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Aqui Torturo

    Ricardo Lopez Mendez

      GENERAL E. KIRBY SMITH

      TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE   TEXAS RANCHER GENERAL E. KIRBY SMITH, C.S.A. (1824–1893)   BORN IN FLORIDA. GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT. FOUGHT IN MEXICAN WAR. ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER IN THE...

      TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE   TEXAS RANCHER GENERAL E. KIRBY SMITH, C.S.A. (1824–1893)   BORN IN FLORIDA. GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT. FOUGHT IN MEXICAN WAR. ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER IN THE...

      • texas

      City of Austin, Texas Low Water Dam

        The W.A. "Bay" Evans Home

        Architect Blum E. Hester, who designed the Creighton Theatre, drew the plans for this house in 1933. Built for William Arthur "Bay" Evans (1900-1954) and his wife Garnet, the residence features...

        Architect Blum E. Hester, who designed the Creighton Theatre, drew the plans for this house in 1933. Built for William Arthur "Bay" Evans (1900-1954) and his wife Garnet, the residence features...

        • texas
        • historic landmark
        • architecture
        • conroe

        The W.A. "Bay" Evans Home

        Architect Blum E. Hester, who designed the Creighton Theatre, drew the plans for this house in 1933. Built for William Arthur "Bay" Evans (1900-1954) and his wife Garnet, the residence features...

        Architect Blum E. Hester, who designed the Creighton Theatre, drew the plans for this house in 1933. Built for William Arthur "Bay" Evans (1900-1954) and his wife Garnet, the residence features...

        • texas
        • historic landmark
        • architecture
        • conroe

        The 1964 Fall of the Erath Water Tower

        "In the wake of tragedy, In the wake of a storm, In the wake of disaster, A small town mourns." On this site, the old City Hall and a 125' water tower once stood. On October 3, 1964, during...

        "In the wake of tragedy, In the wake of a storm, In the wake of disaster, A small town mourns." On this site, the old City Hall and a 125' water tower once stood. On October 3, 1964,...

        • louisiana
        • disaster
        • hurricane hilda

        The Erath Sugar Company

        Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to summon...

        Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to...

        • louisiana
        • plantation bell
        • sugar mill

        Alice Plantation House

        Circa: 1790   Built by Agricole Fuselier de la Claire, a planter and cousin of A. B. Roman, Governor of Louisiana (1831-1835, 1839-1843). The house was floated up Bayou Teche from Baldwin to its...

        Circa: 1790   Built by Agricole Fuselier de la Claire, a planter and cousin of A. B. Roman, Governor of Louisiana (1831-1835, 1839-1843). The house was floated up Bayou Teche from Baldwin to its...

        • louisiana
        • plantation
        • iberia parish

        Louisiana Frog Company

        Louis Baer, an immigrant from France, was joined at this site in 1933, by the Babineaux brothers, Lionel, Desire, and Pete, to form the Louisiana Frog Company acclaimed "The Largest Shippers of...

        Louis Baer, an immigrant from France, was joined at this site in 1933, by the Babineaux brothers, Lionel, Desire, and Pete, to form the Louisiana Frog Company acclaimed "The Largest Shippers...

        • louisiana
        • commerce
        • rayne
        • frogs

        People's Drug Store

        At Rayne's founding, Dr. James Morris built his Star Drug Store here in 1883, subsequently turned into Alphonse Duclos Drugs, housing both telegraph and postal services. It then became People's...

        At Rayne's founding, Dr. James Morris built his Star Drug Store here in 1883, subsequently turned into Alphonse Duclos Drugs, housing both telegraph and postal services. It then became People's...

        • louisiana
        • rayne
        • acadia parish

        Fausse Point of Bayou Teche / Fausse-Pointe du Bayou Tèche

        <br>About 200 destitute Acadians, former prisoners of the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived in New Orleans in February 1765. Offered fertile land in the Attakapas District of what is now...

        <br>About 200 destitute Acadians, former prisoners of the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived in New Orleans in February 1765. Offered fertile land in the Attakapas District of what is now...

        • louisiana
        • acadians
        • cajuns
        • iberia parish

        New Acadia / Nouvelle Acadie

        In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees representing 60 families were settled here on the Teche Ridge in three encampments along the "Fausse...

        In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees representing 60 families were settled here on the Teche Ridge in three encampments along the...

        • louisiana
        • cajun
        • iberia parish

        Valsin Broussard (Oct 1825 - Mar. 1899)

        Founder of the little town of Broussardville (December 13, 1856) and postmaster of Côte Gelée (June 1866-July 1867). On July 24, 1874, he was appointed first postmaster of Broussard, as Côte Gelée...

        Founder of the little town of Broussardville (December 13, 1856) and postmaster of Côte Gelée (June 1866-July 1867). On July 24, 1874, he was appointed first postmaster of Broussard, as Côte Gelée...

        • louisiana
        • early settler
        • broussard
        • lafayette parish

        Valsin Broussard (Oct 1825 - Mar. 1899)

        Founder of the little town of Broussardville (December 13, 1856) and postmaster of Côte Gelée (June 1866-July 1867). On July 24, 1874, he was appointed first postmaster of Broussard, as Côte Gelée...

        Founder of the little town of Broussardville (December 13, 1856) and postmaster of Côte Gelée (June 1866-July 1867). On July 24, 1874, he was appointed first postmaster of Broussard, as Côte Gelée...

        • louisiana
        • early settler
        • broussard
        • lafayette parish

        Valsin House (CA. 1876)

        Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876. This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo-American and French-style home housed the...

        Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876. This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo- American and French-style home housed...

        • louisiana
        • settler
        • broussard

        Valsin House (CA. 1876)

        Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876. This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo-American and French-style home housed the...

        Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876. This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo- American and French-style home housed...

        • louisiana
        • settler
        • broussard

        In Memory of Carl J. Cahill

        In Memory of Carl J. Cahill   [Logo] Seabees “Can Do!”   Carl J. Cahill was a World War II “Fighting Seabee” Veteran Who returned from the Battle Sands of Guam & Guadalcanal to make a home &...

        In Memory of Carl J. Cahill   [Logo] Seabees “Can Do!”   Carl J. Cahill was a World War II “Fighting Seabee” Veteran Who returned from the Battle Sands of Guam & Guadalcanal to make a home &...

          In Memory of the Events of September 11, 2001

          September 11, 2002   Dedicated in memory of the events of September 11, 2001 by the Sonora Industrial Development Corporation on behalf of the citizens of Sonora and Sutton County Texas   Sonora...

          September 11, 2002   Dedicated in memory of the events of September 11, 2001 by the Sonora Industrial Development Corporation on behalf of the citizens of Sonora and Sutton County Texas   Sonora...

            Eddy and Ann Knight

            Eddy Knight opened Knight Specialties in 1972, originally using his vehicle as an office and his family's garage and backyard for inventory storage. Later, Eddy opened Knight's first official...

            Eddy Knight opened Knight Specialties in 1972, originally using his vehicle as an office and his family's garage and backyard for inventory storage. Later, Eddy opened Knight's first official...

            • louisiana
            • ull
            • oil
            • industry