Juis Jensen (John Johnson) Father of Lyndon Baines Johnson?

South Texas Archives & Special Collections
House Family Collection
(A1972-027), (A1976-008), (A1982-014,-014add.,-031,-115), (A1983-010,-019), (A1984-005,-005add.,-038), (A1985-001,-008,-052), (A1986-016), (A1989-001,-017,-052), (A1990-008), (A1991-022), (A1994-023)

Abstract:
The House family moved to Texas from Illinois in 1905. At first John Salisbury House, his wife Ellen Victoria Corneau, his sons Edmund Walter and Charles Percival and his daughter Clara Corneau settled on a farm near the town of Alfred in South Texas. At first all three of the House men went to work for the railroad, but each one moved on to enterprises that tied them closely to the growth of Kingsville. J. S. House went on to be postmaster and later the city treasurer. Walter and Percy House both went to work for the R. J. Kleberg and Co. Bank for many years. All three of them also speculated in residential and farm real estate and each of them participated in many civic groups. The members of the House family arrived in Kingsville just after it was first created. As the town grew and prospered so did the House family and the records in the House Family Collection trace the growth and prosperity of the town through that of the House family.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The materials comprising the House Family Collection have been donated primarily by the second wife of C. P. House, Lillian Jaeggli House.

Collection number A1972-027 donated by: Mrs. Percy (Lillian) House, 11/6/72.
Collection number A1976-008 donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 12/76.
Collection number A1982-014 donated by: Mrs. Percy (Lillian) House, 3/3/82.
Collection number A1982-014 addendum donated by: Lillian House, 3/3/91.
Collection number A1982-031 donated by: Lillian J. House, 3/5/82.
Collection number A1982-115 donated by: Mrs. Lillian J. House, 12/1/82.
Collection number A1983-010 donated by: Mrs. Lillian J. house, 2/16/83.
Collection number A1983-019 donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 6/3/83.
Collection number A1984-005 donated by: Mrs. Lillian J. House, 9/9/83.
Collection number A1984-005 addendum donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 11/21/83.
Collection number A1984-038 donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 7/9/84.
Collection number A1985-001 donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 1/31/85.
Collection number A1985-008 donated by: Kiwanis Club of Kingsville and Mrs. House, 4/26/85.
Collection number A1985-052 donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 8/26/85.
Collection number A1986-016 donated by: Mrs. Lillian J. House, 3/31/86.
Collection number A1989-001 donated by: Mrs. Lillian House, 1/17/89.
Collection number A1989-017 donated by: Mrs. Percy (Lillian) House, 4/6/89.
Collection number A1989-052 donated by: Mrs. Percy House, 11/10/89.
Collection number A1990-008 donated by: Lillian House, 12/5/90.
Collection number A1991-022 donated by: Lillian House, 8/8/91.
Collection number A1994-023 donated by: Allen Wilson, 7/20/94.

Access Restrictions

All materials are accessible in this fonds, subject to a reference interview.

Use Restrictions

Unrestricted use for scholarly research with proper citation.

Preferred Citation

(Item Description), (Folder Number), (Title and Accession Number).
South Texas Archives
James C. Jernigan Library
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, TX 78363

Creator Sketch

The House family moved to Texas from Illinois in 1905. At first John Salisbury House, his wife Ellen Victoria Corneau, his sons Edmund Walter and Charles Percival and his daughter Clara Corneau settled on a farm near the town of Alfred in South Texas. The family soon discovered that the work involved with starting a farm in South Texas was tremendous. So when the new railroad line from Galveston to Brownsville opened J. S. House took a position as train dispatcher for the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad and moved to Kingsville.

J. S. House resigned his position with the railroad to become Kingsville's postmaster in 1907 and served in that capacity until 1913. In 1913 he was elected to the position of city treasurer and held that position until his death on June 1, 1924. During his time in Kingsville J. S. House and his sons were prominent land speculators in both residential and farming/commercial properties.

Edmund Walter House moved with the family to Kingsville and after a brief time working for the railroad he took a position with the Kleberg Bank and became a stockholder in the company when it became R. J. Kleberg & Co., Inc. in 1909. He was vice-president of the bank from 1909 till 1921 when it incorporated with First National Bank. Walter House was very active in the community development of Kingsville. He was a city commissioner from 1911 to 1921. Walter served on the board of directors of the Kleberg County Hospital from its creation until his death and he was director and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce for over twenty years. His community involvement also encompassed helping with the establishment of the South Texas State Teachers College, the starting of the Dairy Products Creamery, activities with the Episcopal Church and the local Masonic lodge. He died on October 7, 1947 at the age of sixty-five.

Charles Percival House also came to Kingsville in 1906. He went to work for the railroad for a short time before joining the staff of the Kleberg Town and Improvement company. Percy House worked in the real estate business until 1912 when he became a cashier for the R. J. Kleberg & Co. Bank, where he worked his way up to partner and retired thirty-eight years later. He was also very civic minded. Percy was a member of the first local baseball team, a member of the volunteer fire department and the town band. He was the first secretary of the Kingsville Commercial Club (which became the Chamber of Commerce), director of the Housing Authority and either a trustee or secretary of the Public School Board for over thirty-five years. He was active in the Republican party, the Masonic Order, the Episcopal Church and the Kleberg County Historical Commission. He died on January 25, 1972 at the age of eighty-eight.

The members of the House family arrived in Kingsville just after it was first created. As the town grew and prospered so did the House family and the records in the House Family Collection trace the growth and prosperity of the town through that of the House family.

Scope and Content Note

The House Family Collection is comprised of the personal and business records of John Salisbury House (father), Edmund Walter House (son), Charles Percival House (son), Lillian House (spouse of C. P. House), and Clara Corneau House (daughter) totaling 9.3 cu.ft. and spanning from 1869 to 1990.

The bulk of the materials (approx. 6.9cu.ft.) follows the financial dealings of the House family and tend to have been created between 1905 and 1950. These financial papers show the many types of businesses that the House family members were involved in, mostly real estate transactions.

The remaining materials are comprised of personal correspondence, educational records, photographs, maps, oral history audiotapes and newspaper clippings. These records complete the broad picture of the House family. The records show the state of the family members from right after their arrival to South Texas in 1905, through their growth with the town of Kingsville up to the recent past (1990).

Organization of Materials

The House family Collection is arranged into seven series.

I. Personal Records
II. Business Records
III. Oral History Recordings
IV. Photographs
V. Newspaper Clippings, Brochures and Flyers
VI. Printed Materials
VII. Maps

Descriptive Identification

Series I

Unit Title: Personal Records

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #1

Unit Title: House Family

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #A

Unit Title: Correspondence

Container: 574

A1994-023

.73 House Family Correspondence. 1910-1948. Personal letters. (40 leaves)
.74 House Miscellaneous Correspondence. 1898-1960. personal and business letters. (7 leaves)
.75 House School Materials. n.d. School papers, magazine articles and tests. (20 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #B

Unit Title: Financial Documents

Container: 575, 576, 577, 580

A1994-023/Box 575

.44 House Bank Statements. 12/55. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (36 leaves)
.45 House Bank Statements. 1/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (36 leaves)
.46 House Bank Statements. 2/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (40 leaves)
.47 House Bank Statements. 3/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (30 leaves)
.48 House Bank Statements. 4/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (31 leaves)
.49 House Bank Statements. 5/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (34 leaves)
.50 House Bank Statements. 6/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (32 leaves)
.51 House Bank Statements. 7/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (32 leaves)
.52 House Bank Statements. 8/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (45 leaves)
.53 House Bank Statements. 9/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (36 leaves)
.54 House Bank Statements. 10/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (49 leaves)
.55 House Bank Statements. 11/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (32 leaves)
.56 House Bank Statements. 12/58. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (31 leaves)
.57 House Bank Statements. 1/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (39 leaves)
.58 House Bank Statements. 2/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (36 leaves)
.59 House Bank Statements. 3/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (27 leaves)
.60 House Bank Statements. 4/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (42 leaves)
.61 House Bank Statements. 5/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (25 leaves)
.62 House Bank Statements. 6/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (29 leaves)
.63 House Bank Statements. 7/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (52 leaves)
.64 House Bank Statements. 8/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (33 leaves)
.65 House Bank Statements. 9/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (48 leaves)
.66 House Bank Statements. 10/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (31 leaves)
.67 House Bank Statements. 11/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (35 leaves)
.68 House Bank Statements. 12/59. Canceled checks, bills, and bank statements. (37 leaves)
.69 Account Book. 1907-1908. Account Ledger (1 item)
.70a House Miscellaneous Business Records. 1909-1956. Financial statements, accounts, check receipts and correspondence. (24 leaves)
.70b House Miscellaneous Business Records. 1909-1956. Financial statements, accounts, check receipts and correspondence. (27 leaves, 1 item)
.71 House Check Stubs. n.d. (46 leaves)
.72a House Check Stubs. 1946-1948. (37 leaves)
.72b House Check Stubs. 1946-1948. (57 leaves)
.76 House Tax Receipts. 1936-1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (27 leaves)
.77 House Tax Receipts. 1937-1944. State, city, county and school taxes. (46 leaves)
.78a House and House Check Stubs. 1947-1948. (27 leaves)
.78b House and House Check Stubs. 1947-1948. (33 leaves)
.79 House, House and House Farm Accounts. 1933-1935. Financial statements and canceled checks. (36 leaves)
.80 House, House and House Farm Accounts. 1936-1938. Financial statements and canceled checks. (36 leaves)
.81 House, House and House Farm Accounts. 1939-1941. Financial statements and canceled checks. (36 leaves)
.82 House, House and House Farm Accounts. 1942-1943. Financial statements and canceled checks. (38 leaves)
.83 House, House and House Farm Accounts. 1944-1946. Financial statements and canceled checks. (38 leaves)
.84 House, House and House Farm Accounts. 1947-January 1948. Financial statements and canceled checks. (37 leaves)
.85 House, House and House Farm Accounts. February-March 1948. Financial statements and canceled checks. (38 leaves)
.86 House, House and House Farm Accounts. April-May 1948. Financial statements and canceled checks. (37 leaves)
.87 House, House and House Farm Accounts. June-July 1948. Financial statements and canceled checks. (42 leaves)
.88 House, House and House Farm Accounts. August-September 1948. Financial statements and canceled checks. (36 leaves)
.89 House, House and House Farm Accounts. October-November 1948. Financial statements and canceled checks. (30 leaves)
.90 House, House and House Farm Accounts. December 1948 - January 1949. Financial statements and canceled checks. (40 leaves)
.91 House, House and House Farm Accounts. February-April 1949. Financial statements and canceled checks. (44 leaves)
.92 House, House and House Farm Accounts. May-July 1949. Financial statements and canceled checks. (40 leaves)
.93 House, House and House Farm Accounts. August 1949 - June 1950. Financial statements and canceled checks. (30 leaves)
.94 House, House and House Tax Receipts. 1924-1929. State, city, county and school taxes. (44 leaves)

