzales, La Tina
8/14/03	Fishing Tournament	"	Aurora Gonzales, San Benito
8/21/03	" "	Gateway Bridge 1940s; Old Cypress	Abraham Solis, Sr., Los Fresnos
8/28/03	Search for Old Farms; Sam Ringgold	Battle of Palo Alto	Daniel Cavazos, San Benito
9/4/03	Del Mar Beach	Jackson Street, Harlingen, 1930s	Virgil Lashbrook, Rio Hondo
9/11/03	F.Z. Bishop; Remains near Ft. Victoria	La Nueva Libertad Bldg., Brownsville	Gloria Robles, San Benito
9/18/03	Brownsville Downtown; HAFB Reunion	HAFB photos	Jerry Beach, South Padre Island
9/25/03	Base Activities	Pharr Movie Theater	Craig Cross, Harlingen
10/2/03	Texas Movie Houses	El Jardin Hotel	Rev. Aldegundo Alfaro Marguez, Valley
10/9/03	El Jardin Events; Arroyo RR. Bridge	1930s Fast Food Stand	Baldemar P. Rodriguez, Harlingen
10/16/03	Boo Koo Eatery; Historic Cemeteries	Reese-Wil-Mond Hotel 1930s	Miriam Vale, Rio Grande City
10/23/03	Pharr, Main Street City	Runyon's Brownsville	Guadeloupe C. Galvan, Harlingen
10/30/03	Letters on San Benito	Harl. Fire Dept. & Municipal Auditorium	Wallace Basse, Harlingen
11/6/03	Harlingen Auditorium	Yacht Club, Port Isabel	Dottie Burton, Weslaco
11/13/03	Yacht Club and Apts.; LULAC	Champion Store, Port Isabel	W. Raymond Cowley, Weslaco/Harl.
11/20/03	Champion Store; Edinburg Museum	Harl. Filling Station 1930s	Faustino Guetzow, San Benito
11/27/03	Depression Era Photographers in Harl./Weslaco	Depression Era Photos; Cemetery
12/4/03	San Diego, TX Photo Book	Rothstein Photo of Musical Drake Family	Hector Medellin, Harl./La Feria
12/11/03	Anglin Family (Harl.); Rangerville Labor Camp	Service Gin Fire, Weslaco
12/18/03	Labor Camp North of Rangerville		Joseph Frankie, Jr., Los Fresnos
12/28/03	Memories of the Labor Camp	Labor Camp Nursery	Leon Tolliver "Tol" Boswell, Jr., San Benito
1/1/04	Naming of Harlingen; BooKoo Eatery		Emilio Anzaldua Villarreal, Raymondville
1/8/04	About Hill	Hill and William Jennings Bryan; Fort Ringgold Photos
1/15/04	Hill Memories; Comments on Bryan	Old Miller Hotel, Brownsville	Harold Fassold, South Padre Island
1/22/04	Medieval Book Review; Lew Wallace, Miller Hotel	1958 Gateway Bridge Photo
1/29/04	Bridge Photo Comment	De Molay Chapter in Harlingen	Irene Faye Green Place, Harlingen
2/5/04	De Molay IDs	J.W. Rhone Store	Merle Cowart Goode, San Benito
2/12/04	Rhone Photo Feedback	La Feria Little Brown Church	Robert Sims, Harlingen
2/19/04	Rhone and La Feria Church Feedback		Bob Buford, Harlingen
2/26/04	"Rails to the Rio" Book Review	Laguna Madre Ocelot Kill	Willis Hudson, Bayview
3/4/04	H.E. Butt House; RGC Home	Highland School, San Benito; Butt House
3/11/04	Silk Stocking Row	Taylor Street Houses; Donna High School
3/18/04	Giants Roared in Hanger 38; Donna High School; Silk Stocking Correction	MA-IB Crop Duster	Mike J. Till, La Feria
3/25/04	Feedback on Donna Schools	Donna Schools; Pharr Hotel	Irving Rieff, Rio Hondo
4/1/04	Memories of Commerce and Taylor Streets	Alamo Defended; Edinburg School	Julian Flores, Jr., Weslaco
4/8/04	La Providencia Plat Map & Story; Pharr Main Street; Alamo Tourist Club History	Calle Victoria; Harlingen Ice House
4/15/04	Ice House Comments; Court House Grants		Sharon Shanahan Frys, Harlingen
4/22/04	Mexican –American War Book Review		Buster Atkins, Harlingen
4/29/04	Valley Ice Business; Review of "Cattle Brands"	Ice Industry Pictures
5/6/04	Book Review of " The Wings of Change"		Dewey "D.M." Mark, Harlingen
5/13/04	Ice and Cold Storage in Harlingen		Jimmy Stone, Weslaco/Harlingen
5/20/04	Mercedes Shell Button Industry; Courthouse Restoration Funding	1942 Girls' Knitting Club
