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Article published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. This paper is partly a summary of and partly a series of selections from a longer study on the subject of the inspection of military posts in New Spain by Pedro de Rivera in the third decade of the eighteenth century. The facts selected from the longer study, for the main parts of this paper, relate to his travels in Texas and in three other provinces of New Spain which were nearest to Texas: namely, New Mexico, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon. Preceding these facts in an introductory explanation of the origin and the general nature of his entire journey of inspection. The explanation is derived from official papers written in Madrid and the City of Mexico. The description of the selected portions of his journey is based upon, and quoted from, his own diary of that event. This paper was read at the meeting of the Texas State Historical Association in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 1937.

Cover story on Larry Franklin.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Dale Bolin, Don Bowman, Cooder Browne, John Conlee, Dale Dawson, Michael Debakey, Bob Dylan, Johnny Gimble, Alex Harvey, Robert Hinkle, Ruben James, Waylon Jennings, Bill Klise, Botts Lane, Mazz Manion, Elizabeth McLlhaney, Augie Meyers, Pat Molak, George Morin, Willie Nelson, Rick Oberlies, Willie Nelson Picnic, Leroy Preston, Jerry Retzloff, Clay Stewart, Ernest Tubb, Skip Tumbleson, Hank Williams.

Cover story on Doug Sahm, Heyoka, Toto

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.