Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valleyhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/PANAM/browse/?start=40&fq=untl_decade:1920-1929&display=brief2006-07-19T22:51:35-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: The University of Texas-Rio Grande ValleySouthwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley2006-07-19T22:51:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15165/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15165/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley" title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15165/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of a house.</p>Excursion of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley2006-07-19T22:46:55-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15166/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15166/"><img alt="Excursion of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" title="Excursion of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15166/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of Shary house</p>Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley2006-07-19T22:27:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15169/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15169/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" title="Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15169/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of the Shary house.</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion party at Sharyland Tex.2006-07-19T22:20:20-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15171/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15171/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party at Sharyland Tex." title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party at Sharyland Tex." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15171/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of Shary house.</p>Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland, Tex. excursion party in Lower Rio Grande Valley2006-07-19T22:16:30-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15172/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15172/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland, Tex. excursion party in Lower Rio Grande Valley" title="Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland, Tex. excursion party in Lower Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15172/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing next to the Charles Volz home.</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Rio Grande Valley, Tex.2006-07-19T22:08:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15174/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15174/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Rio Grande Valley, Tex." title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Rio Grande Valley, Tex." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15174/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of Shary house.</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland2006-07-19T22:05:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15175/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15175/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15175/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of the Shary house.</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland2006-07-19T21:56:38-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15177/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15177/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15177/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of the Shary house</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion Party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley2006-07-19T21:51:55-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15178/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15178/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion Party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley" title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion Party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15178/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of house.</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion party2006-07-19T21:42:01-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15180/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15180/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party" title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15180/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of house and cars</p>The Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in Sharyland2006-07-19T21:38:02-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15181/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15181/"><img alt="The Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in Sharyland" title="The Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15181/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of trees wearing coats, some excursionists holding large citrus fruits.</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion Sharyland, Tex.2006-07-19T21:34:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15182/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15182/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion Sharyland, Tex." title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion Sharyland, Tex." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15182/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of house.</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit2006-07-19T21:30:49-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15183/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15183/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit" title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15183/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of Shary Lake and across Shary Road (dirt road)</p>SouthWestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley2006-07-19T21:27:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15184/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15184/"><img alt="SouthWestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley" title="SouthWestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15184/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of a house.</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland2006-05-30T10:57:38-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14469/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14469/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14469/small/"/></a></p><p>Panoramic photograph of an excursion party posing in front of the Shary house.</p>Casa de Palmas, McAllen, Texas2006-05-30T10:52:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14471/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14471/"><img alt="Casa de Palmas, McAllen, Texas" title="Casa de Palmas, McAllen, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14471/small/"/></a></p><p>Casa de Palmas hotel, and nearby houses on Main Street in McAllen, Texas.</p>New 600 acre tract with underground irrigation near Mission, Texas sold by Southwestern Land Co., Dallas Texas2006-05-30T10:49:30-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14472/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14472/"><img alt="New 600 acre tract with underground irrigation near Mission, Texas sold by Southwestern Land Co., Dallas Texas" title="New 600 acre tract with underground irrigation near Mission, Texas sold by Southwestern Land Co., Dallas Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14472/small/"/></a></p><p>Newly planted citrus trees in field with underground irrigation system.</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley at Sharyland2006-05-30T10:47:24-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14473/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14473/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley at Sharyland" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley at Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14473/small/"/></a></p><p>Panoramic photograph of an excursion party posing in front of Charles Volz's brick home.</p>Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley2006-05-30T10:43:56-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14474/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14474/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" title="Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14474/small/"/></a></p><p>Panoramic photograph of an excursion party posing in front of the Casa de Palmas hotel in McAllen, Texas</p>Watermelon feast at Sharyland ... Convention of the Texas Press Association at McAllen2006-05-30T10:40:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14475/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14475/"><img alt="Watermelon feast at Sharyland ... Convention of the Texas Press Association at McAllen" title="Watermelon feast at Sharyland ... Convention of the Texas Press Association at McAllen" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14475/small/"/></a></p><p>People posing in front of Shary house on the occassion of a watermelon feast for the Texas Press Association.</p>40 acres block Lot 426 on Taylor Boulevard pavement connecting to Mission and McAllen and all other parts of the Valley2006-05-30T10:23:53-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14479/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14479/"><img alt="40 acres block Lot 426 on Taylor Boulevard pavement connecting to Mission and McAllen and all other parts of the Valley" title="40 acres block Lot 426 on Taylor Boulevard pavement connecting to Mission and McAllen and all other parts of the Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14479/small/"/></a></p><p>Panoramic photograph of a field ready for farming in Mission, Texas. There are surveyors standing on the left, farm house and cars shown on the right.</p>Southwestern Land Co. in Sharyland2006-05-30T10:17:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14481/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14481/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. in Sharyland" title="Southwestern Land Co. in Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14481/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing to the left of Charles Volz's brick home</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley2006-05-30T10:13:14-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14482/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14482/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. in the Rio Grande Valley" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14482/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in a citrus field in Sharyland, Texas.</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland2006-05-30T10:09:51-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14483/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14483/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14483/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of Shary house. Peter Bentsen labeled</p>Excursion party of the John H. Shary Land Company2006-05-30T09:56:48-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14487/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14487/"><img alt="Excursion party of the John H. Shary Land Company" title="Excursion party of the John H. Shary Land Company" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14487/small/"/></a></p><p>Panoramic photograph of a large group of people posing in front of the Sharyland train station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad; the train station later burned down. John Shary is labeled (third from the right). Also shows a dog with 10 legs - a product of the panoramic photo processing. Text at the bottom of the image says, "Excursion Party of the John H. Shary Land Co., Feb. 10, 1920." A label on the back of the photo says "Sharyland Mo Pac RR Station (later burned)"</p>240 Acre citrus orchard on Sharyland tract2006-05-30T09:54:24-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14488/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14488/"><img alt="240 Acre citrus orchard on Sharyland tract" title="240 Acre citrus orchard on Sharyland tract" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14488/small/"/></a></p><p>Citrus orchard showing healthy and prosperous trees</p>Southwestern Land Co. of Sharyland Texas excursion party... one million people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by 19342006-05-30T09:44:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14492/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14492/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. of Sharyland Texas excursion party... one million people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by 1934" title="Southwestern Land Co. of Sharyland Texas excursion party... one million people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by 1934" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14492/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of palm trees, roof top in center background</p>Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland2006-05-30T09:36:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14495/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14495/"><img alt="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" title="Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14495/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in front of the Charles Volz home</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit2006-05-30T09:33:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14496/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14496/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit" title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14496/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party standing in front of the Shary Lake by the Shary house. Cars along the left side of the photo on Shary Boulevard.</p>Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas cotton field2006-05-30T09:29:59-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14497/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14497/"><img alt="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas cotton field" title="Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas cotton field" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14497/small/"/></a></p><p>Excursion party posing in a cotton field</p>