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Item #6895
TIO COWBOY, Juan Salinas. Rodeo Roper and Horseman
Author: Ricardo D. Palacios
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The hardback version of this book is now out of print. Juan Salinas was one of the best tie-down calf ropers ever to come out of South Texas, growing up on a 15,000 acre ranch near laredo. He roped in Texas rodeos from the 1920s to 1935. From 1936 to 1946 he followed the national rodeo circuit. His nephew, an attorney and rancher living in Encinal, Texas recounts the many tales his uncle told him such as friendships with Gene Autrey and other screen and real cowboys. College Station, TX 2008 Texas A&M University Press Ist PB Ed., 195 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6904
THE REMINISCENSES OF A TEXAS MISSIONARY
Author: Rev. P.F. Parisot, O.M.I.
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Originally published in 1899, this personal memoir of an Oblate priest is an indispensable history of the missionary efforts of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in South Texas and Northern Mexico in the late 19th century. They were called the "Cavalry of Christ," and this facsimile reprint of the original volume makes this fascinating story available to a new audience. San Antonio, 2009 Borderlands Press, 2nd Ed., 227 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7093
SCHOOL BY THE RIVER, Ursuline Academy to Southwest School of Art & Craft, 1851-2001
Author: Maria Watson Pfeiffer
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When seven women of the Order of Saint Ursula and one priest arrived in frontier San Antonio in 1851 to establish a school for girls, none could predict the dramatic future facing the tranquil campus that rose on the banks of the San Antonio River. In 1970 the Ursuline Academy moved to another location, but two other groups of determined women-The San Antonio Conservation Society and the Southwest Craft Center-closed ranks to rescue the beloved landmark buildings from certain destruction. Now operated as the Southwest School of Art and Craft, education, historic preservation and artistic invention merge to continue a tradition of excellence in this unique place. The author is a fourth generation San Antonian with a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from Trinity University. She has served on the staffs of The San Antonio Conservation Society and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo. San Antonio, 2001 1st Ed, 198 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6903
SPANISH WATER, ANGLO WATER, Early Development in San Antonio
Author: Charles R. Porter
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Since 1718 Spaniards developed acequias, a system of irrigation canals and ditches to carry abundant water to be shared equitably by all settlers. Texas courts still follow this Spanish legal concept. With the arrival of Anglo-European settlers, things began to change. The author experty chronicalsthe origins and often-contentious development of water rights in San Antonio, Texas. College Station, 2009 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 181 Pgs., 6x9, HB. | |
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