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.100 Inventories of Property. 1932. Property inventories of Kingsville property owners. (15 leaves)
.130 Miscellaneous Records. 1913-1922. Bank statements, legal forms and deeds. (45 leaves)
.131 Miscellaneous Records. 1924-1946. Bank statements, legal forms and deeds. (43 leaves)

Box 577--------------------------------------------------

.166a Miscellaneous Tax Receipts. 1919-1934. State, county, city and school taxes. (40 leaves)
.166b Miscellaneous Tax Receipts. 1919-1934. State, county, city and school taxes. (43 leaves)
.167a Miscellaneous Tax Receipts. 1936-1939. State, county, city and school taxes. (39 leaves)
.167b Miscellaneous Tax Receipts. 1936-1939. State, county, city and school taxes. (28 leaves)
.168a Miscellaneous Tax Receipts. 1940-1944. State, county, city and school taxes. (23 leaves)
.168b Miscellaneous Tax Receipts. 1940-1944. State, county, city and school taxes. (30 leaves)

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House Family Accounts A and B. 1947-1950

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #2

Unit Title: J. S. House

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #A

Unit Title: Correspondence

Container: 574

A1994-023

.31a J. S. House, Correspondence. 1905-1910. Letters concerning family and business matters. (27 leaves)
.31b J. S. House, Correspondence. 1905-1910. Letters concerning family and business matters. (29 leaves)
.36 J. S. House, South Houston Property. 1920-1964. Correspondence and tax receipts. (40 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #B

Unit Title: Financial Documents

Container: 574

A1994-023

.30 J. S. House, Canceled Checks. 1905-1906. (61 leaves)
.32 J. S. House, Receipts. 1905. Personal and business receipts. (34 leaves)
.33 J. S. House, Receipts. January-March 1906. Personal and business receipts. (47 leaves)
.34 J. S. House, Receipts. April-June 1906. Personal and business receipts. (47 leaves)
.35 J. S. House, Receipts. July-October 1906. Personal and business receipts. (37 leaves)
.38 Mrs. J. S. House, Tax Receipts. 1924-1934. State, city, county and school taxes. (40 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #C

Unit Title: Vehicle Wrench Patent

Container: 574

A1994-023

.37 J. S. House, Vehicle Wrench Patent. 1897. Diagram and Belgian patent certificate of a vehicle wrench. (12 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #3

Unit Title: C. P. House

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #A

Unit Title: Scrapbook

Container: 574

A1994-023

.16 C. P. House, Scrapbook. 1932. Correspondence, notes, memorabilia and photos of the House Family. (14 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #B

Unit Title: Financial Documents

Container: 574

A1994-023

.17 C. P. House, Tax Receipts 1927-1935. State, city, county and school taxes. (38 leaves)
.18 C. P. House, Tax Receipts 1935-1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (29 leaves)
.19 C. P. House, Tax Receipts 1940-1944. State, city, county and school taxes. (38 leaves)
.20 C. P. House and E. W. House, Tax Receipts 1936-1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (33 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #C

Unit Title: Education

Container: 574

A1994-023

.14 C. P. House, Milikin University, Contributions. 1953-1967. Correspondence and receipts for donations. (17 leaves)
.15 C. P. House, School Materials. 1896-1904. School assignments, graduation cards and announcements. (18 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #D

Unit Title: Masonic Documents

Container: 505, 574

A1991-022/Box 505

.20 Chamberlain Lodge No. 913, Financial records - building fund 1940, diagram of new building, booklet on 50th anniversary of Masonic lodge in Bishop, souvenir program to dedication of Masonic Temple in Brownsville 1914, also naturalization papers of John Johnson (Juis Jensen) 10/31/1898.

A1994-023/Box 574--------------------------------------------------

.13 C. P. House, Masonic Awards. 1963. Certificates of appreciation. (11 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #4

Unit Title: E. W. House

Unit Title: Financial Documents

Container: 574

A1994-023

.24a E. W. House, Cancelled Checks. 1906. (40 leaves)
.24b E. W. House, Cancelled Checks. 1906. (51 leaves)
.25 E. W. House, Deeds and Legal Forms. 1907-1942. (42 leaves)
.26 E. W. House, Notes on Land. 1905. Property sketches and diagrams. (18 leaves)
.27a E. W. House, Tax Receipt. 1919-1934. State, city, county and school taxes. (40 leaves)
.27b E. W. House, Tax Receipt. 1919-1934. State, city, county and school taxes. (40 leaves)
.28 E. W. House, Tax Receipt. 1935-1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (28 leaves)
.29 E. W. House, Tax Receipt. 1939-1944. State, city, county and school taxes. (32 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #5

Unit Title: Clara Corneau House

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #A

Unit Title: Correspondence

Container: 574

A1994-023

.23a Clara House, Correspondence. 1910. Letters to family. (42 leaves)
.23b Clara House, Correspondence. 1910. Letters to family. (36 leaves)
.23c Clara House, Correspondence. 1910. Letters to family. (33 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #B

Unit Title: Education

Container: 574

A1994-023

.21 Clara House, School Materials. 1900-1905. School assignments and drawings. (44 leaves)
.22a Clara House, School Materials. 1910. School assignments and drawings. (23 leaves)
.22b Clara House, School Materials. 1910. School assignments and drawings. (28 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Series II

Unit Title: Business Records

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #1

Unit Title: General

Container: 574, 576, 577, 578, 579

A1994-023/Box 574

.3a Block 30 of Kingsville. 1920-1922, Legal deeds and forms to property. (34 leaves)
.3b Block 30 of Kingsville. 1920-1922, Legal deeds and forms to property. (20 leaves)

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.109 Kleberg County Precinct #12, republican Primary Results. 1962. Correspondence, campaign literature, lists of Republican voters in Precinct #12. (18 leaves)

A1994-023/Box 577--------------------------------------------------

.176 Abstracts of Title, Kingsville Town Lots. 1920-1929. (43 leaves)
.177 Abstracts of Title, Kingsville Town Lots. 1920-1935. (48 leaves)
.178a Abstracts of Title, Lots 17-22 Block 23. 1869-1927. (54 leaves)
.178b Abstracts of Title, Lots 17-22 Block 23. 1869-1927. (38 leaves)

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.179 Abstract of Title, King Addition. 1923. (118 leaves)
.180 Abstract of Title, Driscoll Park. 1949. (231 leaves)
.181 Abstract of Title. 1949. (248 leaves)

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House Business Accounts Ledger Book. 1912-1913 (1 item)
House Business Accounts Ledger Book. 1906-1917 (1 item)

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #2

Unit Title: Corporate Accounts

Container: 4, 41, 574, 576, 577, 580,

A1976-008/Box 4

.4 Texas A&I University, Dedication pamphlet for the Alfred L Kleberg Engineering Building, 11/6/54, and general information about campus, 1954-1975. (10 leaves)

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.140a Miscellaneous Papers. 1910-1922. Bank statements, canceled checks, receipts, and Teachers College plans(TAIU). (48 leaves)
.140b Miscellaneous Papers. 1910-1922. Bank statements, canceled checks, receipts, and Teachers College plans(TAIU). (17 leaves)
.140c Miscellaneous Papers. 1910-1922. Bank statements, canceled checks, receipts, and Teachers College plans(TAIU). (17 leaves)

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.1 Kingsville Commercial Club, A copy of the notebook of the minutes taken during meetings, 1/16/08 - 3/11/09, also two letters to the Nominating Committee and the Entertainment Committee 11/11/40. (63 leaves)

A1994-023/Box 574--------------------------------------------------

.1 Bank and Post Office Building Fixtures. 1910-1911. Plans, receipts, legal forms and accounts. (45 leaves)
.2 Bank Building Deeds, 1917-1919, Legal forms and deeds to Kleberg Bank. (17 leaves)
.5a Dairy Products Co. Dividend Account. 1924-1931, Checks for dividends paid to shareholders. (38 leaves)
.5b Dairy Products Co. Dividend Account. 1924-1931, Checks for dividends paid to shareholders. (28 leaves)
.5c Dairy Products Co. Dividend Account. 1924-1931, Checks for dividends paid to shareholders. (44 leaves)
.6 Dairy Products Co. Legal forms and deeds. 1922.
.7 Dairy Products Co. Stockholders. 1925-1936. Lists of shareholders and number of shares, accounts and financial statements (47 leaves)
.8 Dairy Products Co. Accounts, 1933-1934. Balance sheets, shares and financial statements. (25 leaves)
.9 Dairy Products Co. Monthly Statements, 1947-1949. Financial statements and account balances. (34 leaves)

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.101a Kingsville Lumber, Miscellaneous Receipts. 1921-1939. Receipts, business records and canceled checks. (42 leaves)
.101b Kingsville Lumber, Miscellaneous Receipts. 1921-1939. Receipts, business records and canceled checks. (43 leaves)
.102a Kingsville National Farm Association. 1923-1936. Minutes, correspondence and financial reports. (36 leaves)
.102b Kingsville National Farm Association. 1923-1936. Minutes, correspondence and financial reports. (33 leaves)
.102c Kingsville National Farm Association. 1923-1936. Minutes, correspondence and financial reports. (40 leaves)
.103 Kingsville Public Schools. 1913-1939. Salary schedules, bond proposals, budgets, bank accounts, insurance forms and check receipts. (46 leaves)
.104 Kingsville Public Schools. 1940-1944. Salary schedules, bond proposals, budgets, bank accounts, insurance forms and check receipts. (32 leaves)
.105 Kingsville Public Schools, budget. 1936-1938. (12 leaves)
.106a Kingsville Public Schools, Teacher Contracts. 1936. (44 leaves)
.106b Kingsville Public Schools, Teacher Contracts. 1936. (51 leaves)
.107 Kingsville Teacher's Salaries. 1936-1939. Listed by name. (29 leaves)
.110 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1909-1912. (51 leaves)
.111a Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1913. (38 leaves)
.111b Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1913. (31 leaves)
.112 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1914-1915. (38 leaves)
.113 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1916-1917. (26 leaves)
.114 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1918-1919.
.115 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1920. (34 leaves)
.116 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1921. (32 leaves)
.117 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1922. (39 leaves)
.118 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1923. (39 leaves)
.119 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1924. (35 leaves)
.120 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1925. (40 leaves)
.121 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1926. (30 leaves)
.122a Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1927-1929. (30 leaves)
.122b Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1927-1929. (28 leaves)
.123 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1930-1931. (32 leaves)
.124 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1933-1939. (40 leaves)
.125 Kleberg Town and Improvement Co. Legal Deeds and Forms. 1940-1946. (29 leaves)
.126 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Articles of Partnership. 1909. Number of shares in company and legal forms. (21 leaves)
.127 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Articles of Partnership. 1929. Number of shares in company and legal forms. (21 leaves)
.128a Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Check Stubs. 1942-1949. (35 leaves)
.128b Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Check Stubs. 1942-1949. (37 leaves)
.128c Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Check Stubs. 1942-1949. (37 leaves)
.128d Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Check Stubs. 1942-1949.
.128e Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Check Stubs. 1942-1949.
.129a Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Financial Statements. 1919-1930. Balance sheets and account statements. (36 Leaves)
.129b Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Financial Statements. 1919-1930. Balance sheets and account statements. (41 Leaves)
.132 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Receipts. 1917-1944. Business receipts and canceled checks. (51 leaves)
.133a Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Statement of Condition. 1919-1922. Financial statements and bank accounts. (31 leaves)
.133b Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Statement of Condition. 1919-1922. Financial statements and bank accounts. (22 leaves)

