This blog site will explore the Hispanic history of Texas—the places that are included within our current boundaries as well as those that were formerly a part of our State but today belong to another state or another country. Such is the case of our wonderful, diverse South Texas.
South Texas, as we know it today, has a rich deep history. Much of that history was during a period when it was not considered a part of Texas but rather went by a different location name—Nuevo Santander. This is a matter that makes our State’s history that much richer.
The picture here is courtesy of our friend Moises Garza, host of “We Are Cousins”, where you can see the area south of the Nueces River is part of Nuevo Santander, New Spain.
The area we now call South Texas was populated by “the father of the Rio Grande Valley”—José de Escandón. Today, many of the residents of South Texas can trace their roots to the original land grant recipients of this part of Nuevo Santander.
https://texasbeyondhistory.net/forts/clark/images/grants.html
Regardless of the location names of the past or their names that have been assigned to them today, we will share with you our shared, deep, rich Texas history. You matter. Your Hispanic history matters and we’ll explore it here.