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2009
Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, January 7,2009
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This Series is Made Possible by Those Business Firms and
Individuals Who Support Our Right to Worhip Freely.
NOTICE
Happy New Year! Why not? “Devils.” The violent negativity along
For the first bit written in The detraction that comes our border was an eye opener,
oh nine, why not begin with a first to mind is a sort of corny It took me immediately to
book... I think I mentioned it way of writing. When a histo- my days as a hired hand in
last time, “Texas Devils,” by rian tries to be a writer. Burr’s Feed and Seed.
Michael L. Collins. I didn’t Few can pull that stunt off. I had the privilege to have
mention that I had not finished You are either one or the other, worked alongside of a man I
it. My opinion. think of as Don Gregorio Gon-
Ihavenow. The other is that the man, zales. Greg...
The author, as stated, is a like Y/T, tends to bog down in One day during a lull, we
professional historian, holds a spots. Fleet knows bogs... talked of where he grew up
named chair at a university. I But the main detraction is and what he did.
decided to ‘drink the kool-aid’ his reluctance to say what he is As part of that conversation,
re: accurate scholarship and really wanting to say. he chose to sing me a little dit-
believe as true what I read. The history of the Texas ty. It had as a refrain “Rinche,
Confession: Growing up Rangers, as we were taught it, rinche, son of a ------e.”
where and when I did, I was learned it, has been overly ro- I did not have a clue as to
pretty sure that the good old manticized. what it meant or referred to.
Valley and Mercedes were way It ain’t necessarily what is He told his story and I lis-
out of the historical stream, has been cracked up to be. tened.
Not even footnotes. With that as my stake in I believe, from then to now,
Neither were ever men- the hill, that organization has every word that man told me.
tioned in any history class I done, and does much good for He was a straight shooter,
ever had, high school or col- the citizens of this state. What he told me also made
lege. End of confession. Mr. Walter Prescott Webb my skin crawl.
(Even people in Texas don’t also did some good research. What Don Greg told me that
know where the Valley is and “One mob, one ranger...” day and what I learned in this
fewer than that have ever was not totally made up. book have come together,
heard of Mercedes. Maybe John Coffee Hays, Sam As well, now I know for
that’s a good thing.) Walker, Rip Ford, Ben Me- whom Callahan Road in San
But, I do not want to mis- Culloch, Big Foot Wallace, Antonio was named.
lead anyone, Mercedes is not Leander McNelly or Lone And if there is an unsung
mentioned at all. Because the Wolf Gonzaulus were not ei- ‘good guy’ in all this? It would
span of years covered is from ther. have to be Rip Ford...
1846 to 1861 - Mercedes was I go to church this good day How many have heard of
not even a thought in anyone’s with a man named Charlie him?
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To: MARTINA VILLAN-
ing the Southwest corner of trict Clerk, Hidalgo County,
Lot Ten (10), Block One (1),
John Closner Subdivision, Hi-
dalgo County, Texas, for the
point of beginning of the tract
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KNOWN HEIRS OF GUY
SOLIDA, DECEASED, de-
fendants in the cause num-
bered and entitled below:’
YOU ARE COMMANDED
to appear by filing a written
THENCE, North along the
West line of said lot a distance
of 105 feet to a point for the
Texas
/S/ By DEPUTY 4tp-52
CITATION/PUBLICATION
-DIVORCE-
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: ERIC SALAS
AND TO ALL WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN,
Northwest corner of the tract RESPONDENT(s).
hereby conveyed; YOU HAVE BEEN SUED.
THENCE, East on a line You may employ an attorney.
answer to plaintiff’s original parallel to the’South line ofthe
’ :petition for declaratory judg- said Lot Ten (10), Block One
) ment and for recission of ven- (1), a distance of 225 feet to a
idor’s lien, cause number C- point for the Northeast corner
,1099-08-D, styled A.C. Garcia of the tract hereby conveyed;
,vs. Martina Villanueva, Sheryl THENCE, South on a line
Solida English, Deleanna Sol- parallel to the West line of said
ida McGillvray, Nathan James
Solida, a Minor and the Un-
known Heirs of Guy Solida,
Deceased, Defendants and
filed on May 9, 2008, in the
206th Judicial District Court
of Hidalgo County, Texas,
mind. Hvarda, a retired Texas Rang-
There are Mercedes names er.
that any reader who has any He is a good ‘un, by any-
history of Mercedes stuck in body’s measure, period.
their cranium will recognize.
Many places of the Valley
are clearly recognizable.
I finally have a more realis-
tic grasp of who Juan Nepo-
mucino Cortina was...and was
not.
And yes, for the aficionado,
I have left a few out. Mea cul-
pa.