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.134 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Stock Records. 1925-1943. Proof of ownership in the company. (36 leaves)
.135a Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1913-1936. State, city, county and school taxes. (45 leaves)
.135b Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1913-1936. State, city, county and school taxes. (28 leaves)
.136 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1935-1938. State, city, county and school taxes. (40 leaves)
.137a Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (27 leaves)
.137b Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (35 leaves)
.138 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1940-1942. State, city, county and school taxes. (34 leaves)
.139 Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Tax Receipts. 1943-1944. State, city, county and school taxes. (43 leaves)
.145 Post Office Building, Lease. 1911-1923. Receipts, correspondence and legal forms. (26 leaves)
.146 Raglands Mercantile Co., Accounts. 1933. Outstanding accounts and financial statements. (23 leaves)
.147a Raglands Stockholders Annual Meeting. 1908-1923. Minutes. (29 leaves)
.147b Raglands Stockholders Annual Meeting. 1908-1923. Minutes. (30 leaves)
.148 Raglands Mercantile Co., Employee Suggestions. 1937. Correspondence and worker response to management initiatives. (33 leaves)
.149 Raglands Mercantile Co., Miscellaneous Records. 1922-1924. Financial statements, accounts and receipts. (20 leaves)
.150 Raglands Mercantile Co., Miscellaneous Records. 1924-1934. Financial statements, accounts and receipts. (27 leaves)
.151 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1923. (22 leaves)
.152 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1924. (30 leaves)
.153 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1925. (30 leaves)
.154 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1926. (26 leaves)
.155 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1927. (29 leaves)
.156 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1928. (28 leaves)
.157 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1929. (32 leaves)
.158 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1930. (31 leaves)
.159 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1931. (32 leaves)
.160 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1932. (33 leaves)
.161 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1933. (33 leaves)
.162 Raglands Mercantile Co., Monthly Trial Balances. 1934. (32 leaves)
.170 Western Union, Lease. 1958-1965. Correspondence and legal forms. (14 leaves)
.171 White Kitchen Café, Withholding Exemption Certificates. 1944. (36 leaves)
.172 White Kitchen Café, Employee Tax Information. 1944-1946. (44 leaves)
.173 White Kitchen Café, Withholding Exemption Certificates. 1943. (59 leaves)
.174 White Kitchen Café, Withholding Exemption Certificates. 1944. (74 leaves)

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Robert J. Kleberg and Co., Daily statements of Loans and Interest. 1945-1947

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #3

Unit Title: Individual Accounts

Container: 41, 574, 575, 576, 577

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.1 Walter Senior Estate, Financial Documents, bank statements, receipts, deposits, balance sheets and miscellaneous financial papers, 1919-1935.
.2 Walter Senior Estate, Financial Documents, bank statements, receipts, deposits, balance sheets and miscellaneous financial papers, 1935-1940.
.3 M. B. Campbell Estate Settlement, Financial Documents, bank statements, receipts, deposits, balance sheets and miscellaneous financial papers.

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.4 Custer Vendor's Lien. 1922, Vendor's lien to the Custer property. (25 leaves)
.10 W. Hope Davis Legal Deeds and Forms. 1906-1911. (20leaves)
.11 Roddy, Collings, Smith, Hugos and Darnell. Deeds and legal forms. 1908-1932. (27 leaves)
.12 Charles Flato Legal Deeds and Forms. 1916-1930. (54 leaves)
.39 Lilian House, Tenant Correspondence. 1959-1964. Letters received and sent, to and from, tenants. (45 leaves)
.40 Lilian House, Tenant Correspondence. 1965. Letters received and sent, to and from, tenants. (38 leaves)
.41 Lilian House, Tenant Correspondence. 1966. Letters received and sent, to and from, tenants. (20 leaves)
.42 Lilian House, Tenant Correspondence. 1967. Letters received and sent, to and from, tenants. (33 leaves)
.43 Lilian House, Tenant Correspondence. 1968-1969. Letters received and sent, to and from, tenants. (50 leaves)

A1994-023/Box 575--------------------------------------------------

.95a J. W. Hunter Estate. 1932-1942. Correspondence, legal forms, receipts and bank statements. (33 leaves)
.95b J. W. Hunter Estate. 1932-1942. Correspondence, legal forms, receipts and bank statements. (41 leaves)
.95c J. W. Hunter Estate. 1932-1943. Correspondence, legal forms, receipts and bank statements. (50 leaves)
.95d J. W. Hunter Estate. 1932-1942. Correspondence, legal forms, receipts and bank statements. (42 leaves)
.95e J. W. Hunter Estate. 1932-1942. Correspondence, legal forms, receipts and bank statements. (52 leaves)
.96 J. W. Hunter. Legal Forms and Deeds 1925-1931. (39 leaves)

A1994-023/Box 576--------------------------------------------------

.97a J. W. Hunter, Tax Receipts. 1928-1935. State, city, county and school taxes. (48 leaves)
.97b J. W. Hunter, Tax Receipts. 1928-1935. State, city, county and school taxes. (32 leaves)
.98 Hunter-House Property, Tax Receipts. 1935-1939. State, city, county and school taxes. (48 leaves)
.99 Hunter-House Property, Tax Receipts. 1939-1944. State, city, county and school taxes. (45 leaves)
.108 M. J. Kivlin Property. 1924-1961. Legal deeds and forms, correspondence, bank statements and tax receipts. (46 leaves)

A1994-023/Box 577--------------------------------------------------

.143 Willie Olsen Litigation. 1956-1957. Legal forms and affidavits. (13 leaves)
.144 Plaza Hotel/Edwin Flato Tax Receipts. 1937-1938. State, county, city ans school taxes. (18 leaves)
.163 Sellers Property. 1944-1947. Correspondence, legal forms and deeds, account statements. (23 leaves)
.164 Walter Senior, Abstract of Title. 1918. Abstract of title to property owned. (38 leaves)
.165a B. O. Sims, Legal Deeds and Forms. 1912-1917. (38 leaves)
.165b B. O. Sims, Legal Deeds and Forms. 1912-1917. (35 leaves)
.169a Well Labor Receipts. 1927-1944. Payments for work done on area wells. (36 leaves)
.169b Well Labor Receipts. 1927-1944. Payments for work done on area wells. (36 leaves)
.169c Well Labor Receipts. 1927-1944. Payments for work done on area wells. (53 leaves)
.175 Zimmerman Loan. 1949-1959. Correspondence and receipts. (24 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Series III

Unit Title: Oral History Recordings

Container: cassette file cabinet

Mrs. Lillian House; (3-7-85)(2 cassette tapes #362-4) Speaking to the Kingsville Noon Kiwanis Club on the topic of "Historical Moments in Kingsville History." (A1985-008)
Mrs. Lillian House; (4-24-86)(1 cassette tape #362-5)
Mrs. Lillian House; (2-1-89)(2 cassette tapes #362-2 and #362-3)
Mrs. Lillian House; (6-9-89)(1 cassette tape #362-1)

Descriptive Identification

Series IV

Unit Title: Photographs

Container: photograph file cabinet

To view a list of the House Family Collection photographs activate the following link: House Family Collection - Photographs

Descriptive Identification

Series V

Unit Title: Newspaper Clippings, Brochures and Flyers

Container: 4, 505, 577

Reference File - Casa Ricardo (Kingsville, Texas)

- Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 10/18/1964, "Landmark Renovation Scheduled"
- Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 4/18/1969, "Hotel Going Down"
- Unknown, 10/1964, "Destruction Is Underway Of Old Casa Ricardo Hotel"
- Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 2/4/1964, "MoPac Building Broods Over Memories of Past"
- Invitation, Opening of the Casa Ricardo, 2/23/1914.

A1976-008/Box 4--------------------------------------------------

.1 Casa Ricardo, Breakfast Menus for coffee shop, Hotel Registration cards (6X), Employee Wage Deduction Receipt Book 11/52-1/53, 1952-1959. (69 leaves)
.2 C. H. Flato Jr. Memorial Committee, Letter explaining the aims of the committee, 1922. (5 leaves)
.3 Kleberg County Fair & Racing Association, Program Cards and Handicappers Sheets, 1934-1935. (18 leaves)
.5 Printed Materials, Pamphlet about Kingsville 1911, last edition of the Nor-mal-ite 7/19/17, Kingsville-County Rancher 1/17/63. (59 leaves)

