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Sunday 10 am • Wednesday 6:30 pm
405 E. Gallego Avenue • Alpine, TX 79830
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103 N. Highland Ave
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432.729.4410
Cartledge at Castolon did not
come into the Park until 1960.
Although the Anglo ranchers had
the larger spreads, a significant
number of families originally
from Mexico also held title to
ranch land. On both the larger
and smaller ranches, the cowboys
and farm workers were mostly of
Mexican origin, even though
some had moved from further
north in Texas to take up resi-
dence in south Brewster County.
Family names such as Sada, Solis,
Villalba, de la O, Celaya, Garcia,
Chavarria, Valenzuela, Molinar,
Franco, Ybarra and many more
owned ranches themselves or
lived on the Anglo ranches, or
populated settlements like La
Coyota, Glenn Springs and
Terlingua Abajo.
With the last of the ranch
land coming into the Park in
1960, there were families who
were transplanted outside the
Park scarcely more than fifty
years ago. Since the last sur-
vivors of these pioneer families
are now in their 80s and 90s,
preserving their stories, in their
own words, is an urgent priority.
These early residents of
Brewster County, born or raised
within what became Big Bend
National Park or in its Study
Butte/Terlingua neighborhood,
now live across the Trans Pecos.
Unless and until more of these
unnamed, unknown predeces-
sors can be given their due
recognition, the history we
claim is incomplete. As Howard
Zinn has made clear in his A
People's History of the United
States, this country's story, great
as it may be when heard from its
majority white-Anglo perspec-
tive, is fully told only when all its
people can be heard to speak.
If you know a Big Bend pio-
neer who can tell a story or are
a descendant with a story to
preserve, please contact one of
the following at Big Bend
National Park:
Archaeologist Tom Alex
(432) 477-1144
Archivist Kate Hogue (432)
477-1153
GALLERY
Felix Valenzuela's freighter caravans took a week to travel from Terlingua to Alpine in the 20s and 30s
hauling out quicksilver and returning with supplies. This drover, whip draped around his neck, hauled
water for man and beast on the trip.
C ONTEMPORARY W EST T EXAS A RT
401 N. 5th Street • Alpine TX 79830
(432)837-5999
Representing work by
Charles Bell • Karl Glocke
Ling Dong • Carlos Campana
Hours vary or by appointment
Art and Guitar classes • Weekend workshops offered
Hand-painted signs and graphics
Cenizo
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