[Essay by Laura Castro] (open access)

[Essay by Laura Castro]

Photocopy of an essay on how the Dellana family came to reside in Rollingwood, Texas. Castro talks about Condado Dellana's immigration from Italy to the United States and how he eventually moved to Texas to help build the capitol building in Austin. Years later, Condado discovered a cave in Rollingwood that produced extremely good fertilizer due to the guano from the bats that lived in the cave. He eventually bought the property that the cave was on and started selling the fertilizer to nurseries around the state.
Date: February 27, 1976
Creator: Castro, Laura
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Mowinckle Johnson to Dorothy Depwe, February 12, 1976]

Photocopy of a letter from Mary Johnson to Stanley Depwe discussing the addition of a marker board to the Eanes School. She also goes on to talk about her daughter and her friend Camila, who had an operation and is healing well. Included in the letter is also a short biography of Mowinckle's life, detailing her birth as well as her time in school.
Date: February 12, 1976
Creator: Johnson, Mary Mowinckle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History