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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.

Author Gary Cartwright with a horse and rifle wearing a sombrero hat. Glass of wine balanced on the horse's rear end. Photograph stuck to glass.

Doug Zobel (front center with arm on leg) and Kathy DuBose (seated, wearing glasses, back turned to camera, looking to her left) and other patrons watching an unidentified band play at The Raw Deal. Guitars were not typically allowed in the original Raw Deal location

Beverly Spicer at The Raw Deal

Beverly, known as "BY" or "YB," owner of AZIZ hair salon, holding a Tecate beer can; Beverly was a hairstylist for Willie Nelson and Terry DuBose

Bill Wittliff (L) with unidentified woman and man at bar

Bob Bullock, former Lieutenant Governor of Texas, and Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas, seated at The Raw Deal

Edwin "Bud" Shrake (back to camera) and an unidentified woman seated at table in The Raw Deal

(L-R) Edwin "Bud" Shrake and Robert "Rob" Hoover at the counter of The Raw Deal

(L-R) Edwin "Bud" Shrake, David Richards, and Fletcher Boone (wearing a tuxedo) at the Boone private residence

Close portrait of unidentified man; face obscured by high-contrast photo print; "45" written on verso

Close up of unidentified man with sunglasses drinking a beer

Color photograph of Billy Lee Brammer at The Raw Deal (this photograph was published with Brammer's obituary)

Dan Jenkins (L) and Jerry Jeff Walker at The Raw Deal

David Richards, ACLU attorney and husband of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, seated at table with head turned to his left and beer bottle in foreground at The Raw Deal

David Richards, husband of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, standing with baseball glove in field; Richards is playing for The Raw Deal baseball team against another team of employees from a bar in San Antonio. The game took place in New Braunfels.

David Smith at The Raw Deal

Dorothy Vance Reed and Thomas/Tommy (surname unknown)

Dorothy Vance Reed in a sheer dress standing in parking lot

Dorothy Vance Reed smiling while holding a beer at The Raw Deal