No.4 - Paiz Report: Arrow, Dart and Fragmented Projectile Points Found Within the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region

https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapspublications/1015/thumbnail.jp

Pathways to Freedom Project: Finding Matilda Hicks research report

The CHAPS Program sponsored a research trip to Georgia and Alabama in August of 2022 to search for the origins of the Nathaniel Jackson and a family slave named Matilda Hicks. A presentation was given to family, friends, and interested historians at the Jackson Ranch Church on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The report includes the results of the research trip, along with technological surveys of the Jackson Ranch Church property along the US-Mexico border in San Juan, Texas. TEKS-aligned lesson plans developed by regional teachers are also included in this report.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapseducationalresources/1069/thumbnail.jp

San Juan and Its Role in The Transformation of The Rio Grande Valley

This thesis demonstrates that the City of San Juan serves as a microcosm of Rio Grande Valley history and became one of the most substantial municipalities in the region as a crossroad location for commercial agriculture, tourism and economic development. Outlined is the succession of Spanish land grantees, displaced Civil War families, Anglo entrepreneurs and Mexican Revolution refugees and their migration to San Juan at various stages of municipal development. Statistical data portrays how city officials, economic development personnel and community leaders positioned the city to benefit from federal funding and city planning opportunities. The progression of how San Juan overcame Anglo-Hispanic conflict and maintained a Hispanic majority in city government is delineated. Finally, the efforts of a continuous string of strong characters are shown and how they positioned San Juan to be one of the champions in its role in the transformation of the Rio Grande Valley

Interview with Santos Jackson Baize

Supporting oral interviews conducted for Rio Grande Civil War Trail publication.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapsoralhistories/1014/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Flavia Webber Ortiz

Supporting oral interviews conducted for Rio Grande Civil War Trail publication.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapsoralhistories/1013/thumbnail.jp

Nuevo Santander The Unrealized Archaeological Potential of a “Civilian” Province in Northern New Spain

In 1746 the Viceroy of New Spain called for the founding of a new province to be located between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. Between 1748-1755 two dozen civilian communities of farmers and ranchers were established by the province’s founder José de Escandón. Many towns were founded along the banks of the Rio Grande where there was access to water and lands for agriculture and grazing. Each town served as the administrative, economic, and ecclesiastical hub for surrounding land grants and ranches. Were it not for the work of W. Eugene George, Mindy Bonine, and Mary Jo Galindo, our knowledge of the architectural and archaeological history of this region would be woefully incomplete. In this presentation the CHAPS Program team draws on the work of these pioneers and continuing original research concerning the surviving archaeological and architectural record of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

From a Tabula Rasa to the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation

Prior to 2009, South Texas was essentially an archaeological tabula rasa, largely unknown in the academic, public, or grey literature due to its location far from research universities, the state historic preservation office, and cultural resource management firms. Here, we relate how a consortium of anthropologists and archaeologists, biologists, historians, geologists, and geoarchaeologists have embraced a locally focused, place-based STEAM research approach to tell the story of a largely unknown region of the United States and make it accessible to K–17 educators,1 the public, and scholars with bilingual maps, books, exhibits, films, traveling trunks, and scholarly publications. The efforts of the Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools Program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have been recognized locally, nationally, and internationally

No.1 - Smith Report: Arrow, Dart and Fragmented Projectile Points Found Within the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region

https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapspublications/1012/thumbnail.jp

No.5 - Ross Report: Arrow, Dart and Fragmented Projectile Points Found Within the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region

https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapspublications/1016/thumbnail.jp

No.3 - Eubanks Report: Arrow, Dart and Fragmented Projectile Points Found Within the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region

https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/chapspublications/1014/thumbnail.jp