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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 Intergalatic chicken races at Great Worlds's Fair.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Baker, Marcia Ball, Ronnie Branham, Jacob Brodbeck, Frenchie Burke, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, Carol Cisneros, Billy Cochran, Rick Davis, Jack Deaner, John Donaho, Joe Ely, Barbara Fairchild, Anthony Gap, Butch Heffelfinger, Johnny Hernandez, Clifton Jansky, Jerry Jeff, Dale Keith, Patsy Kline, Brett Kramer, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, Harley Puckett, Tex Schofield, Fred Seekatz, Johnny Short, Gayle Smith, John Snyder, Cotton Stout, Dennis Thacker, Bobby Thomas, Casey Tibbs.

Cover story on Elvis Costello

Cover story on Ray Liberto

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