And yes, the Rangers were
an important part of the last
declared war against Mexico.
The book only goes up to the
days just before the Civil War.
Almost every Texas person
knows who Sam Houston was.
I would bet very few know
how involved he was in the
Valley and what he and several
others had in mind as the Civil
War began.
It was news to me that Rip
This work fills in detail about Ford ran the Brownsville
The Military Highway is the day- to- day of this group, newspaper for a time after he
roundly explained, so are Some of it made my skin fought, and won for the south
the forts at Rio Grande City, crawl. It tells of several stops the battle of Palmito Hill...
If you or your attorney do not (Ringgold) and at Browns-
file a written answer with the ville, (Brown).
clerk who issued this citation Stuff I did not know: The
by 10:00 o’clock A.M. on American Civil War dang near
the Monday next following started in San Antonio. Mili-
the expiration of twenty (20) tary action, pre- Ft Sumter,
days after you were served Guess who was told he could
Lot Ten (10), Block One (1), a this citation and petition, A de-
distance of 105 feet to a point fault judgment may be taken
for the Southeast corner of the
tract hereby conveyed;
THENCE, West along to the
point of beginning, the South-
Courthouse, 100 N. Closner, conveyed.
Edinburg, Texas. You must
file your written answer at or
before 10:00 A.M. on Mon-
day, January 12, 2009, which
is the first Monday next after
the expiration of forty-two
(42) days from November 25,
against you.
be made a prisoner of war (he
was wearing a blue suit at the
time) if he didn’t pack his bag
The petition of ROSA and get out of town?
CRISELDA MATA CANTU, Right there is reason enough
Petitioner, was filed in the to read and see, ifyou are built
and starts. It tells of the lesser five weeks after Appomat-
lights ofthe organization(s). tox...I knew that part, but not
The Rangers seemed to about the paper....
come and go for a time. They A tip... If you take it on, read
especially came when the U.S every chapter. That is impor-
Government was not paying tant.
attention to what was going on It is very curious where
in our own Valley, post Mexi- some of these lives ended up.
can war. Seems to always go back to
And especially when the Mrs. Parrish, “We are what we
Comanche men raided, as they are because of what has hap-
were wont to do.
pened before us.” Apologies,
The Treaty of Guadalupe Mrs. P.....
west corner of the tract hereby CC #6 Judicial District Court that way.
Plaintiff would show that
Defendants claim an inter-
of Hidalgo County, Texas, on
the Sth day of DECEMBER,
2008 against ERIC SALAS,
And if you think I am tout- smoothly.
Hidalgo did not go down
The Valley was part of
‘mainstream’ history. I was
est in that portion of the tract Respondent, case numbered
that is located in the South- F-5417-08-6, and entitled “In
ing this book, you would be
wrong.
Like any book, my own at-
tempts included, this one has
The Comanche as a tribe, just looking at the wrong
west corner ofthe South 16.85 the Matter of the Marriage of its detractions. Which is a
acres of Lot Ten (10), Block ROSA CRIS ELD A MATA good way to maneuver into
One (1), JOHN CLOSNERET CANTU and ERIC SALAS, what the title is about. The
2008, the date of issuance of AL SUBDIVISION, Hidalgo The suit requests that the Court Texas Rangers, referred to as
this citation, by filing your an- County, Texas. grant a divorce and such other
swer with the District Clerk of
• Hidalgo County, Texas at 100
N. Closner, P.O. Box 87, Edin-
burg, Texas 78540.
Plaintiff's attorney is Ale-
jandro Moreno, Jr., 210 W.
Cano, Ste. B, Edinburg, Texas
• 78539.
A brief statement of the na-
ture of this suit is as follows:
Plaintiffs allege causes of ac-
tion for Declaratory Judgment to rescind the vendor’s lien on
' to establish the heirs at law the property and secure pos-
of Guy Solida, Deceased and session of such property, and
for Rescission of a Vendor’s that Plaintiff should have such
Lien against realty situated in other and further relief, both
Hidalgo County, Texas and le- general and special, at law or
gally described as follows: in equity, to which Plaintiff
A tract of land out of the may be entitled, as is more ful-
Southwest corner of the South ly shown by Plaintiff’s origi-
did not easily give up their
way of life.
It tells of depredations com-
mitted as a result of it not go-
ing down smoothly, on both
banks of the river. Hidalgo
County figures in this.
stream.
I hope for all of us a good
year...and if you have any rain
to spare, send it this way...
QTVB, eh?
