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Hidalgo County Historical Commission - Oral Histories

 
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  • Interview with George Strohmeyer - Part 02 by George Strohmeyer and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with George Strohmeyer - Part 02

    George Strohmeyer and Robert Everett Norton

    George Strohmeyer was born in 1897. Part 2 of 2.

  • Interview with William Bill Borman by William Bill Borman and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with William Bill Borman

    William Bill Borman and Robert Everett Norton

    William Borman tells about his life. Topics include Birth in Arkansas, schooling in McAllen, first job. San Juan store, city debt, difficulty in starting store, city management as Mayor, streets, banking, secret of success.

  • Interview with Elizabeth B. (Sammons) Brazeal by Elizabeth B. Brazeal and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Elizabeth B. (Sammons) Brazeal

    Elizabeth B. Brazeal and Robert Everett Norton

    Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd (Sammons) Brazeal (wife of Clay Brazeal) discuss early life, parents, education and marriage. As the daughter of a prominent early Valley businessman and the wife of another, she makes observations about life in the Mission area.

  • Interview with Andrew Champion - Part 01 by Andrew Champion and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Andrew Champion - Part 01

    Andrew Champion and Robert Everett Norton

    Andrew Champion relates the story of the Champion family, the history of Donna, Texas.

    Mr. Champion discusses a family life in Progresso.

    His grandparents: Peter Bronzin Champion (Campeoni) and Maria Felicita Flor Solisenos

    His father: Andrew Solis Champion, Sr., who was a Texas Ranger

    Military service: WWI and WWII

    Industry: Oil fields

  • Interview with Andrew Champion - Part 02 by Andrew Champion and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Andrew Champion - Part 02

    Andrew Champion and Robert Everett Norton

    Andrew Champion relates the story of the Champion family, the history of Donna, Texas.

  • Interview with Charles W. Griffith - Part 01 by Charles W. Griffith and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Charles W. Griffith - Part 01

    Charles W. Griffith and Robert Everett Norton

    Charles W. Griffith records his observations about living in San Juan, Texas, since 1915. Part 1 of 2.

  • Interview with Charles W. Griffith - Part 02 by Charles W. Griffith and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Charles W. Griffith - Part 02

    Charles W. Griffith and Robert Everett Norton

    Charles W. Griffith records his observations about living in San Juan, Texas, since 1915. Part 2 of 2.

  • Jackson Ranch Church 35, 1982 by Frances W. Isbell

    Jackson Ranch Church 35, 1982

    Frances W. Isbell

    From the Hidalgo County Historical Commission Collection, Series I, Historical Markers I, 1964-2013, consists of applications and research pertaining to historical markers and historical cemeteries.

    Jackson Ranch Church 35, 1982, Container: 79, Box: 1, Folder: 36. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus.

    https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/78145

  • Interview with W.W. Jones - Part 01 by Walter Webster Jones and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with W.W. Jones - Part 01

    Walter Webster Jones and Robert Everett Norton

  • Interview with W.W. Jones - Part 02 by Walter Webster Jones and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with W.W. Jones - Part 02

    Walter Webster Jones and Robert Everett Norton

  • Interview with Walter Earl Reed - Part 01 by Walter Earl Reed and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Walter Earl Reed - Part 01

    Walter Earl Reed and Robert Everett Norton

    Walter Earl Reed, a physician, talks about his family, education, medical training and opening a medical practice in San Juan, Texas. Part 1 of 2.

  • Interview with Walter Earl Reed - Part 02 by Walter Earl Reed and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Walter Earl Reed - Part 02

    Walter Earl Reed and Robert Everett Norton

    Walter Earl Reed, a physician, talks about his family, education, medical training and opening a medical practice in San Juan, Texas. Part 2 of 2.

  • Interview with Henry Sanford Winston - Part 01 by Henry Sanford Winston and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Henry Sanford Winston - Part 01

    Henry Sanford Winston and Robert Everett Norton

    Henry Sanford Winston was born in 1904. He talks about his life and the production process of the oil industry. Part 1 of 2.

  • Interview with Henry Sanford Winston - Part 02 by Henry Sanford Winston and Robert Everett Norton

    Interview with Henry Sanford Winston - Part 02

    Henry Sanford Winston and Robert Everett Norton

    Henry Sanford Winston was born in 1904. He talks about his life and the production process of the oil industry. Part 2 of 2.

  • Interview with James B. Boyd by James B. Boyd, Bill Foerster, and Robert Norton

    Interview with James B. Boyd

    James B. Boyd, Bill Foerster, and Robert Norton

    James B. Boyd describes six Native American archeological sites he had mapped in western Hidalgo County, beginning with discoveries near La Joya Creek and a school construction site. He detailed artifacts such as Matamoros points, Tortugas dart points, scrapers, and crude stone tools found across multiple visits, noting variations in richness depending on site disturbance. The final site, Chihuahua Hill, stood out as unusually rich for Hidalgo County, though Boyd emphasized these sites were modest compared to larger finds in neighboring counties and northern Mexico. (Transcription by Robert Norton)

 
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