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in place name: "Mexico - Chihuahua - Chihuahua Municipality - Chihuahua City"

[Empty Ore Car in Mexico]

Porter Locomotive No. 4, type 0-6-4T heads an empty ore train, enroute from the smelter in Chihuahua City to the mines at Santa Eulalia, Mexico on the 30-inch gauge El Potosi Industrial and Chihuahua Railroad in June 1922. On the mountain side in the background are steel towers supporting an aerial tramway, which had recently been completed for transporting ore from the mine to a reduction mill.

Date: June 1922

Creator: Blanton, Bert C.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Oral History Interview with Reverend Matias Garcia Rodriguez, January 16, 1998

Interview with Matias Garcia Rodriguez, the reverend for Calvary Baptist Church, from Kerrville, Texas. Rev. Rodriguez discusses the history of Mexico as it relates to Texan history, including stories about his great-grandfather, Jose Policarpo "Polly" Rodriguez, an early pioneer of the Texas Hill Country. He goes through his own family history, family stories, his service in WWII, his education, and the people and places in Kerrville.

Date: 1998

Creator: Rector, William & Rodriguez, Matias Garcia

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Transcript of letter from Alejo Garcia, March 26, 1821]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Alejo Garcia.

Date: March 26, 1821

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Mass Hanging in Chihuahua]

Copy negative of a mass hanging. According to accompanying information, there are eighteen bodies visible in the photograph. The hanging was ordered by the Mexican Federal General Murgia.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Libertad Street Scene in Ciudad Chihuahua]

Copy negative of a Libertad street scene in Ciudad Chihuahua. There are multiple horse-drawn vehicles next to storefronts. Palacio Federal can be seen in the background on the left

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Luz Corral Villa]

Photograph of Luz Corral Villa, wife of the infamous Francisco (Pancho) Villa.

Date: [1911..1914]

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Revolutionaries in Chihuahua City]

Photograph of armed revolutionaries walking by the post office building in Mexico's Chihuahua City. The people riding past the rebels in horse-drawn carriages peer over at the group. Individuals inside the post office can be seen looking down at the scene from the windows. Young boys run alongside the carriages to keep up with the revolutionaries.

Date: 1911~

Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Letter from Sargi Jones to T. N. Carswell - May 28, 1944]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Sargi Jones, San Antonio, Texas, Calle Albino Mereles, Chihuahua, Chi, dated May 28, 1944. Mereles acknowledges the receipt of "the lovely book" noting "The Charge of The Light Brigade" as a personal favorite.

Date: May 1944

Creator: Jones, Sargie

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Palace Hotel

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of business with business name, and text reading: "The Only First Class American Hotel in the City, Main Plaza, Chihuahua, Mexico."; "Elegantly Furnished Famili Apartments. Sample Rooms for Traveling Salesmen. Fine Restaurant, Bar and Billiar Room. Hot and Cold Baths."; "Stage to and from Depot on Arrival and Departure of all Trains. (English, French, German and Spanish Spoken.)" Letterhea… more

Date: 1894

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Texas General Land Office