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Scrapbook of John R. Peavey reflecting his days as a U. S. Border Patrolman in the Rio Grande Valley. Warning: graphic content. For more materials of the John Randall Peavey Collection, view the Finding Aid on ArchivesSpace.

  • Page 01, Portrait of John R. Peavey

    Page 01, Portrait of John R. Peavey

  • Page 02, Draft of cover page for the Echoes From the Rio Grande book

    Page 02, Draft of cover page for the Echoes From the Rio Grande book

  • Page 03 and Page 04, Stagecoach and Paso Real Stagecoach Inn relocation newsclipping

    Page 03 and Page 04, Stagecoach and Paso Real Stagecoach Inn relocation newsclipping

  • Page 05, Sketch of the South Texas region including ranches, cities, old Spanish trails, and railroads

    Page 05, Sketch of the South Texas region including ranches, cities, old Spanish trails, and railroads

  • Page 06, Sketch of Six-shooter Junction/Harlingen

    Page 06, Sketch of Six-shooter Junction/Harlingen

  • Page 07, W. J. Jordan, first engineer of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway

    Page 07, W. J. Jordan, first engineer of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway

  • Page 08, Our Lady of Visitation church in Santa Maria, Spanish buildings in Santa Maria, Downtown Brownsville

    Page 08, Our Lady of Visitation church in Santa Maria, Spanish buildings in Santa Maria, Downtown Brownsville

  • Page 09, Interurban rail car in Matamoros, Land prospectors on car, U.S. Customs station in Hidalgo

    Page 09, Interurban rail car in Matamoros, Land prospectors on car, U.S. Customs station in Hidalgo

  • Page 10, Construction of first canal in Harlingen, Texas

    Page 10, Construction of first canal in Harlingen, Texas

  • Page 11, Construction of first canal in Harlingen, Texas

    Page 11, Construction of first canal in Harlingen, Texas

  • Page 12, Brownsville Raid's Cowan residence, 1872 Baldwin wood-burning, narrow gauge railroad locomotive, Elizabeth st. Brownsville, Snippet of Echoes From the Rio Grande film

    Page 12, Brownsville Raid's Cowan residence, 1872 Baldwin wood-burning, narrow gauge railroad locomotive, Elizabeth st. Brownsville, Snippet of Echoes From the Rio Grande film

  • Page 13, Stagecoach, Elizabeth St. in Brownsville, Self portrait of Peavey, King Ranch entrance

    Page 13, Stagecoach, Elizabeth St. in Brownsville, Self portrait of Peavey, King Ranch entrance