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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 Gatemouth Brown.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Bland, Johnny Bush, Glen Climer, Patsy Coleman, Alice Cooper, Hondo Crouch, Frank Diaz, Bwana Dik, Chris Holzhaus, Clifton Jansky, Waylon Jennings, Tony Laier, Laura Lee McBride, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, John Monfrey, Sparky Montoya, Cathy Morgan, Willie Nelson, Pat Pankratz, Ruben Pena, Mike Pugh, Lou Rawls, Don Robey, Rick Rodriguez, Bob Rohan, Doug Sahm, Gus Salazar, Boz Scaggs, Hank Thompson, Jerry Waddell, Greezy Wheels, Frank Zappa.

Cover story on Chilympiad

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.