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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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Merle Haggard performs on the Rogers & Hammerhead TV Show (tv edit)

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Includes "Crazy Moon" (unrecorded at the time), "A Place to Fall Apart," "Ground Hog Rootin in My Backyard," "My Favorite Memory," "I Started Loving You Again," "Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink," Johnny Gimble-"Itty Bitty Brown," "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn," and "Goodnight Little Sweetheart" by Bob Wills. Recording of the Rogers & Hammerhead show, which aired on the Austin Music Network in 1996-1997.

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Willie and Bobbie Nelson performs on the Rogers & Hammerhead TV Show (tv edit)

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Includes "Half a Man," "Why Are You Picking on Me?" "Why Do I have to Choose," "She is Gone," "Me and the Drummer," "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down," "Valentine," "Too Sick to Pray," and "Heartaches of a Fool". Recording of the Rogers & Hammerhead show, which aired on the Austin Music Network in 1996-1997.