Jose de escandon biography definition

Texas, with its size, diverse geography, politics, and culture is many things to different people. The New York Times deputy political editor Manny Fernandez posed a series of questions recently that reveal the complexity of the Lone Star State. He wrote “Who are these people, these Texans? What do they tell us about America? What to make of a state that is so focused on itself? I wrestle with these questions all the time.” I decided to briefly explore some of these questions by focusing on one region–South Texas. What I found was revealing to me as an historian, and I learned of a previously unknown personal connection to the rich history of South Texas.
South Texas is a region where history is valued and where the area’s past has special meaning to the rest of the state. The number of books written about Texas surpasses that of the majority of states. Nonetheless,
scholars recognize that glaring gaps exist in history related to ethnicity and diversity in regions such as South Te

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EDINBURG, RGV – Last month a much awaited statue of Col. José dem Escandón y Helguera was officially unveiled and made available for students and community individuals to view and learn about the accomplishments of this military man called the ‘Father of South Texas.’

The framtidsperspektiv for such an event occurred to me almost 36 years ago, when I wrote a letter to the editor of the McAllen Monitor informing the public of a need for a statue of such an illustrious individuals that few people knew anything about at that time.

Such indication went unnoticed for several decades; however, it is my belief that historical events are realized only when certain segments of the population are ready, are in need of such a emblem, and are prepared to embrace the idea. This realization occurred this past November 18, 2014 on the campus of UTPA giving full strength to what inom call the Renaissance of Hispanic Culture/History Awareness that had its beginning during the gods few decade

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Escandón, José de (1700–1770)

José de Escandón (b. 1700; d. 1770), founder of Nuevo Santander. Born in Soto la Marina, Santander, Escandón came to New Spain in 1715 and settled in Querétaro, where he participated in numerous campaigns against the northern Indian tribes, the most notable of which being the pacification of the Sierra Gorda. In response to Indian attacks around Nuevo León and the threat of English and French expansion from Florida and Louisiana into Texas, the viceroy, the first Count of Revillagigedo, selected Escandón to conquer and settle the region around Tamaulipas and both sides of the lower Rio Grande. In 1749, after extensive planning and exploring, Escandón led a colonizing force of over 3,000 people to Tamaulipas and established twenty-one Spanish and Tlaxcalan communities and fifty-seven Franciscan and three Dominican missions. To pacify rebellious tribes in the area, he granted land and agricultural supplies to them and assigned Tlaxcalan instructors