5/27/04	First Year "Our Heritage" Page Showcased; Part II Shell Buttons		1944 Obituary of Navy Man Marcelo Casa, San Benito

Date	Subject	Photo	Extended Obituary
6/2/05	Baseball Guru Shares Historical Collection	Rene Torres	Leopoldo G. Torres, Raymondville
6/9/05	Flames Fostered Town of Palm Valley		Fred Deyo, Harlingen
6/16/05	Juneteenth; Restoring RGC Architecture		Jim Ghilain, Harlingen
6/23/05		1909 Harlingen Flood	Reymundo Y. Anciso, Harlingen
6/30/05	Fort Ringgold Mural	Mural; Historic Paso Real
7/7/05	Paso Real History Feedback and also the Rogers Massacre	Three of the Paso Real
7/14/05	Weslaco Glowed Brightly in Gloomy Period	Architect Newell's portrait, his work in Weslaco and Los Fresnos
7/21/05	Couch Made Mark as Prominent Developer	1933 Hurricane Damage on Jackson Street
7/28/05	1933 Hurricane Recollections	Dr. George Lee Gallaher	Larry Lee Danner, Harlingen
8/4/05	1933 Hurricane on Brazos Island	Old Brazos Island Structures
8/11/05	More 1933 Hurricane Stories		Frances Domanski, El Ranchito
8/18/05	Another 1933 Hurricane Story; Brownsville Raid Display	Champion Building, Port Isabel	Mary Champion Henggeler, Brownsville
8/25/05	Famed Sculptor, Lincoln Borglum, Farmed in Harlingen Area	Mount Rushmore, L. Borglum sculptures
9/1/05	1933 Hurricane; History Information Sought	Harvey Richards Airport	Francisca V. Chavez, Raymondville
9/8/05	1933 Hurricane in Los Fresnos	Damron photos	Allan Wayne Damron, Raymondville & Terlingua
9/15/05	McAllen's Historic Resources Survey	McAllen downtown	James Leroy "Eddie" Grayson, Harlingen
9/22/05	Issac Bennoni Bigelow of 1800s; Disastrous 1940 Alamo Labor Truck/train Collision	Grave of Bigelow
9/29/05	Reuse of Old Brownsville Jail; Origin of Garrett Road, Harlingen Name	Photo of Two Border Bandits to be Executed in 1916 and Another of the Gallows
10/6/05	Community Heritage Workshop by the THC to be held in Harlingen	San Benito House of Alba Heywood	Carlos Flavio Vela, Harlingen
10/13/05	Dias de los Muertos, RGV Museum Exhibit; Heywood House Feedback.	Day of the Dead sugar skulls; Heywood Hog Ranch Exhibit
10/20/05	Betty Murray feedback on Heywood and her family history in San Benito	Bledsoe Music Company
10/27/05	Lino Hinojosa, Union Soldier; When St. Louis Bankrolled the Valley; Valley's First Lutheran Church, Mercedes; Ghosts of Fort Brown	Great-great granddaughter and grave of Hinojosa in Rio Grande City
11/3/05			Tobin Armstrong, Armstrong
11/10/05	Dr. John Crockett		Aurel John "AJ" Neese, Raymondville
11/17/05	Robb Kendrick Tintypes; Historic Signs for San Benito's Aztec and La Especial Bakery Buildings	Tintype and historic building photos
11/24/05	S. W. Brooks, Border Architect; Mission Museum Curator, Cynthia Lopez	S. W. Brooks
12/1/05		Simmons Family (4)	Leonard Pierce "L.P." Simmons, Jr., Rangerville
12/8/05	Nathaniel White: La Feria's Man of Mystery; Donna Newspaper Marker	White Ranch road signs
12/15/05	UTB/TSC Lease Endangered Kraigher House		John Kent Swan, San Benito
12/22/05	100 Years of Edelstein Furniture Business; Brownsville RR Line May Become Park	Edelstein Furniture Photos
12/29/05	Mercedes Irrigation District Office, 1925	Building, Dr. Caballero	Dr. Eduardo Caballero, Mercedes
1/5/06	Book review of "Seldom Heard: Ranchers, Ranchos, and Rumors of the South Texas Brush Country"; Record Digitization in Brownsville Heritage Complex	Related photos on both subjects
1/12/06	Brownsville Historical Association Annual Meeting	Medrano Family	Dolores Medrano, Lasara
1/19/06	PBS History Detectives and the Chisholm Trail; Auto- Rack Trains in the Valley	McAllen Ranch
1/26/06	Al Escalante, Valley Golfer; Sanderson's "Nevin's History"	Manix Family; Al Escalante	Glenda May Manix, Rio Hondo