A1991-022/Box 505--------------------------------------------------

.1 South Texas History, Copies of newspaper clippings about South Texas people and places. San Patricio, Kings Inn, Corpus Christi Bay, Ben Bolt, Tunnell McKamey, San Diego, Freda Kleberg, Alta Vista Hotel, Rev. Samuel Orr Capers, and La Bahia. A report and flyer about the Presbyterian Pan American School, a report about the beginning of the Kingsville city government and WWII railroad express tickets. 1945-1989, n.d. (44 leaves, 2 items)
.2 South Texas History, Copies of newspaper clippings about South Texas people and places. Graves Peeler, oil and gas, local elections, Vattmann, farming, Mrs. J. S. Poteet, Riviera, Riviera Beach, Richard M. King, Chas. H. Flato Jr., Kingsville, Choke Canyon and Col. B. F. Yoakum. Copy of change to the town of Ricardo with 2 maps, 6/1/08. 1908, 1969, n.d. (19 leaves, 3 items)
.4 Epiphany Episcopal Church, 1983 membership directory, 1990 La Posada De Kingsville Program and news clipping of pastor P. Lawrence "Larry" Murphy Jr. 1983, 1990. (2 leaves, 1 item)
.5 Kingsville, Baffin Bay Sportsman Map, programs of Chamberlain Lodge No. 913 Masons 1912,13, various Kingsville brochures and flyers, official notice of resignation of Bachelorhood of John D. Finnegan 1915, 70th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Murray, 1952-53 Kingsville chamber of Commerce membership, city maps, 4th of July celebration commemorating Brigadier General Richard Cavazos, program dedication Kleberg County War Memorial 1970, Kleberg County Coat of Arms poster.
.6 John B. Ragland Mercantile Co., 1st, 2nd and 3rd Annual Banquet programs, invitation, and two newspaper articles, 1914-16, 1990. (2 leaves, 5items)
.8 Kingsville Chamber of Commerce, Brochures, Flyers and Booklets about Kingsville and the Chamber of Commerce.
.10 Flour Bluff, Copy of Corpus Christi Caller-Times article about Flour Bluff, 9/26/65. (4 leaves)
.11 King Ranch, Copies of newspaper clippings, Brochures, Flyers and Booklets about King Ranch also wedding announcement for Stephen Justus Kleberg to Janell Gerald and wedding announcement for John A. Cypher Jr. to Patricia Riba Rincon Gallardo.
.12 King Ranch, Dairy Products brochure, Abstract of the Title of The Kleberg Town and Improvement Company 11/3/04, , Copies of newspaper clippings, Brochures, Flyers and Booklets about King Ranch.
.13 South Texas History, Copies of newspaper clippings about South Texas people and places. Stage house on Arroyo Colorado, King's Inn, St. Peter's Episcopal church of Rockport, Edwin F. Flato, Amistad Dam, Padre Isle, Presidio La Bahia, Nueces County, George Parr, Rockport Bicentennial, Kingsville Record 1st Annual Almanac 1979, and 75 Anniversary program for St. Paul Lutheran Church.
.15 South Texas, Kleberg County Golden Jubilee Follies Program, Presbyterian Pan Americana Fall 1990, R and R Theatres (Queen Theater) in Kingsville and Golden Wedding Anniversary Poem by Van Chandler 7/26/65.
.16 Hurricanes, Newspaper coverage of hurricanes making landfall in Texas, 1919, Beulah 1967, Celia 1970.
.17 Railroad, Book - The Wabash Railroad Company, Rules of the Transportation Department, Office of General Superintendent, St. Louis, Missouri, 4/15/1896, Time Table No. 9, 4/10/1906, St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company, and copied newspaper articles about the railroad in Kleberg County.
.19 Lyndon B. Johnson, Articles about Johnson in Kingsville Record - 11/9/60 and San Antonio Light - 5/23/56, and correspondence with Johnson about an overdue loan to his brother Sam H. Johnson 1935-36. (7 leaves, 2 items)
.22 Miscellaneous, Program for opening of Kleberg County Court House and Kleberg County Hospital 1915, handwritten notes, correspondence on History Fair 1988.
.23 Historical Markers, Program and description of several historical markers in Kleberg County. (9 leaves, 1 item)
.24 Riviera Beach, Right of way easement, Association statement, Corpus Christi Caller-Times supplement on Riviera Beach 6/26/88. (6 leaves, 1 item)
.25 South Texas History, Copies of newspaper clippings about South Texas people and places. Artesian wells, John B. Armstrong, Kenedy Ranch, local elections, Flato Building.
.26 South Texas History, Copies of newspaper clippings about South Texas people and places. Gladney Center, Manuel Ibanez, Kingsville's Black Community, local business and politics, U. S. Naval Station.
.27 South Texas History, Copies of newspaper clippings about South Texas people and places. Corpus Christi State University, Dairying, Farming, Law enforcement, King Ranch, Kingsville history, Texas A&I - Texas A&M merger, factory outlet.

A1994-023/Box 577--------------------------------------------------

.141 Newspaper Clippings. 1962-1967. Articles about Lillian House's tenants and local citizens. (44 leaves)
.142 Newspaper Clippings. 1968-1969. Articles about Lillian House's tenants and local citizens. (20 leaves)

Descriptive Identification

Series VI

Unit Title: Printed Materials

Container: 41, NP37, 240, 4, 284,

A1972-027

Civil War Times Illustrated, Vol. 1, No. 1 (4/62)- Vol. 1, No. 10 (2/63), (10 items)(shelved no call number)
A1982-115

Kingsville Telephone Books, 4/54 - 4/56, 4/58 - 4/72, 11/72-11/81, (4/72-2 copies)(29 items)(shelved no call number)

A1983-010/Box 41--------------------------------------------------

- Gulf Coast Line Magazine, Vol. II, No. 2 (7/06), (1 item), (shelved in stacks - F 392 .G9 G9)
- Gulf Coast Magazine, Vol. III, No. 2 (7/08), No. 4 (10/08); Vol. IV, No. 2 (7/09)(3 copies); Vol. V, No 2 (7/10), (6 items), (shelved in stacks - F 392 .G9 G9)
A1983-010/Microfilm and NPBox 37--------------------------------------------------

- Kingsville Record: 12/12/12, 5/30/13, 6/20/13, 7/4/13, 12/12/13, 12/18/14, 12/25/14, 1/1/15, 1/22/15, 1/29/15, 2/12/15, 2/26/15 (3 copies), 7/15/15, 7/28/16, 2/23/17, 8/31/17, 4/26/18, 9/17/19, 11/30/21, 12/20/22, 3/25/25, 4/1/25, 8/24/27, 7/3/25.
- Gulf Coast Record: 4/7/09, 4/24/09, 5/22/09, 6/5/09, 6/12/09, 6/26/09, 7/10/09, 7/17/09, 7/24/09, 7/31/09, 12/30/10, 12/05/08 (reprint).
- Corpus Christi Democrat: 8/7/15, 8/9/15.
- Riviera Cackler: 1/28, 5/31.
- La Libertad (Kingsville): 5/31/13.
- Nor-mal-ite: 7/19/17.

A1983-019--------------------------------------------------

.2 Framed Drawing of the Henrietta M. King High School (map file 3/2)

A1984-005 addendum/Box 240--------------------------------------------------

.1 "Untold facts about Texas' Mysterious King Ranch" in Front Page Detective, 4/38.
.2 Merit Award Banquet, 1/41 news clipping included.
.3 Unidentified story on Santa Gertrudis Cattle.
.4 Memorial Booklet, Caesar Kleberg, 1946.
.5 The Kingsville Record, 40th Anniversary edition, 7/5/44.
.6 Kingsville Record clipping of Dr. J. H. Shelton's death, 12/27/39.
.7 Booklet - Santa Gertrudis Cattle, 1952.
.8 Booklet - Third Annual Sale, 11/10/52
.9 Saturday Evening Post, The King Ranch, pp. 26-27, 5/27/44.
.10 Life, The King Ranch - Part I, pp. 39-44, 7/8/57.
.11 Life, The King Ranch - Part II, pp. 72-88, 7/15/57.
.12 Colliers, The King Ranch, pp. 13-62, 5/11/35.
.13 Unidentified clipping, Death of Richard King, Corpus Christi, 1922.
.14 Wedding Announcement - Henrietta Kleberg Larkin to Thomas Reeves Armstrong.
.15 Saturday Evening Post, King Ranch, pp. 87-90, 12/4/48.
.16 Houston Chronicle, King Ranch, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, (1931).
.17 San Antonio Express, King Ranch Section, 3/28, 6/27, (1915).
.18 Corpus Christi Caller-Times, King Ranch Centennial, 7/12/53.
.19 Corpus Christi Caller-Times, King Ranch, 4/4/54.
.20 Corpus Christi Caller-Times, King Ranch - "We're Proud" edition, n.d.
.21 Corpus Christi Caller-Times, King Ranch - Society Section, 10/6/40.
.22 Corpus Christi Caller, King Ranch, 4/17/31.
.23 Corpus Christi Caller, King Ranch - Port edition, n.d.
.25 Fortune, King Ranch, 12/33

A1986-016/Reference File -- Rio Grande Valley--------------------------------------------------

.2a - Map of Rio Grande Valley with points of interest labeled and identified. n.d. (donor c. 1969).
.2b - Typed legal-size handout providing information about Rio Grande City, Roma, Falcon Dam, Zapata, San Ignacio and Mier. 2pp. n.d. (donor c. 1969).
.2c - Photocopied map: Texas in 1836, hand-out entitled A Short History of Rio Grande City and one entitled History of Fort Ringgold. 3pp. n.d. (donor c. 1969).
.2d - Placemat from Palmetto Inn Restaurants, Inc. which provides a highway map of Zapata County to Cameron County. n.d. (donor c. 1969).
.2e - Broadside: Map of Port Mansfield, and advertisement for the Port Mansfield Fishing Tournament. n.d. (donor c. 1969).
.2f - Brochure: Port Mansfield, Laguna Madre Enchantment with information about the Port Mansfield Fishing Tournament and Port Mansfield. n.d. (donor c. 1969).
.2g - Booklet: First Christmas Festival, Starr County, Texas by Rio Grande City Retail Merchants Assoc., 26pp. December 6-8, 1968.

A1989-001/Box 4--------------------------------------------------

.14 Ideal Food Store Advertisement, Kingsville, TX, c.1942

A1989-052--------------------------------------------------

The Flight of Years, Idella Underbrink Stubhart, Riviera, Texas, 1984 (autographed)(shelved by call number)

A1989-052/(postcard files)--------------------------------------------------

.015b - North Beach, Corpus Christi, Bathers, used in 1927 El Rancho
.015c - Bird Island, Corpus Christi, baby pelicans
.015d - Texas College of Arts and Industries
.015e - corner of campus building
.015f - Bird Island, Corpus Christi, young pelicans
.015g - Corpus Christi Bay by moonlight

A1989-052/Box 4--------------------------------------------------

.15 The Journal of South Texas / South Texas Historical Association. -- Portland, Texas: The Association, 1988.(shelved with journals)
.15 The Journal of South Texas / South Texas Historical Association. -- Portland, Texas: The Association, 1989.(shelved with journals)
.15 Texas A&I Alumni Association newsletter. -- Vol. @, No. 6 (9/74), Kingsville, Texas.
.15 El Correo, newspaper in Spanish, 6/24/67.

