Interpretive Guide to: Fort Leaton State Historic Site (open access)

Interpretive Guide to: Fort Leaton State Historic Site

Pamphlet describing story and history of Fort Leaton site. Map of site's general location in Texas as well as nearby highways included on back.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Benita and Evaristo Albarado, July 14, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Benita and Evaristo Albarado, July 14, 2016

Evaristo and Benita Albarado talked about the events surrounding the massacre at El Porvenir Ranch (Presidio County) in 1918, when a group of soldiers and Texas Rangers rounded up and shot Mexican American men who lived and worked at Porvenir. The father of Ms. Benita Albarado was a witness of the events, but did not talk about them until late in his life; his testimony motivated the Albarados to research and document the events surrounding the massacre. In addition to sharing the fruits of their efforts to show what really happened at Porvenir, the Albarados talked about growing up in segregated towns in west Texas (Benita Albarado is from Big Spring, while Evaristo Albarado was born and raised in Uvalde). They also talked about the importance of preserving the history of violence along the border, and discussed their collaboration with scholars in the production of an exhibit at the Bullock museum in Austin.
Date: July 14, 2016
Creator: Albarado, Benita; Albarado, Evaristo; Sinta, Vincio & Arionus, Steve
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 3, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History