This is the unlikely but entirely true story of how a 16-year-old Saint Joseph Academy boy met a 16-year-old prostitute-sex-slave from the village of Yerba Buena in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico. They met in the infamous Matamoros Boy’s town in 1963…
By Antonio N. Zavaleta and Mitchell A. Kaplan Latin America and the Caribbean are home to ancient traditions of shamanism and healing. Indigenous populations paid homage to specialists who learned their arts as child apprentices passed down through the generations…
The story you are about to read is true! It details a personal fable that has followed me through life and at times has directed me. So far, it spans fifty years and weaves in and out of my earthly…
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College1 By Antonio N. Zavaleta “Borderless Love” by the Flatlanders Walking the line between pleasure and pain Biding my time between loss and gain I have run out of roads, I have traveled…
by Antonio N. Zavaleta, Ph.D. Originally Published in Studies in Rio Grande Valley History, 2005, Edited by Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta, Vol. 6, UTB/TSC Regional History Series, pp.343-360. From the early 1950’s, my personal experience in Brownsville, Texas…
By Antonio Noé Zavaleta Introduction The movement of populations to and from their respective homelands marks human history. There are many reasons why people leave their homes, including adventure, persecution, and the attempt to improve the overall human condition. Just as…
by Antonio N. Zavaleta Through most of its history, the Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo in Mexico) has meandered lazily toward its terminus at the Gulf of Mexico. One hundred miles to the West of its mouth the river flows through…
By Antonio N. Zavaleta1 Historical scholars perform two types of research. Some historians may produce a lifetime of work without ever examining an original document. An original document is one, which is written or produced during the time-period being studied. Locating…
By Antonio N. Zavaleta1 INTRODUCTION The area north and south of the Rio Grande River, in the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas, is one of the most historically and culturally significant areas along the river, and yet its history has been poorly…
By Antonio N. Zavaleta1 Brownsville's recognition as the city with the second most important history in Texas is cause for considerable pride. However, it should be noted that the designation does not take into consideration an equally significant pre-history. While much…
