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The Journey of Pedro de Rivera, 1724-1728

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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.

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Action Magazine, July 1977

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Cover story on Skinny Pierce.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Buddy Allen, Eddy Arnold, Frenchie Burke, Johnny Bush, Carol Cisneros, Patsy Coleman, Wanda Conn, Hondo Crouch, Joe Ely, Barbara Fairchild, Freddy Fender, Kent Finlay, Chulas Fronteras, Carroll Gilley, Gary Gray, Ron Hanna, Bob Harrington, Chris Holzhaus, Bill Hutson, Jerry Jeff, Waylon Jennings, Joe Lubbock, Darrell McCall, Huey Meaux, Augie Meyers, Cathy Morgan, Willie Nelson, Gary P. Nunn, Robert Payne, Guero Polkas, Douglas Quintet, Dub Robinson, Doug Sahm, Lana Seekatz, Gary Stewart, Andy Stone, Randy Toman, Ernest Tubb, Jerry Waddel, Jerry Jeff Walker, Johnny Guitar Watson.

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Bee Spears holding a rooster and his bass guitar

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Bee Spears, Bassist for Willie Nelson, holding a rooster and his bass guitar on stage at the grand opening of the Austin Opry House. Image published on page 6 of the August 1977 issue of Action Magazine, available at https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/4560.

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Larry Trader seated

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Cropped photograph of music promoter, Larry Trader taken at the July 1977 opening of the Austin Opry House. Image published on page 6 of the August 1977 issue of Action Magazine, available at https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/4560.

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Paul English and an unidentified woman

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Paul English chatting with an unidentified woman at the grand opening of Willie Nelson's Austin Opry House. Image published on page 7 of the August 1977 issue of Action Magazine, available at https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/4560.