A1989-017--------------------------------------------------

Kingsville Telephone Books, 11/78, 11/81, 4/82 (2 copies), 11/82 (2 copies), 11/83, 11/84-85 (8 items)(shelved no call number)

(A1990-008)--------------------------------------------------

Kingsville Telephone Books, 1979 (1 item)(shelved no call number)

A1990-008/Box 384--------------------------------------------------

.1 - Stillman House, Brownsville Historical Association, Brownsville, Texas, pub.#78-psz
- The Story of Castroville by Ruth Curry Lawler, 1961, 16pgs.
- Facts and Fiction about the Enchanted Rock, compiled and edited by Charles and Ruth Moss, 4/1956.
- A History of Jefferson, Texas, compiled by Mrs. Arch McCay and Mrs. H. A. Spellings, 5th ed., 56pgs.
- Sul Ross State College Bulletin:
-- Vol. XLI, No 3
---- Nature's Pharmacy and the Cuanderos, W. D. Smithers
---- The Border Trading Posts, W. D. Smithers
-- Vol. XLIII, No. 3
---- Don Milton Faver: Founder of a Kingdom, Barry Scobee
---- Law West of the Pecos: A 1962 Version, Barry Scobee
---- Early Settling of the Big Bend, Mrs. Joel E. Wright
---- The Glenn Springs Raid, Captain C. D. Wood
---- Bandit Raids in the Big Bend Country, W. D. Smithers
---- Moses Austin, Let Him Rest in Peace, Dr. Ernest C. Shearer
---- The Relations of Sam Houston to Andrew Jackson, Dr. Ernest C. Shearer
---- Captain Sul Ross, Famed Hero of Texas, Ray Osborne
---- Forward and Biographical Sketches, Bryan Wildenthal
-- Vol. XLIV, No. 3
---- Life Along the Border, C. A. Hawley
---- High Ground in Texas, Mrs. Evelyn Mellard
---- Windmill Schmidt, Bryan Wildenthal
---- Dr. Branch Tanner Archer, Sometimes Called the Father of the Texas Revolution, Dr. Ernest C. Shearer

.2 - Mission Conception, 1968, Texas Historical Pub. Soc. (2)
- Historic Ft. Clark Guest Ranch, Driskill Hotel Austin, Texas
- Castroville: The Little Alscace of Texas, Castroville Chamber of Commerce
- Lost Mine Trail, Big Bend National Park Texas, National Park Service and Big Bend Natural History Association.
- Big Bend National Park Texas, US Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1963
- Brownsville and Matamoros Map, National Bank of Commerce, Brownsville, Texas
- Lyndon B. Johnson, National Historic Site Texas, National Parks Centennial 1872-1972, National Parks Service, US Dept. of Interior (2)
- LBJ Country by John Barnett, Awani Press, National Park Series, 1970
- Lyndon B. Johnson, National Historic Site Texas, 6 detachable postcards, National Parks Centennial 1872-1972, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
- Duval County Museum - Official Opening Program, San Diego, Texas, 4/27/86
- President's Ranch Trail Map, Tri-County President's Ranch Trail Assoc. Inc. 1968 (2)
- Welcome to Blanco, Texas Map, Blanco County News
- Notepad: 3rd Trip North, 1952, travel accounts to many of the maps and pamphlet areas.
- Postcards:
.005 - Big Foot Wallace Cabin
.006 - Big Foot Wallace Picture
.007 - LBJ painting portrait
.008 - LBJ Presidential Library at UT-Austin, Texas

.3 - Pamphlets and Brochures of Tourist Attractions - AR, AL, AZ, CA, LA, MA, MN, MS, NC, NY, OR, PA, UT, VA, VT, WA, Canada, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy and Mexico.
- Postcards of Ft. Smith (4) and Hot Springs (11), AR; Natchez (6) and Vicksburg (7), MS

A1990-008/postcard files--------------------------------------------------

.001 - 20 Colored Views of Galveston, 2.5"x3.5"
.002 - 10 views of Hacienda Visa Hermosa, Tequesquitengo, Morales, Mexico
.003 - Hotel Hernandez, Mier, Tampalupas, Mexico
.004 - Historic Mier
.009 - Port Arthur Bridge

A1990-008--------------------------------------------------

A History of Indianola, Mrs. Lelia Seelingson, The Cuero Record, Cuero, Texas, 193?, (shelved in stacks - F 394 .I5 S3)
A Breif History of Bandera County, J. Marvin Hunter, Printed for Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, Texas, (shelved in stacks - F 392 .B2 H6)
Mier in La Historia 1953, Antonio Ma. Guerra, Roan, Texas, 3/6/53, (shelved in stacks - F 1391 .C633 G8 1953)

A1991-022/postcard files--------------------------------------------------

- Casa Ricardo (6 copies)
- Miller Park

Descriptive Identification

Series VII

Unit Title: Maps

Container: 2/4, 3/3, 3/5

Each map lists the map case and drawer where it is stored

A1984-038

.1 Official Map of the city of Kingsville. 11/1930. 16"x15". paper (map file 3/5)
.2 Theo. F. Koch's first Subdivision of Riviera Lands. Ownership map. n.d. 55"x24". linen (Rm#250)
.3 Kleberg County, Texas. Ownership map. J. L. Cross-Surveyor. n.d. 44"x30". linen (Rm#250)
.4 Portion of Kleberg County [Riviera and Riviera Beach]. n.d. 26.5"x56". paper copy of original at the Riviera Museum. (Rm#250)
.5 Diagram of Road Bed Construction. n.d. 24"x18". linen (map file 3/5)
.6 Map of Subdivisions in Nueces, Kleberg and Jim Wells Counties. n.d. 54"x35". linen (Rm#250)
.7 Starr County. Ownership map. Traced 1913. 51"x36". linen, blueprint (Rm#250)
.8 Zapata County. Ownership map. 1901 52.5"x35". linen, blueprint (map file 2/4)
.9 Plat of Hoffman Addition, Sarita Park, Sarita Park #2, Southmore Acres. 2/1946. blueline (missing)
.10 Kenedy County. n.d. 34"x24". paper (map file 3/5)
.11 Kleberg County, Texas. Ownership map. 1934. 55"x35.5". linen (Rm#250)
.12 Kleberg County, Texas. J. L. Cross-Surveyor. n.d. 48"x32". blueprint (missing)
.13 Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas. Block and lot map. J. L. Cross-County Surveyor. n.d. (between 1919-1947). 48"x34". paper (missing)
.14 Gulf Coast Lines and Connections. n.d. 40"x31". paper, badly torn (missing)
.15 Kingsville, Texas. Blocks, lots and streets. 3/1912. 44.5"x43". blueprint (map file 2/4)
.16 Official Railroad and County Map of Texas. 1917. 45"x46". linen, color (missing)
.17 Kleberg County. Kingsville and additions. 6/10/1940. 48"x36.5". paper (missing)
.18 Kleberg County. [Oil and Gas leases marked]. n.d. 43"x41". paper (missing)
.19 Texas. Shows: counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices and railway stations with distances between stations. n.d. 45"x50". paper (missing)

A1984-005--------------------------------------------------

.1 Kingsville, Texas. c. 1960 (map file 3/3)
.2 Kingsville, Texas. n.d. (map file 3/3)
.3 Texas, Official Highway Travel Map. 1977-1978 (map file 3/3)
.4 Texas [Texaco}. 1968 (map file 3/3)
.5 Texas [Mobil]. 1966 (map file 3/3)
.6 Texas, Official State Highway Map. 1968 (map file 3/3)
.7 Central United States[Sinclair]. n.d. (map file 3/3)
.8 Texas-Oklahoma-New Mexico-Mexico [Sinclair]. n.d. (map file 3/3)
.9 Texas, Official State Highway Map. 1967 (map file 3/3)
.10 Texas [Enco]. 1967 (map file 3/3)
.11 Texas [Texaco]. 1973 (map file 3/3)
.12 Texas [Texaco]. 1964 (map file 3/3)
.13 Travelaide, Southwest including Texas. Winter-Spring 1974 (map file 3/3)

A1989-052--------------------------------------------------

.15 City of Kingsville and vicinity of Kleberg County, Texas, [proposed zoning 1966]includes codes for zones. 22x16cm. Scale 1":1200'. Kingsville, Texas.(box 4)

Related Materials

The John E. Conner Museum on the campus of Texas A&M University - Kingsville has collections from the House Family.

The following book has much information about early local residents. A copy can be purchased at the John E. Conner Museum or used in the James C. Jernigan Library and the South Texas Archives.
Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories / compiled by members of the Kleberg County Historical Commission and other volunteers. [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). (F392.K6 K6)

Alfaro & Cisneros

Sunday, Aug. 23, 1998

Ex-general's latest mission: Lead A&M-Kingsville

By HEATHER HOWARD
Staff Writer

Corpus Christi lawyer Dan Alfaro knew more than 30 years ago, as a young Army second lieutenant at Fort Sam Houston, that barracks-mate Marc Cisneros was a born leader.
It was the summer of 1961, and Alfaro, then barely 22, was impressed with Cisneros' always-immaculate uniform, unfailing devotion to his wife and intense dedication to the Army.
``He was always up at . . . 5 a.m. in the morning, ready to go, always ahead of me,'' Alfaro said. ``I could tell right then and there when I met him that he was destined to do great things, not only in the Army but in his life.''
Those things included a 35-year Army career with three tours of combat duty -- two in Vietnam, one in Panama -- and a position as a corporate executive.
Last week, Texas A&M University System regents unanimously selected Cisneros, who retired from the Army as a three-star general, to take over as president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
He will replace Manuel Ibanez, who announced in January that he would step down Sept. 1 after nine years as university president. Ibanez has said he will remain at A&M-Kingsville to teach biology.
Born in Brownsville and raised in Premont, Cisneros, 59, is a former commander of the 5th Army headquartered at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio and was responsible for Army activities in states west of the Mississippi River. In 1996, he became an executive for Fluor Daniel Inc., a San Antonio construction company.
``I think (Cisneros) exemplifies honor to your country, which I think in our society is something all of us are losing,'' Alfaro said. ``I think he will lead A&M-Kingsville with that same dedication.''
It will be a tough mission, Cisneros said -- one he hopes to fulfill by recruiting aggressively, becoming a mentor to young people and reaching out to area school districts to help them better prepare students for college.
About half of A&M-Kingsville's students must take remedial courses -- something Cisneros wants to change.
``That's a challenge throughout Texas,'' he said. ``I want to develop a comprehensive overview of what they can do to cooperate with area high schools to overcome this. I'm not accepting that there's nothing we can do to improve.''
The university also has faced declining enrollment in the past few years -- a trend at least partially attributed by university officials to the 1994 conversion of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to a four-year campus.
A&M-Kingsville enrolled 6,576 students in fall 1993. Last fall, the school's enrollment was 6,050, university officials have said.
In fall 1993, A&M-Corpus Christi had 4,475 students. Last fall, it enrolled 5,686 -- a 27 percent increase.
``That was a big factor that caused the challenge in enrollment decline,'' Cisneros said.
Last year, U.S. News & World Report ranked Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi the top public regional university in the state in its 1998 ranking of the nation's best colleges.
The magazine, however, rated A&M-Kingsville among the lower level of schools that were ranked.
Cisneros said he is not deterred.
``I think Kingsville has some advantages no other schools (in the area) have,'' he said.
Those include, he said, nationally recognized engineering and agriculture programs and a campus that has the potential to bustle with student life.
``We have a beautiful campus,'' he said. ``Part of the development and maturing of child is an opportunity to be away from home. And yet it's close enough to get home on the weekends.''
Cisneros said he wants to encourage more students to live on campus -- something he hopes to do, in part, by seeking Legislative funding to provide money to help students with housing.
``If students are just commuting to school and leaving . . . that doesn't create a complete academic environment,'' Cisneros said.
Cisneros' said his No. 1 goal is to develop a mentoring relationship between faculty and students -- an ability friends say Cisneros honed in the military.
``He has mentored and led hundreds of young people,'' said Stephen ``Tio'' Kleberg, former head of the King Ranch's cattle and farming operations and a friend of Cisneros for more than 20 years.
But doing that also will depend, Cisneros said, on convincing students to go to college in the first place.
Cisneros said he intends to spend a great deal of time recruiting, talking one-on-one with students and parents and trying to convince students that going to college will give them more opportunities -- and show them how going is possible.
``A lot of parents are sending first-generation children to the university,'' Cisneros said. ``They don't have, a lot of them, the experience of how to get children through school.''
Kleberg said Cisneros' South Texas roots will help bridge that gap.
``I think he realizes there's an awful lot of potential and what he's faced with are third and fourth generations of people in families without college degrees,'' said Kleberg, who served on the committee that chose candidates for the president's position.
Helping those students succeed will be the key, Cisneros said, to securing a better future for South Texas.
``I was raised, my heart was developed, my values were developed in South Texas,'' Cisneros said. ``If I have been successful at all, I have done it because I was raised in the Coastal Bend area. When this opportunity came up . . . I said this would give me a great opportunity to contribute to the area.''

