The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 92, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1986 Page: 4 of 10
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The Search for the Fabulous
In 1528. the ill-fated Spanish ex-
pedition to “La Florida." consisting
of five homemade boats, was ship-
wrecked on the coast of Texas. This
landing on the “Isle of Malhado,”
(most likely Galveston Island),
marked the first4 recorded European
intrusion into the present state of
Texas. Of about 300 Spaniards who
survived, historian William Griggs
recounts, only4 four men eventually
lived through sickness and encoun-
ters with hostile coastal Indians.
These four, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de
Vaca, Andres Dorantes de Carranca,
Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, and
Estevancio. a black slave of Doran-
tes', lived among the Texas Indians
for nearly eight years, acting as heal-
ers and medicine men. Traveling
from tribe to tribe, the foureventually
made their way through Texas back to
Spanish settlements on the east coast
of New Spain, or what is now
Mexico.
it was Cabeza de Vaca who per-
petuated rumors of seven cities of gold
on the frontier. New Spain Viceroy
Antonio de Mendoza purchased Este-
vancio from Dorantes and sent him as a
guide for Friar Marcos de Niza, who
was to make a preliminary search for
the seven cities. Estevancio was killed
by Pueblo Indians, but Friar Marcos re-
turned to Mexico more convinced than
ever that the legendary riches did in-
deed exist.
To locate and claim the wealth that
he was sure could be found, Mendoza
appointed Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado, Governor of New Gala-
cia, to lead an expedition into the un-
known country in the North. The
small army of 1,000 men began their
journey at the small Mexican town of
Compostela in February, 1540.
Traveling north with 1,500 horses
and mules, the largest European ex-
pedition ever to penetrate the region
conquered pueblo after pueblo, de-
vastating the Indians with more pow-
erful military tactics.
Historian David Weber notes that
Coronado called upon the Pueblo In-
dians to “acknowledge the Catholic-
Church as the ruler and superior of
the whole world, and the high priest
called the Pope, and in his name the
king and queen of Spain." Fie prom-
ised kind treatment to those who ac-
quiesced and war and slavery to those
who resisted. Coronado lived up to
his promise with the hundreds 6f
Pueblos w ho resisted
Some historians believe that the
The Bastrop County Appraisal
Board found out Thursday that the
state of Texas places a higher value
on the landscape of Bastrop County
than they do.
County Appraiser Lorraine Per-
ry termed the findings of the State
Property Tax Board “outrageous”
as she showed the newly elected
Board members a map of the
county. The evaluations that Per-
cy considers out of line affect the
Bastrop Independent School Dis-
trict only.
Much of the land evaluated by
the state borders Highway 71. Per-
Gordon Lee Wood, “America’s
Pueblos conspired with the Plains In-
dian whom the Spanish called "The
Turk" to lead the expedition east out
of Pueblo country in search of a land
called Quivira. "El Turco” convinced
the Spanish that they would find great
wealth there. After a Mass of Thanks-
giving in Palo Duro Canyon, they
continued the search for gold, mov- Winningest Coach, will be the
mg into present-day Kansas. They featured speaker Thursday evening
did find Quivira. But it was only a when Bastrop High School holds
modest Wichita Indian village and its annual Football Banquet,
did not hold treasures of gold The event will be held at 7 p.m.
Disheartened. the expedition in the high school cafeteria. Tick-
turned south and headed back to ets are three dollars and may be
Mexico, torturing and executing purchased beforehand at the Bear
The Turk for his trickery along the field house or at the door the night
way. Coronado reported to the King cf t[,e banquet
of Spam, “I have done all that I could Wo(xl a highly-respected mem-
possibly do to serve Your Majesty her of the coaching fraternity, has
and to discover a country where God . . . ■ P , , c ,, ,,
our Lord might be served and the heen coaching h.gh school forrtball
royal patrimony of Your Majesty in- S,nCe '9f40- haJ'ng compiled a
creased " record of over 400 wins, 87 loss-
Decp in the "New World,” the de- es and 11 ,ies- makin8 him thc win“
sire to conquer, to gain wealth and nm8est coach in America at the
power, took root Indeed, according high school, college or professional
to historian Roberto Mario Salmon, level.
this search for "the fabulous" He has spent the last 25 seasons
spawned a rich folkloric and historic al Brownwood, leading the Lions
tradition among Spanish Mexicans to seven state Class 5A titles, 15
And for more than three hundred outright district championships,
years, Spanish, French, and Ameri- two shared district titles and a
can adventurers traversed the unmap- remarkable recorded 257-50-6
ped lands of Texas searching tor elu- with 37 of those wins coming in
sive wealth and power Eventually, playoff competition.- Wood has
these quests fueled the western de- seen his Brownwood teams reach
ry said that more evaluations
should have been made in rural
areas instead of concentrating on
the main artery of the county’s
growth.
“We pinpointed the appraisals
that they used and we don’t feel
those were typical sales,” Perry
explained.
Debbie Wheeler of the State
Property Tax Board said Friday
that the law requires the state board
to base their evaluations on a
“reasonable and representative
sample of properties.”
i state board bases their evalu-
ations on information garnered
from land sales, real estate com-
panies, and the appraisal district.
The Appraisal District will ap-
peal the decision next week to a
state panel. Perry may present ad-
ditional information to the panel at
that time. If the Appraisal District
is still dissatisfied with the state
board’s decision they may appeal
directly to the six members of the
State Property Tax Board.
In other action, County Clerk
Joyce Schaefer swore the new
board members into their offices.