2/2/06	Al Escalante, Golf Pro; Historical sites of Hidalgo County; Underground Civil War Railroad Art	Maples Family; Al Escalante	Dorothy 'Fina' Maples, La Feria, Santa Maria, Bluetown
2/9/06	Arroyo Colorado Dredging	Dredge Temple & Model of It
2/16/06	Rio Grande Museum Name Change; Tropical Trail Meeting In San Benito	Bard Photos	O.N. "Buddy" Bard, Harlingen
2/23/06	Bert Nosler, San Benito Industrialist; Rio Grande City Trolley Rides	Nosler; Rio Grande City
3/2/06	Texas Artifact Auction; Brownsville Heritage Museum "Sufferage" Exhibit & Open House	Contreras' Tortilla Machine, Family; 1881 Colt Revolver	Jesus L. Contreras, Sr., Harlingen
3/9/06	Santa Rosa Bell; Padre Island Painting by Robnett	Painting; Bell
3/16/06	Santos Garcia, Harlingen Tortilla Pioneer	Terhune photos	Claude Mitchell "Terry" Terhune
3/23/06	Brazos Island Military Camps	Baker photos	Billy Jo Baker, Mission, Arroyo City
3/30/06	Amberson Book on Mier and John C. C. Hill	Fuente Family	Angelica De La Fuente, Santa Rosa, Combs
4/6/06	Lafitte's Well in Laguna Vista	Well Photo; SoRell Photos	Myrtle Leona Cowart SoRell, Harlingen
4/13/06	Jimmy Cocke's Fairway Memories; 1953 Movie Ride, Vaquero	1930s Golfing; Br. Movie Premier
4/20/06	Valley Baptist Hospital on F Street; S. Padre Island Quarantine Station; Austin's Tejano Monument	Hospital (2); Quarantine Station
4/27/06	Harlingen's Early Doctors; Stillman Family Work at Brownsville Hospitals	Valley Baptist Hospital on F street and Doctors
5/4/06	Nursing School at VBH,1949-50; Brownsville Heritage Museum Digitization	Nurses in Training
5/11/06	"Crossing the Rio Grande: An Immigrant's Life in the 1880s"; Oñate Trail Exhibit; Dr. Davidson Recalled	Guadelupe Valdez, Jr. and Grandfather's Book
5/18/06	Sorrento Restaurant, Harlingen's First Italian One	Guerra Family	Maria Villarreal Guerra, San Benito
5/25/06	Start of Valley Baseball (by Abner Doubleday?)	1952 Sorrento Restaurant Postcard

Date	Subject	Photos	Extended Obituary
6/1/06	Valley Baptist Hospital Article Feedback	VBH Old Nurse Residence, Nurse Capping Ceremony
6/8/06	Mack, Rickey Brought Baseball to the Valley	Doane-Miller Family	Margaret Doane Miller, Stuart Place
6/15/06	"She Came to the Valley", Book and Movie
6/22/06	124 W. Jackson St. Restoration; RG City Cemetery; St. Historical Marker Program	Restoration Work of Tony and June Ramirez
6/29/06	Domingo-Laiseca House, Brownsville Demolished	Demolition; Spradlin	Lena Ruth Spradlin, Harlingen
7/6/06	August Weller and Early Harlingen Banks	Harlingen State Bank & Early Harlingen, 1915
7/13/06		Wittenbach Family	Robert Tro Wittenbach, Harlingen
7/20/06	Arnaldo Villareal Ramirez Sr., 'Mr. Falcon', of Mission	Mr. Falcon
7/27/06	San Benito's Aztec Roof Garden	Aztec Building
8/3/06	Brownsville Raid Centennial; Joe Chance's new book, "Maria de Jesus Carvajal"	Garcia Family	Jesus L. Garcia, Mercedes
8/10/06	Gregg House Restoration, Brownsville; Pharr Demolitions; Runyon Postcards at Brownsville Heritage Complex	Gregg House Work
8/17/06	Brownsville Raid Revisited and Reconsidered after 100 Years	Black Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment; Its Last Survivor
8/24/06	Harlingen Hubs 1938 Baseball Team	Hubs Team Photo; Cantwell Photos	Douglas Cant-well, Harlingen
8/31/06	1933 Hurricane: Part I; J.W. Daniel, Santa Rosa, account of storm	Fernandez Beach House, Boca Chica Island, 1932
9/7/06	1933 Hurricane: Part II	Destroyed Municipal Auditorium
9/14/06	1933 Hurricane: Part III; Personal Recollections	Harlingen Downtown Destruction
9/21/06	Hurricane Recollection: Mildred Bennett	Hoverson Photos	Richard Roy Hoverson, La Feria