King Ranch was built on the knowledge that came from the earlier Tejano ranches in the region, especially the Bobedo.

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King Ranch absorbed older Bobedo Ranch

December 20, 2006

Years before Richard King established King Ranch there was a large ranch a few miles to the south - the Bobedo Ranch owned by Manuel Ramirez Elizondo. The Bobedo straddled the main route from Corpus Christi to Brownsville northwest of Baffin Bay.

The Corpus Christi Star on March 26, 1849 reported: "Our correspondent en route to Brownsville writes from this well-known ranch: The Bobedo is owned by Manuel Ramirez . . . who has 'manadas' of mares for breeding . . . and between 2,000 and 3,000 head of cattle. Yet for all this stock - worth perhaps $20,000 - he employs only one herder . . . I may as well remark, though, that the extent of the land, embracing 12 leagues, is so great as to isolate his stock from that of others."

(The name Bobedo is a corruption of the Spanish grant, Rincon de la Boveda.)

In April or early May, 1852, Richard King and friends rode from Brownsville to Corpus Christi to attend Henry Kinney's Lone Star Fair. Many accounts say that King camped at a spot on the Santa Gertrudis Creek, where Kingsville is today, and that's where he got the idea of starting a ranch. Another account, however, says King stopped to visit Manuel Ramirez (Elizondo) at the Bobedo Ranch and while there King asked about land for sale.

This story was told by King Ranch vaquero Francisco Alvarado, as related to a grandson, Victor Rodriguez Alvarado. The grandson remembered in his final years what his parents and grandparents told him about the early years of King Ranch.

Alvarado said King asked Ramirez about land suitable for ranching that might be for sale. Ramirez told him about the Santa Gertrudis grant 12 miles to the north. Praxides Uribe of Matamoros claimed title to the grant.

King asked Ramirez to intercede for him and his partner "Legs" Lewis in the purchase of the land. Ramirez agreed. A contract between Ramirez and Uribe in 1854 conveyed the Santa Gertrudis to Ramirez for $1,800, $150 per league of land, but no money was paid. It was contingent on Uribe providing papers showing ownership; he refused to do so until he had cash in hand. In 1856, three years after he had begun his ranch, King bought the land for $5,000.

"In order to build his first houses," Alvarado said, "King went to the Bobedo and got my grandfather, Francisco Alvarado, as workman, to build houses (jacals they were called). My grandfather, my father, and their families also came . . . they made the first houses of wood and dirt with thatched roofs."

King Ranch was built on the knowledge that came from the earlier Tejano ranches in the region, especially the Bobedo.

The Bobedo Ranch was still a thriving, working ranch after the Civil War. What happened to the Bobedo is a puzzle hidden in the pages of history.

In 1874, Manuel Ramirez (Elizondo) died. John McClane, Nueces County sheriff and a friend of Richard King, petitioned the court (the ranch was then in Nueces County) to be named administrator of the estate. McClane was appointed. Of the three appraisers of the estate, at least one was a close associate of King, Reuben Holbein. The appraisers valued the estate at $56,000; cattle were valued at $3.50 per head, well below market value. King purchased all the land and cattle, paying Ramirez's sons.

Victor Rodriguez Alvarado in his memoirs noted that the Bobedo cattle were taken to Kansas and sold. "The money he got from the steers was sufficient to pay the entire cost of the ranch. In such a manner, King did his business . . ."

However it came about, the Bobedo was absorbed by King Ranch. In 1907, Theodore Koch bought some 20,000 acres of the old Bobedo from Henrietta King, widow of the late Richard King. Koch laid out new towns he named Riviera and Riviera Beach.

Accusations as old as Texas claim that cunning Anglo land-grabbers used their influence with friends in high places to steal land that rightfully belonged to Spanish and Mexican grantees. No doubt some of that happened, but blatant prejudice frames the issue on both sides. We can't judge what happened by the standards of their time, and it would be unfair to judge it by the standards of our own.

But it is long past the time to either prosecute or defend. Whether land-stealing happened with Manuel Ramirez Elizondo's Bobedo Ranch is certainly open to question. In any event, the younger King Ranch became famous throughout the world, while the story of the older Bobedo Ranch, which showed the way, is almost unknown.

Note: Memoirs of Victor Rodriquez Alvarado in an unpublished manuscript were sent to me years ago by Carmel Alvarado of Agua Dulce. Some details of how King acquired the Bobedo Ranch are covered in the book "Tejano Legacy" by Armando C. Alonzo.

Murphy Givens is Viewpoints Editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-4315; e-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:givensm@caller.com givensm@caller.com.

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The sword or the pen?

Van Halen - Ballot Or The Bullet Lyrics

Give me liberty or give me death

No truer words have ever been said

Well are you prepared for your very last breath?

Don't you dare start what you cannot finish



So when we face, face the adversary

No longer are we the minority



And when history repeats her hour

The pendulum will swing, swing into power

Though not in vain like our forefathers

Freedom, never had no room for cowards



For in the end, there will be equality

By any means necessary



The ballot or the bullet

The choice is up to you

The ballot or the bullet

Tell me what you gonna do

The sword or the pen

Can be held by the same hand



What's it gonna take to liberate?

An emancipation, a false proclamation?

All these token words that you legislate

Sound a little bit absurd. Hey! And a little too late



When a house is divided, it just will not stand

Once it's decided, a line drawn in the sand



Ah! The ballot or the bullet

The choice is up to you

The ballot or the bullet

Tell me what you gonna do

The sword or the pen

Can be held by the same hand



(Guitar Solo)



The ballot or the bullet

The choice is up to you

The ballot or the bullet

Tell me what you gonna do



The ballot or the bullet

The choice is up to you

The ballot or the bullet

Tell me what you gonna do

The sword or the pen can be

The sword or the pen can be

The sword or the pen can be

The sword or the pen can be

The sword or the pen can be

held, held by the same hand!

Los Kineños: The Romanticized Version

Born to be an educator

By RUDY PADILLA
Published: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:35 AM CDT
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Roel Quintanilla, Principal at J.C. Harmon High School, was raised on the famous King Ranch in southern Texas. The beginning’s of the King Ranch is told on their web page:

“There was a terrible drought in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Captain King traveled to the little hamlet of Cruillas in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

“The townspeople were in such dire straits that they sold all of their cattle to him in an attempt to survive the drought. A short distance out of town, slowly driving the cattle north toward Texas, Captain King realized that, in solving an immediate problem for the people of Cruillas, he had simultaneously removed their long-term means of livelihood. He turned his horse back toward the town and made its people a proposition. He would provide them with food, shelter and income if they would move and come to work on his ranch. The townspeople conferred and many of them agreed to move north with Captain King.

“Already expert stockmen and horsemen, these resilient denizens of the rugged Mexican range became known as Los Kinenos - King's people. They and many generations of their heirs would go on to weave a large portion of the historical tapestry of King Ranch. The expert Kineno cowboys now occupy a justifiably legendary place in the annals of the taming of the vast American West. The mystique of the Kinenos is alive and well, and descendants of the original Cruillas residents still live and work on the ranch today - providing a vital link with the past and giving the ranch a key aspect of its unique atmosphere.”

The vastness of the huge ranch on which he lived seems to have given him a wish to know more about the world. He would later turn his attention to being an educator. A definition of an educator is: to demonstrate a commitment to creating new knowledge, to applying knowledge to solving problems to synthesize various strands of knowledge, and to understanding how students learn.

The first 18 years of his life Roel Quintanilla spent in south Texas. He grew up and worked on the King Ranch, as did his parents and family. He attended schools on the ranch property that had students who were predominately Hispanic. After high school Quintanilla decided to go to the university in nearby Kingsville. He was planning to become a teacher.

Mr. Quintanilla completed his college education at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas after his military service. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science/ American history and his master’s degree in educational administration. He spent 27 years employed by the Wichita school district serving as a middle school level social studies teacher and then on up the ranks from assistant principal at that same middle school to assistant principal at three of the district’s high schools to finally serving as principal at Wichita High School North until his retirement in June of 2003.

Not ready to be relegated to a rocking chair just yet he traveled from Wichita north to Kansas City to become an assistant principal, which led to his present position of principal at J C Harmon High School.

When asked if his first year as Principal of J.C. Harmon High School was as expected, he said:

“The first year as principal at Harmon High School was exciting, rewarding and challenging. The expected challenges were those that larger urban schools typically encounter. Time was spent getting acquainted with the students, parents, and staff in order to better understand the strengths of the system and also the needs as identified by those served. Many partnerships have been forged with parent groups and the community as a whole. The welcome that was received at Harmon High School was warm and inviting. It has been a joy to serve the Harmon Community.”

Mr. Quintanilla makes the following suggestions to parents so that their students can be successful in a high school setting.

Daily attendance is extremely important. Parents need to ensure that their students are in class everyday and that absences be allowed only under rare circumstances.

Completion of all schoolwork is a responsibility of the student. Parents need to check with their student, the teachers, and attend parent conferences to ensure that the student is being successful in the classroom. If the parent does not ask the question, no one else will.