Nancy Catherman of Smithville
and Barbara Brinkmeyer of Bastrop
joined Hubert Linenberger of Bas-
trop, and James Biggers and
Robert Dunbeck both of Elgin on
the five-year-old board.
Linenberger was re-elected
chairman, Biggers was elected as
vice-chairman, and Dunbeck was
re-elected secretary. Mrs. Brink-
meyer and Linenberger were
selected to authorize all checks.
Wood will address gridders
velopment of the North American
frontier and the permanent settle-
ments that resulted
This Texas Sesquieentennial senes is
eourtesy of The Texas Committee for
the Humanities, The Shell Companies
Foundation, Inc., and this newspaper.
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the state finals eight 'dimes—a
modern-day state record.
The 71-year-old coach has been
national high school coach of the
year (1979) and has been inducted
into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame,
both the national and state coaches
hall of honor and has been a fea-
tured speaker at coaching clinics all
over the nation. Four times, Wixxl
has been named Texas Coach of
the Year, another record, and in
1980, Brownwood stadium was
named after him.
His obviously successful coach-
ing philosophy includes: “A great
desire to win, to believe that it is
possible and to be willing to pay
the price in hard work and dedica-
tion.’’ The success of that
philosophy is represented in that
most of his state titles have been
won with 150-pound backs and 180
pound linemen.
Former Houston Oiler coach
Bum Phillips (most recently of the
New Orleans Saints) has called
Wood, “absolutely thc best coach
1 know. Nobody admires or
respects Gordon Wixxl as much as
1 do. He is a great legend ”
Along with Wood on the even-
ing's agenda will be the recogni-
tion of the 1985 freshman, junior
Bastrop Opera House
hosts historical group
Rowe rites held Tuesday
Funeral services were held Tues-
day for Norman C. Rowe, 53, of
Bastrop, who died Jan. 11, at a lo-
cal hospital. Rowe was born Oct.
26, 1932, in Georgia. He was a
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former policeman and was engaged
in a local bail bond service.
Rev David Kimberly officiated
the service, which was held at
Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop.
Rowe is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth Keehner Rowe of Bas-
trop; son Thomas Earl Rowe of
San Antonio; daughters Marilyn
Rowe Stock of Bastrop, Leslie
Rowe Yeomans and Norma Faye
Rowe, both of Bradenton, Florida,
and Suzanne Rowe Walker of Bas-
trop; mother Bertha Rowe of
Bradenton, Florida; brothers Pren
tice Rowe of Chattanooga, Tennes-
see. and Vernon Rowe of
Bradenton, Florida; and five
grandchildren.
Hosted by the Bastrop Opera
House Association, members of the
Bastrop County Historical Com-
mission and friends heard an in-
teresting talk on historic
preservation during the December
meeting at the Bastrop Opera
House.
The speaker was Dan Utley,
former director of Research and
Markers for the Texas Historical
Commission for three years, with
a total of six years of association
with the Commission. He is now
a consultant, assisting private and
public needs with marker research
Nan Olsen of Bastrop, chairman
of the Bastrop County Historical
Commission, welcomed the au-
dience and introduced the speak-
er. Utley reviewed the basic steps
necessary to acquire a Texas
Historic Medallion and the gener-
al steps required to have a place or
site put on the National Register,
two related but separate desig-
nations.
Utley also reviewed the steps re-
quired by law m removing a
property from either designation
For a site with National Register
recognition, he said that all that is
necessary is for the plaque to be re
moved and the owner can procede
with whatever changes intended
The National Register office should
be notified of the plans. However,
for any building with a Texas
Medallion. Utley said that the own
er of the site is required to notify
the Texas Historical Commission
60 days prior to beginning any ex-
terior changes.
He stressed that the Historical
Commission enables help to be
offered w ith assistance and advice,
and that frequently alternative ways
of modifying the sites can be
found.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
TEXAS UTILITIES’ELECTRIC COMPANY
hereby publishes NOTICE that, pursuant to the
provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Act
and the Public Utility Commission’s Substantive
Rule 23.23(b)(2), it filed an application on Janu-
ary 14, 1986, with the Public Utility) Commission
of Texas seeking authority to refcmjjo ipl custom-
ers a prior over-recovery under its'fixed fuel fac-
tors (base rate fuel component) in the amount of
$78,002,807 as of November 30, 1985, including
applicable interest, and to reduce its current fixed
fuel factors.
Texas Utilities Electric Company has proposed
that the refund be made and its fixed fuel factors
be reduced effective with customers usage begin-
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proposed change in fixed fuel factors is expected to
result in a $233,413,145, or 11.88%, decrease in
fuel revenues for the twelve months ended Sep-
tember 30, 1985, adjusted only for customer
growth. All customers and classes of customers
whose electric service rates include charges for
fuel cost pursuant to Tbxas Utilities Electric Com-
pany’s Rider FC, entitled "Base Rate Fuel Compo-
nent,” and all territories in which Tsxas Utilities
Electric Company provides electric service
through its Dallas Power & Light Company, Texas
Electric Service Company and Texas Power &
Light Company divisions will be affected if the
application is granted.
A complete copy of said application is on file
with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Persons who wish to intervene or otherwise
participate in these proceedings should notify the
Public Utility Commission of Texas as soon as
possible. A request to intervene, participate, or
for further information should hie mailed to the
Public Utility Commission of Texas, 7800 Shoal
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78757. Further information may also be obtained
by calling the Public Utility Commission Con-
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Osborn, Stu. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 92, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1986, newspaper, January 20, 1986; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth738780/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.