History of Laredo Series

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1. Miranos Today Summer Guide, “Laredo’s success due in part to deep family information”
2. Miranos Today Summer Guide, “History of St. Agustine Church tells much about Laredo”
3. History of Laredo Series by Jerry Thompson
   1. Dolores was First Settlement Built on North Bank of River
   2. Flooding and War Plague Laredoans in Summer of 1842
   3. Officers Saw Fort. McIntosh as the Siberia of the United States Army
   4. Fort McIntosh Once Leased Much of What is Now Laredo
   5. Ft. McIntosh Described as ‘Most Desolate That Can Be Imagined”
   6. Fort McIntosh, First Known as Camp Crawford, Founded 1849
   7. In 1519 Pineda Began Exploring Land Someday To Be ‘S. Texas
   8. Lamar Selected to Command Laredo
   9. Laredo Founder Tomas Sanchez of Monterey, Wed Catarina Uribe
   10. Laredo Troops Traveled for Naught Against Comanches
   11. Many from Northern Mexico Opposed Central Government
   12. Many Laredoans Flee South On Hearing of Mexican Defeat
   13. Mexican-Texans Among Rangers Sent After Marauders in Laredo
   14. Nomadic Indians Here Ranked as the most Primitive in Continent
   15. Warfare Common Among Coahuiltecans
   16. Political Turmoil Over Land Marked Early Laredo Years
   17. Retaliatory Expedition Into Mexico Planned by Mad Texans
   18. Rumors Reach Laredo of Impending Union Attack
   19. Spain Sought Nuevo Santander to Discourage French Encroachment
   20. Gutierrez Began Plans to Invade Texas in March, 1812
   21. Settlers of Laredo Affected by Events in Europe, Mexico
   22. Stars and Stripes First Raised Over the City of Laredo in 1846
   23. Steamboat to Laredo in 1846
   24. Shooting Shows How Justice Was Dispensed in Laredo During 1800s
   25. Struggle Spreads Across Mexico as Santa Anna Seizes Controls
   26. Texans Sack Laredo in 1842
   27. Warring Indians Kept Early Laredoans Scared, Fighting
   28. Threat of Juan Cortina Raiders Brought Lee to Laredo in 1860
   29. Zapata Refuses to Lay Down Arms, Is Beheaded by Arista
   30. WebbCounty Unanimously Okays Decision to Secede From Union
   31. Defeated at Mier, Texans Draw Black Beans of Death at Salado
   32. Another Win Like Alamo and We’re Ruined, Officer Says
   33. Austin Described Laredo As ‘Poor and Sand Banks’
   34. Ballots Not Secret to Name 4 Laredo Officials in 1847
   35. Because of Many Indian Raids, Army Command Moves to Laredo
   36. Benavides’ Successes Hastened Laredoans to Join Confederacy
   37. Besieged Cos Receives No Word From Top Mexican Army Officer
   38. Borrego Descendants Return to Grant Once Peace Was Restored to Dolores
   39. Canales Surrendered in 1840; Republic of Rio Grande Died
   40. Comanches and Guerrillas Threaten Laredo During U.S.-Mexican War
   41. Deaf Smith Foiled in Try to Take Laredo for Texas
   42. After Sacking Laredo, Texan Troops Sought After Guerrero
4. Saga of Laredo Goes Back Nearly 200 Years, by Seb Wilcox