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We Have a Representative from Harlingen to Thank for this Heavenly Spot on the Gulf Coast
I never thought there could be a connection between Padre Island National Seashore and us from Harlingen, Texas. Imagine my surprise when I found this newspaper story from 1963. There is so much good our leaders can accomplish even within political turmoil. Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas, Wednesday, February 20, 1963. AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) -“Sponsors…
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From Paper to Film
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain. I have to admit, when I purchased “Killers of the Flower…
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Caracara Trails Project Survey you can Participate
The Pharr District Bicycle Plan is creating a study to see ways to make it easier to ride a bike on state roads in the following counties: Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy and Zapata. Because this information is best explored through an interactive map, TxDOT is requesting your input via an online interactive…
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Visitando a Antonieta Rivas Mercado
Aquellos que sentimos amor por nuestra patria buscamos inspiración y consuelo en la historia, el arte y la cultura para sanar nuestra nostalgia abrumada. ¿Porque abrumada? Cada uno tenemos una respuesta a esta pregunta. Para mi es visitar mi México querido y verlo tan bien y tan mal simultaneamente. Sentir el brillito de la esperanza…
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Tidbits from Mexico
The river looked calm and blue this morning when my husband and I crossed the border into Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, to get our tourist cards for our upcoming trip to Mexico City. Tourist cards are required for anyone visiting or doing business in Mexico. If travelers plan to visit Mexico for seven days or less,…
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