Brownsville, Texas.
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English: Built circa 1900 for Refugia Rock, the widow of Herman S. Rock (a customs hide inspector), the one-story house has parapet gables and a molded cornice across the chimney and façade, indicating Mexican Colonial and . . .
(Architecture • Hispanic Americans • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
English: Built circa 1900 for Refugia Rock, the widow of Herman S. Rock (a customs hide inspector), the one-story house has parapet gables and a molded cornice across the chimney and façade, indicating Mexican Colonial and . . . (Architecture • Hispanic Americans • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
English: This excellent example of Spanish colonial style architecture was built in 1900 for Mrs. Herman S. Rock. Features include floor-length windows at the front façade, and parapets with a decorative brick cornice. Owned . . . 
Teatro de la Paz. Ecléctico. S. XIX. Arq. José Noriega. Iniciado en 1889, en el área sur del Convento del Carmen que desde 1870 sirvió de cárcel. Se inauguró en 1894. La cúpula del vestíbulo es de zinc belga. El interior fue . . . 
English: Built 1893-1894 for Henry M. Field, the commercial and residential complex covers half a block. The two-story gallery, spindle cornice and railings indicate that the building is a mix of Border Brick style and . . . 
English: This complex, which includes several buildings, was built in the late 19th century by H.M. Field. Andres Pacheco purchased the site in 1919. The corner store – residence is an excellent example of the Spanish . . . 
English: Built circa 1870 for William H. Russel, the house was purchased by Joseph James Cocke in 1885. Its architecture features a mixture of late Greek Revival and Victorian styles that reflects the architecturally . . . 
In honor of those from the Nineteenth Ward who served their country in World War II. May their example always be an inspiration to those in whose care rests the welfare of our beloved country
(side 1) Shortly after three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, October 29, 1864, six Confederate prisoners of war were taken from their cell in the Gratiot Street Prison in St Louis and executed by a military firing squad. This . . . 
In the years after the Civil War, nearly half of all the cheese made in America came from New York State. The best came from Herkimer County cows that grazed on the limestone rich pastures of this region. Local cheese-makers . . . 
In “North America”, one of the four monumental sculptures called “The Continents” a Plains Indian looks over the shoulder of America. As illustrated by the surrounding detail photographs, French acknowledged the diversity . . . 
"The farmers bring in that article of consumption every Monday and so great is the rush that the police of the place are on duty all the time to preserve order and keep the streets free from obstruction. The cheese is . . . 
Usually you build a bridge to avoid an obstacle in the way -but sometimes the obstacle shows up later. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the last major railroad to built in New York State. It transported coal from the mines in . . . 
Over two hundred cheese-makers regularly attended the Little Falls cheese market on Ann St. Most of the cheese factories were located in Herkimer County north of the Mohawk River. Competition was brisk, so the highest prices . . . 
You are looking at the San Pedro River Valley. The San Pedro River flows north to the Gila River, which ultimately meets the Colorado River and heads south to Mexico and the Gulf of California. The river supports riparian . . . 
Born October 6, 1842, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. Educated at the Western Military Institute at Nashville. Early in the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army Company 1, First Tennessee Regiment. In 1863 he was assigned to . . . 
Casa del Culcal Kin Calle 64 Nos. 556, 558 por 71 y 73 Patrimonio de la Nación Camino Real a Campeche English translation: The House of the Headless Friar 556-558 Calle 64 between Calles 71 and 73 A National Heritage Site . . . 
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Let this scarlet oak represent the strength and resilience of the people of African descent, and commemorate Africans who died in the Middle Passage, the leg of the Atlantic Triangle in which upwards of 100 million Africans . . . 
Center of Brenham hospitality for 122 years. Originally a two-story log stage depot adjoined by a log cabin complex called the Washington County Hotel. Changed owners several times through the years. General Sam Houston once . . . 
