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1. Port Isabel has many stories to tell
(Around Town)
... once a dry goods store and residence and later served as a post office and railroad depot. Joseph Champion was an Italian immigrant who settled in Texas in 1855. Charles Champion was born in 1870 in Old ...
Created on 30 December 2025
2. Alamo Palms holds RC Swap Meet
(In The Parks)
... got started in RC racing 20 years ago, while traveling much of the country as part of a military family and then as a full-time RVer. He settled in the area as a coming home with his wife who is from the ...
Created on 30 December 2025
3. On the Road with Jo Liston
(Column: On The Road)
... of their German cooking. This entire area was settled first by immigrants from Germany so you may still hear some German spoken. You might even add in a visit to a German beer garden or perhaps a visit ...
Created on 23 December 2025
4. December 18, 2024 - Rina's Rambling
(Column: Rina's Ramblings)
... just my husband. I do miss the days of old, of big gatherings and lots to choose from. We have settled down to just small gatherings, or the main immediate family. We do get more time to catch up with ...
Created on 18 December 2024
5. It’s been busy around here
(Column: Rina's Ramblings)
... with one of our volunteers and get things settled for Valley Star Awards. We met out at Biscuits and Gravy for a nice breakfast. After a biscuits and gravy sampling, which is always good, I decided to ...
Created on 08 February 2024
6. July 1, 2022 - Events Calendar
(Events Calendar)
... members, friends and community leaders. Fernandez has a family lineage from those who settled in Camargo in 1746, and from the original 300 of Stephen F. Austin’s colony. The museum is located in Edinburg ...
Created on 01 July 2022
7. Welcome to Texas
(Column: On The Road)
... personalities. Yep, Texas is a Whole Other Country. The Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio says that Texas was settled by about 27 different ethnic groups. What an influence those groups have ...
Created on 11 January 2022
8. Quilt Museum Fall exhibits open
(Around Town)
... Frydl The work of one of the world’s best-known quilters of smaller work is celebrated with 30 pieces in this exhibit. Japanese designer Kumiko Frydl settled in Houston after residing in Canada and ...
Created on 02 November 2021
9. Speer to host book discussion
(Around Town)
... work. So, through the artists’ guild, employment is found for Griet as a maid in the home of a local artist, a painter named Jahannes Vermeer. As Griet becomes more settled in her role – cleaning, cooking, ...
Created on 02 November 2021
10. Port Isabel – Small town feel by the coast
(Around Town)
... 1710 when the first Spanish colonial settler started to fish and visit the Laguna Madre. By 1828, a village was settled in the area and Rafael Garcia was given ownership of the area – calling it Santa ...
Created on 16 February 2021
11. German heritage is rich in Fredericksburg
(Column: On The Road)
... to take time to enjoy that area. Settled by Germans, Fredericksburg is proud of their German heritage which they keep alive with Festivals and Museums and the food that they offer. German beer gardens ...
Created on 09 February 2021
12. Mavericks and cattle
(Column: On The Road)
... gentleman land speculator from Kentucky named Samuel Maverick settled in Texas in 1835. Now Sam was a lawyer and a legislator who knew the value of land even though he was not particularly fond of ranching ...
Created on 26 January 2021
13. Happy New Year
(Column: On The Road)
... to the Pacific War. The town was settled by German immigrants, one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. Bier Gartens and German food are still extremely popular in this area. Close by is ...
Created on 29 December 2020
14. Ron Hoover RV Open House draws a crowd
(Around Town)
... quite a bit in their 5th wheel through eastern Canada and the East Coast states. Michael said they loved it. They settled in Brownsville to have a home address for Veterans Administration requirements. ...
Created on 16 January 2020
15. Lobo Del Mar
(Taste of the Valley)
... 6 p.m., there are select cocktails and draft beers, as well as appetizers for a good price. We settled on an order of buffalo bone-in wings, which had an ample amount of meat and weren’t overly spicy, ...
Created on 29 November -0001

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