9/28/06	Gen. Zachary Taylor and Fort Polk; Sisters of Mercy Hospital Chapel	Early Port Isabel Lighthouse; Hospital Chapel
10/05/06	Valley Hispanic Icons: Part I
10/12/06	Valley Hispanic Icons: Part II; Americo Paredes	Aerial View 77 & Morgan, Harlingen
10/19/06	Flags of Our Fathers; Harlon Block , Iwo Jima	Iwo Jima Flag Raising
10/26/06	The Letzerich Building; Feedback on Old 77 Sunshine Photo	Letzerich Building
11/2/06	More Feedback on 77 Sunshine Photo; Harlingen Concert Assoc. (2 articles)	Old Municipal Auditorium; Famed Performers Here
11/9/06	Feedback on Concert Article	Rodriguez Family	Hector Eduardo Rodriguez, Harlingen
11/16/06	Feedback on Concert Article and on 77 Sunshine Photo	Continental Oil Co. Station on Harrison
11/23/06	Feedback on Conoco and 77 Sunshine Photos	Lopez Family; Conoco Station	Magdaleno Torres Sr., La Feria
11/30/06	State Applications for Markers	Noriega Family	Juan Jesus Noriega, Mercedes
12/7/06	Candlelight Ceremony Resaca de la Palma Battlefield for Mexican War Soldiers	Garcia Family	Hilario B. "Larry" Garcia III, San Benito
12/14/06	The International Style Kraigher House in Brownsville	Flados Family	Norman Flados, Palm Valley
12/21/06	Port Isabel Mexiquito 1933 Hurricane Memories; Valley Students at Seton Hall in the 1860s.	Mexiquito Scene of the 1920s
12/28/06	Civil War Landing at River's Mouth	Gregory Family	Ophelia Gregory, Harlingen
1/4/07	Runyon Family Genealogy; Matamoros Bullfights; Heritage Briefs	Matamoros Bull Ring; Early Valley Home
1/11/07	General Taylor's Legacy; St. Joseph Academy Exhibit	Painting of Taylor; Academy Memorabilia
1/18/07	La Lomita Mission, Mission	Mission Scenes
1/25/07	Robert E. Lee at Fort Brown	Lee Portrait, Castillo Family	Dora I. Salazar Castillo, Harlingen
2/1/07	Luvenia's Journal, Part 1 of 3	Burk & Bloss Families
2/8/07	Luvenia's Journal, Part 2 of 3; Tip-O-Texas Genealogy Society 45^th Anniversary; Brownsville Raid Tour; BHA Exhibit	Luvenia & Friends
2/15/07	Luvenia's Journal, Part 3 of 3	Schupp-Tomlin Family	Mary Christina Schupp-Tomlin, Harlingen
2/22/07	Brownsville Union Blockade in Civil War; Port Isabel Historic District Expansion; TSTC black History Month Events	Blockade Map; Old Point Isabel Lighthouse, Champion Building
3/1/07	Brownsville Convent School; Mexiquito Neighborhood of Port Isabel; Reese-Wil-Mond Feedback	Mexiquito Area Map & Tendajos; Convent Building
3/8/07	3 Shaped the Valley; Port Isabel/Island Ferry Boats; Library Gems (part 1)	Canal; Ferry
3/15/07	Gulf Squadron (1846 Warships); Library Gems (part 2); King of Rivers Exhibit	1848 Engraving; Exhibit Offerings
3/22/07	Alba Stimson Heywood of San Benito	Two Heywood; Two Bates	Lois Bates, Rio Hondo
3/29/07	VBMC Chapel in Brownsville Restored; Founding of LULAC: J. T. Canales Program	Chapel; Lulac
4/5/07	James B. Wells; Nopalitos Lenten Fare	Wells; Nopalitos
4/12/07	F. Yturria's Book "The Patriarch"; VMS History Award	Yturria; Goette Family	Harry J. Goette, Port Isabel
4/19/07	RV Living, Tradition in RGV	1930s RV Camping
4/26/07	La Lomita Mission Restoration; RV Feedback	La Lomita Mission
5/3/07	Lozano Building Sign Dedication	Peables Family	Woodrow "Woodie" Peables Jr., La Feria
5/10/07	Lozano Plaza Dedication; Palo Alto 161^st Anniversary; Rozeff Book Review	Lozano Family, Lozano Building
5/17/07	130^th Year Hispanic Presbyterian Church, Brownsville	Fonseca Family	Evangelina Cantu Fonseca, San Benito
5/24/07	Port Isabel Early History; Show of Brownsville Postcards	Port Isabel Aerial; VMS Honor Award
5/31/07	Pharr Heritage Tourism; Port Isabel Museums	Pharr Landmarks	Yturria Book Review