Limit the amount of time that students work after school. Students often report to school exhausted because they are trying to attend a full day of school and work 6 or 7 hours at a job as well.

Participation in school activities and other extracurricular activities are very important for a well-rounded student. This is the place where skills learned in the classroom are put into practice.

Monitor where your student goes and whom they are friends with. Get to know your student’s friends and their parents as well. The influence of a peer is a very powerful force.

Make sure that the students are reading for pleasure.

Roel Quintanilla, like many other students, experienced financial difficulties while attending the university. He decided to take a hiatus from higher education in 1968 to join the U. S. Air Force which allowed him to take advantage of the G I bill. This experience led him to a three-year tour of duty overseas. He spent time in England, Spain, and Turkey as a supply agent supporting the F150 aircraft and then being finally stationed in Wichita, Kansas where he stayed for many years to follow. Upon his honorable discharge he returned to the university to complete his degrees.

Note: On Web page www.valiantpress.com the book Valor & Discord (Mexican Americans and the Vietnam War) is available. Forty years after Among the Valiant was published, second-generation Purple Heart recipient and Vietnam veteran, Eddie Morin, chronicles the heroism demonstrated in combat by Mexican-Americans. The social upheaval that clouded the purpose of supreme sacrifice is in the backgrounds of interviews with hundreds of these brave and valiant heroes.

All the passion that the reader experienced with Raul Morin’s Among the Valiant is re-lived with son Eddie Morin’s vivid accounts of the first-person experiences that these Vietnam War veterans shared. Valor & Discord serves as a catharsis for the veterans who returned with feelings of confusion and disenfranchisement. A must read for social historians.

Nueces De La Parra: May Our LORD ALMIGHTY be with Barbara Canales and her Babies!

Nueces De La Parra: May Our LORD ALMIGHTY be with Barbara Canales and her Babies!

ARMED AND DANGEROUS Fear and loathing in Kingsville, Texas Local residents fuming over Army live-fire exercise

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Fear and loathing in Kingsville, Texas
Local residents fuming over Army live-fire exercise

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Posted: February 15, 1999
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By David M. Bresnahan
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com

A group of Kingsville, Texas, citizens now plan to pursue action against their city for permitting the Army to use live ammunition during an exercise in their town known as Operation Last Dance.

Angry citizens are expected to crowd the next city council and county commission meetings, both scheduled to be held Feb. 22. At least one citizen is looking into legal action.

Back door to building blasted open.

Some residents said they were terrified when helicopters swooped into town from the Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, last Monday night. One helicopter hit a telephone pole, which started a fire and horrified residents who saw it happen.

At least eight helicopters are reported to have participated in an assault exercise using live ammunition and explosives very close to innocent bystanders who were not warned of the planned action.

Fire officials confirmed that they responded to the resulting fire, but had no warning that the exercise would take place. They were also summoned to put out a building fire caused by explosions set off during the exercise.

It has since been learned from military sources that the actual group involved in the exercise is known as the Knight Stalkers, an elite group from the Delta Force. They are trained to conduct assassination missions, according to several retired military officers who had served in various special operations assignments.

The Army Special Operations Command at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, has acknowledged that the event was the kick-off of a series of similar training operations going on in Kingsville, Corpus Christi and Fort Sam Houston, but would not confirm that the group was the Knight Stalkers. Additional training events have been confirmed in the area.

Austin radio station talk show host Alex Jones went to Kingsville to investigate for WorldNetDaily. He arrived just in time to find work crews covering up the evidence of the extensive damage caused by the exercise.

A former police station and an old Exxon office building were nearly destroyed. Evidence of bullet holes in walls, explosions from grenades, and other explosive charges could be seen. Fire damage was also extensive in at least one of the buildings.

Lt. Judy Hayes, 3rd in command at Kingsville Police Department

"There was a joint training session between the United States Army and the Kingsville Police Department," Lt. Judy Hayes, third in command at the Kingsville police told Jones.

"The Army was doing some sort of extraction type thing. They used eight helicopters. Our training involved sealing off the area, as if we were involved in taking care of a hazardous materials type incident. We were rerouting traffic and making sure there was no civilian foot traffic in the area. So we got quite a bit of training in that area.

"The only participation on the part of the Kingsville Police Department was in a hazardous materials training session. We did not participate in any way with what the Army was doing," insisted Hayes.

Throughout the interview with Jones, two men in black SWAT team uniforms stood behind her. Jones believes it was an attempt to intimidate him.

The Kingsville Fire Department was not given notice of the exercise, and it was not invited to participate in the alleged hazardous materials training, even though it would be called in if there were a real even of that kind.

The fire department spokesman claimed officials were not aware of the event until they were called to respond to the telephone pole fire and the fire at the former police station.

An elderly lady who lives in an apartment across from where the exercise took place told Jones that she was frightened to death and crying. She was sitting on a bench in full view of the area where the helicopters first appeared and where all the shooting took place.

"I sit on the bench, and then I get scared because the noise. It was so terrible and too loud, you know. They were throwing some bombs. I think they were using some rifles too, and the other kind of rifles that go pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, you know," said the elderly woman, identified only as Gracie.

She described seeing many black helicopters with men in black coming out of them. She heard explosions and apparently machine gun fire. She said it lasted at least two hours.

"I was so scared I went back to my apartment, but I could still hear the noise," Gracie said. She said she was so scared that she cried and her heart hurt. She said no one warned her or came to tell her what was going on.

Business owners are also complaining. The police claim they warned businesses in the area of the exercise in advance. If they did, WorldNetDaily was unable to find any that would confirm that. The businesses in the area that were open at the time of the exercise had no idea what was going on.

A former police chief and former city council member have expressed dismay over the incident and are contemplating filing an official complaint.

Police Chief Philipe Garza was appointed to his position even though he did not have the required training. He is currently under investigation for police brutality and abuse.

Police Chief Philipe Garza has been the object of a number of investigations lately. Currently the U.S. Department of Justice has been asked to investigate accusations of police abuse. Several residents, who did not wish to be identified, claim that Garza is very abusive with citizens and rules by intimidation.

Garza claims there are very few complaints from residents of Kingsville. He says the only complaints are coming from people in other parts of the country.

The head of emergency management for Kingsville is the Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinator Tomas Sanchez. He is a highly decorated Navy veteran, wounded in Vietnam and retired after 30 years of service. He now continues to serve as the head of the military police unit of the Texas State Guard, which is under the National Guard.

Sanchez has had extensive experience and training in special operations, and he expressed deep concern to WorldNetDaily about events in Kingsville. He was asked what was the purpose of the exercise. He said the plan involved a scenario that required military action because local police could not deal with civilians effectively.

"Martial law has been declared through presidential powers and war powers act, and some citizens have refused to give up their weapons. They have taken over two of the buildings in Kingsville. The police cannot handle it. So you call these guys in. They show up and they zap everybody, take all the weapons, and let the local P.D. clean it up," described Sanchez of the scenario the Knight Stalkers were likely given.

Sanchez says the military exercise in his town was illegal under the Posse Comitatus Act, but he says that Presidential Decision Directive 25 has given an exception to Special Operations. He believes the men involved have total immunity from any legal action against them. Although PDD 25 is top secret, Sanchez has seen it because of his position with FEMA, and he has a security clearance. He would not provide a copy to WorldNetDaily.

"Some folks are talking about seeking some legal counsel. Some are asking for the crisis incident stress management counseling. They would like to see some of that," said Sanchez.

Shell casing used by Knight Stalkers to blast their way through doors.

"When the helos are right above the rooftop, and the windows are vibrating, and people are ducking under the bed, and so on and so forth, they need that," he explained.

Sanchez was able to locate some of the helicopters and some of the soldiers used in Operation Last Dance. He decided to take a drive to the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and the Corpus Christi Army Depot where all the helicopters are given maintenance.

"Parked between hanger 45 and 46 on the tarmac were four Blackhawk, no marking, helicopters. They've got it all blocked off with a chain link fence that says ID card required to gain access. No security guard. One can drive up close enough to look through the fence and see the Blackhawk helocopters. Only four of them were parked there," said Sanchez of his findings.

He said the men involved are most likely staying at the bachelor- enlisted quarters, which is a three-story barracks building. Some of the men have been observed eating in a fast food restaurant right near the bachelor-enlisted quarters.

"You can always tell these guys because even when they put on civilian clothes they still look like Army Rangers. White sidewalls we call it. Short crew cut," Sanchez explained.

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David M. Bresnahan, a contributing editor for WorldNetDaily.com, is the author of "Cover Up: The Art and Science of Political Deception," and offers a monthly newsletter "Talk USA Investigative Reports." He may be reached through email and also maintains a website.

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South Texas Chisme: DISTRICT COURT TORPEDOED

South Texas Chisme: DISTRICT COURT TORPEDOED

Why would escobar want a new district court?

Monday, January 09, 2006

DISTRICT COURT TORPEDOED
Kleberg and Kenedy counties waited over 20 years to get their own court. It passed the House - great! It passed the Senate - stupendous! Kingsville State Rep. Juan Escobar was jubilant.He succeeded where others failed.............Wait!.............It can't happen!.............. State Rep. Vilma Luna of Corpus Christi led the charge with her closely allied REPUBLICAN friends and killed the bill at the last moment. Why would she interfere in another county's business? It's not proper protocol. It is now rumored that the Kleberg County politicos are beginning to organize to not only try again for a district court but to find a viable candidate to unseat that REPUBLICAN in sheep’s clothing. Trespassing on another's backyard with her REPUBLICAN cohorts is not new to Vilma. She recently sponsored a fundraiser for REPUBLICAN Craddick in Kingsville without even telling State Rep. Escobar. (Things may be more difficult for Vilma in the future now that her major REPUBLICAN connection in Kenedy and Kleberg counties, Tobin Armstrong, has gone to greener pastures.) Do ya think that's why she wasn't included or invited by her fellow Democrats to the Oklahoma history making bash? Guess she'll also just go down in flames like her mentor, Carlitos Truan.
posted by elwhatsamatta @ 8:05 AM