Lentz
: NOTICE
Defendant Guy Solida ex- relief requested in the Petition,
ecuted a vendor’s lien note The Court has authority in
against the property which has this suit to enter any judgment there to answer the petition of Court at HIDALGO, Texas, 12th day of NOVWEMBER,
not been paid to date. Plain- or decree dissolving the mar- ALICIA CONCHA, Petition- this 3rd Day of December, 2008, against ISRAEL DE
tiff seeks a determination that riage and providing for the di- er, filed in said Court on the 2008. . LOS SANTOS,Respondent
Guy Solida is deceased, that vision of property that will be 20th day of AUGUST, 2008, Laura Hinojosa, Clerk, Dis- (s), and said suit being number
the other Defendants are his binding on you. against MARIO ALBERTO trict Court, Hidalgo County, F-5126-08-B on the docket of
heirs at law or own an inter- ISSUED AND GIVEN un- CONCHA, Respondent(s), Texas said Court, and entitled “In
est in the property or are liable der mv hand and seal of said and said suit being number /s/ By ERNESTO CANO, the Matter of the Marriage of
on vendor s lien note, that court at Edinburg, Texas this F-3767-08-4, on the docket of DEPUTY CLERK. MARY ANNABEL GONZA-
Plaintiff should be permitted STH day of DECEMBER, said Court, and entitled In The 1tp-52 LEZ DE LOS SANTOS and
Matter ofthe Marriage ofALI- CITATION/ ISRAEL DE LOS SANTOS
CIA CONCHA and MARIO PUBLICATION-DIVORCE in the Interest of child (ren)
(CHILDREN) the nature of which suit is the
THE STATE OF TEXAS request to court that he grant
TO; ISRAEL DE LOS a divorce and such of the re-
SANTOS lief requested in petition such
AND TO ALL WHOM IT child was/were born on/in:
MAY CONCERN, RESPON- The Court has authority in
16.85 acres of Lot Ten (10), nal petition on file in this suit.
2008.
LAURA HINOJOSA,
DISTRICT CLERK
HIDALGO COUNTRY,
TEXAS
/s/ DEPUTY CLERK
NOTICE BY
PUBLICAITION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To: Mario Alberto Concha,
ALBERTO CONCHA and
In The Interest of BRIANNA
CONCHA and BRANDY M.
CONCHA, Children. The na-
ture of which suit is a request
to the Court that he grant a
divorce and such other relief DENT(s) this suit to enter any judgment
requested in petition. Said GREETINGS; or decree dissolving the mar-
children were born on: BRI- YOU ARE HEREBY COM- riage and providing for the di-
ANNA CONCHA, Edinburg, MANDED to appear and an- vision of property which will
Hidalgo County, Texas, DOB: swer before the Honorable be binding on you.
12-23-98; BRANDY MARIE 093RD DISTRICT COURT, ISSUED AND GIVEN un-
der my hand and the seal of
said Court at Edinburg, Tex-
as, this 9th day of December,
2008
Laura Hinojosa, Clerk, Dis-
trict Court, Hidalgo County,
Texas
/s/ Gabriela Perez,
Deputy Clerk ltc-52
Block One (1), JOHN CLOS- If this citation is not served defendant, and to all whom it
NER ET AL SUBDIVISION, within 90 days after the date may concern:
Hidalgo County, Texas, ac- of its issuance, it shall be re- Greetings:
cording to the map re-corded turned unserved. YOU ARE HEREBY COM-
in Volume 0, Page 4, Map The officer executing this MANDED to appear and an- CONCHA, Edinburg, Hidalgo Hidalgo county, Texas, at the
Records in the Office of the writ shall promptly serve it swer before the Honorable County, Texas, DOB:03-19- Courthouse of said County in
County Clerk of Hidalgo and make due return according CC#4 County Court, Hidalgo 00. Edinburg, Texas, at or before
County, Texas, reference to to requirements of law, and the County, Texas, at the Court- The Court has authority in 10.-00 o clock a.m. of the Mon-
which is here made for all pur- mandates of this citation. house of said County in Edin- this suit to enter any judgment day next after the expiration of
poses; said tract being more Issued under my hand and burg, Texas, at or before 10:00 or decree dissolving the mar- 20 days from the date of ser-
particularly described by the seal of the court at Edin- o’clock a.m. of the Monday riage and providing for the di- vice of this citation, then and
metes and bounds as follows, burg, Texas on the 25th day of next after the expiration of vision of property which will there to answer the petition of
to-wit: November, 2008. 20 days from the date of ser- be biding uP°n you. MARY ANNABEL GONZA-
: BEGINNING at a point, be- LAURA HINOJOSA, Dis- vice of this citation, then and ISSUED AND GIVEN un- LEZ DE LOS SANTOS, Peti-
; der mv hand and seal of said tioner. filed in said Court on the
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