6 Comments:
At 3:53 PM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
Good Cleberg dont need a new district court.They stole the TAMUK Pharmacy funds to bater for it.I got a whole lot of proof of shennanigans with these King Ranch Puppets. Kenedy wants nothing to do with it.
At 9:58 PM, DANNOYNTED1 said...
Why would escobar want a new district court?Is it the king ranch influence?It was John Hubert.
At 10:13 PM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
Escobar traded TAMUK's Pharmacy Funds to trade for New District Court!6/15/2005 8:22 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------He noted that the Kleberg County Commissioners Court first passed a resolution asking the Legislature to create a new court in 1981 and adopted similar pleas in 1995, 1996, 1999 and last November. “I recognize that there has been some concern raised since then about whether there will be enough funds available from the state for both the Irma Rangel College of Pharmacy at Texas A&M-Kingsville if the state also has to finance a new district court for Kleberg and Kenedy counties, but I think that concern is unjustified,” Escobar said. http://www.kingsvillerecord.net/story64.shtml
At 10:14 PM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
It is Hubert & The Boothes who are behind this whole Division of Kingsville7/1/2005 1:26 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Allegedly, an FBI Agent informed Officials he was anticipating Judge Hayden Head to inquire if the FBI had in fact been contacted. The FBI Agent allegedly informed official that he (the FBI Agent) would be forced to say they had not been contacted. Official claims to have informed FBI at least 3 times. Judge Head requested any conspiracy theories be put in writing. Official informed the undercover agent & the FBI informant of the Judge's request. FBI informant contacted his handler who allegedly contacted the U S Attorney's office (where Patricia Hubert Boothe is a Prosecutor). In turn, the U S Attorney's office was being asked to petition the Court to seal the documents from public disclosure. Kingsville Official followed with a call to the U S Attorney's office and stressed the importance of sealing the documents (with the names of the undercover officer as well as the informant)to avoid revealing the identities. Allegedly, the U S Attorney's office assured Official this would be done before the time set in the Judge's order to deliver the documents. When documents were handed over official restated the importance of the documents being sealed. When the documents were handed in (to a female U S Attorney?) Official "understood" that at that time an order to seal the documents would be in place. Then Official traveled back to Kingsville. That same day Official was informed (by an FBI informant in San Antonio)that the documents had been turned over to a reporter in Corpus Christi; who had contacted the informant in San Antonio inquiring as to the truth of the documents. It seems as though the recusal of certain persons with the U S Attorney's Office that the motion to seal the documents was never carried out. A Media Frenzy ensued. Who recused and thus dropped the ball where John Hubert's Sister is an assistant U S Attorney. Would she recuse do to the involvement of her brother or her husband who is in charge of forfeitures and seizures for the 105th? Why did John Hubert not take Granato & Crocker to the Grand Jury. There is much more to this story Kingsville! All the above are Allegations asserted in pending litigation. There are documents that can back this up. The Key element in my opinion is that the documents were not sealed on purpose by a technicality used as an excuse! It was a slap in the face by the U S Attorney's Office. It also implicitly undermines the City of Kingsville and makes it as though John Hubert has effectively opened the door for his brother in law to move into Kingsville & start using the tools availed to his advantage. Subsequently, I have noticed his involvement in a number of highly coincidental large busts with cash & vehicles!
At 10:16 PM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
Kingsville Economic Development is where there is a connection4/22/2005 2:13 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kingsville Economic Development is where there is a connection Originally Posted on October 7, 2004 at 11:57:54 PM by Jaime Marc Cisneros is one of the common denominators. Current CFO of the John G & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation. Donated Land for Kingsville Economic Development plan. But before he was CFO of KFATSO he was part of the Kingsville Economic Development as President of TAMUK. He sat on both sides and in fact played himself a game of chess with regard to the Brokered deal. He was also a highly ranked General specializing in covert operations. He also Brokered deals with the King Ranch who when it boils down to it is Jack Hunt (whos involved in the Kingsville economic Development Group), Ray Lee Hunt and Exxon (who's CEO is Lee Raymond. Exxon is common between KFATSO & King Ranch as is Hunt oil (who Ray Lee Hunt is CEO). The Black Helicopters came into town and Two specific buildings were damaged. One of them was the old Exxon Building. What role did Marc Cisneros play? Kenedy Foundation And Trust Soon Obsolete (KFATSO) has many of the same operatives as does the King Ranch. Two attorneys John Matthew Sjoberg & Shannon Ratliff. Ratliff's Father is the Former Lt. Gov. of Texas. Her Family are very powerful people in Austin. They share Law Firms like Crofts & Callaway and Mike Hatchell (Super Lawyer). This is Exxon, the Hunts, & the Ex-Military federal element behind the good ole King Ranch name & its Running W Brand. There was a social study done on Kingsville prior to the demise of it's leaders. The WIA funded study moved in through Hector Hinojosa in the TANF work program. Who was his Liason? Texas Workforce? DHS? The Grants for the Dare program as well as the constables Affiliated with Romeo Lomas and the recycling program / community service division stem from the seemingly benign Welfare Investment Act. This created the private sector relationship with the public sector. Now we get the businesses recieving public money as incentive to develop welfare recipients. But it has been exploited.
At 10:41 PM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
Cisneros: I am watching!4/22/2005 2:03 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------King Ranch is only a name for a clandestine Elite group. Richard King was the King Ranch and then Henrietta. After that was an influx of Nazi war criminals secreted into America by way of South America; The Cleberg name becomes synonymous with the King Ranch. Cleberg or Kleberg? Either way it is a German sir name. Was the original Kleberg a Nazi? What was the grand plan for the King Ranch or was it for all of South Texas? Did the name Clement have anything to do with the Vatican or a Pope? History has portrayed the Scions of South Texas Ranching as honest heroes. How much farther from the truth could this history stray? This history is nothing more than a glorified folk tale! Richard King knew not loyalty to anyone. Not even his partners or his mentor Mifflin Kenedy. Mifflin was smart enough to veer from King after noticing King’s partners would always suffer some misfortunate accident. King acquired his land by many methods including breach of contract, trickery, harassment and Murder. Murder was the most effective method. This is where the Texas Rangers enter stage right. The Rangers were King’s personal enforcers. Led by Major Armstrong these ruthless huge “corn fed” Anglo “lawmen” pillaged, raped & murdered in the name of the State Of Texas. Since then, the Armstrong family not only acquired their own little acreage with a Polo field; they gained “invisible” control of the King Ranch and ascended to high positions of power within our Government. The Armstrong family is closely connected to the Bilderbergers Power Elite. Anne Armstrong is on the powerful elitist National Foreign Relations Committee and sits on the A&M Board of Regents (College Station) along with Guadalupe Rangel. The King Ranch over the years has harbored a craving for the Kenedy land or at least to waste it and use it for their own benefit. Some how, the Armstrong invisibly controls the King Ranch who influences the KFATSO to do the dirty work using Kenedy Land. Let us see if we can connect the dots? JFK was assassinated in Dallas. Oswald was blamed but many shots were fired as evidenced by the many nicks in the curb and vehicle; many bullets were fired and only three shots were heard. Hum? Silencers! History reveals to us that Francis Cardinal Spellman ordered the hit on JFK! Who is Spellman? In New York, the Vatican Intelligence 'special division' is directed by Cardinal Spellman. Cardinal Spellman is directly connected to J Peter Grace and Cardinal Bernard Law (Boston Diocese Pedophile). Why would Spellman want Kennedy dead? The King Ranch owned the Ranch in Mexico where the Campfire Boys trained as sharpshooters. Oswald as well as the whole team of assassins that killed JFK trained there. Now the King Ranch owned land in Cuba that was taken away when Castro ascended to power. Not only this; they are the force behind LBJ’s ascension to the Oval office. At this time before JFK was murdered; Sarita Kenedy East had recently passed and KFATSO would have welcomed a “strong arm” as an advantage. The King Ranch Super-lawyers and political influence were furnished to KFATSO at that time to battle the high & mighty J Peter Grace for control. KFATSO & King Ranch still share the Super lawyers and the influence as they are one except the Kenedy land is always the bait; never King Ranch land or Armstrong land. By the King Ranch lending a “strong arm” to KFATSO a reciprocity had to of occurred. Did Spellman provide the favor? Directly or indirectly, Spellman ordered the hit and in doing so favored the King Ranch? Why would the King Ranch off JFK? First, LBJ was their man and he was so close to the Oval office they could smell it. JFK did not align with the Good ole Boy system that already had plans to overthrow Castro after his changes affected corporate America. Sugar Cane prices went up & several Corporate Ranches were given back to the Cubans. JFK’s refusal to go ahead with the planned invasion did not stop the invasion but many CIA Agents were killed or captured in the Invasion we know as the Bay of Pigs. To Nixon the “Bay of Pigs” is code for the JFK assassination. Water Gate tapes are sealed, as they will reveal the truth? King Ranch & Armstrong are well associated with the CIA as well as Area 51. Friends of the Armstrongs, Bushs, Hunts and Grace were killed because of JFK (as they seen it). Now they are leveraging our Government for favors here in South Texas. It seems as though Marc Cisneros has been dispatched here to deal with the demands. We can see TAMUK has already been absorbed by the King Ranch, as has the entire A&M system? General Cisneros has served up Kenedy land on a platter to bring fruition to promises made a long time ago. Other Federal agencies are exploiting (the vulnerability) the King Ranch blackmail has created? There is a Hubert Boothe Federal power play. The Sam Granato Federal element might be double edged with Cisneros and the Ed Byrne grant out of the WIA and the interaction with Kingsville Naval Air Station as well as his activities with the FBI & DEA. Then we have the Black Helicopters that have been identified as FBI copters. These helicopters are associated with some sort of laser satellite communications systems in underground bunkers. Then we have Suson and the DoD in collaboration with the Betterment hate. The Bettermen are nothing more than noise makers and agitators with a Nazi stench. These guys will not even get invited to the King Ranch for any occasion. Bettermen haters are viewed by the elite as trailer trash and genetically weak (of a “lesser breed of stock”. The Elite will never accept these Nazi haters into their circles. In theory, the King Ranch must possess a operative or puppet in KPD, Kleberg County Sheriffs Department, Commissioners Court, TAMUK, and various other strategical positions. These puppets are the tattle tales when adverse situations to the King Ranch interest arise. King Ranch is Armstrong, Hunt & Exxon but, are they aligned for the long term or short term? Stewart Armstrong is (financially) behind the division of Kingsville and yes; he is connected with the Armstrongs in Kenedy County. Finally, I will refer to the various agencies vying for Grant money control. Whoever wins elected offices will (each) get to control the grant monies. This is why the politics are so dirty & crass. The Love of Avarice and the addiction to power is the reason so much hate is spewed out on the Candidates and their family members. TAMUK is the King Ranch’s research & development supported by huge injections of grant money in the name of Higher Education. The Ed Byrne Grant is the interdiction law enforcement with a military liaison and intelligence. This is being abused on our local citizens to settle personal vendettas of ones in charge. It was legislated for interdiction of terrorists, bombs weapons & threats to National Security but it is primarily used in South Texas to intercept drugs, Marijuana and cash; Cash and vehicles feed the “Town Bosses” addiction to the Power & Avarice. Who are the Puppets? Get rid of them! Cisneros I am watching! Tobin, your blood is still the same old blood that murdered, raped & pillaged South Texas. For this your land will be returned to it’s rightful possessors.
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