June 2001 Vol. 4, Issue 45
	Editorial
June 2001 Vol. 4, Issue 45	Our main story this month is a unique story contributed by the late Roberto Uribe. We thank his brother Antonio for sharing it with our readers. It relates to an oral history told to Roberto by his great-grandmother, Olalla Gutiérrez de Uribe on the sundial located in San Ygnacio, Tx. In our agostadero section we have the De La Garza Montemayor’ 16 league grant known as the "Casa Blanca Grant" the oldest grant in Jim Wells county, dating back to the Spanish Colonial period of Nuevo Santander. I want to thank Loretta Martinez Williams for sharing a very beautiful and moving poem on her ancestor, Juan Elias Lozano, a Confederate Civil War veteran out of the Goliad—Refugio area. For any Cisneros’ and Vera’ in South Texas, we have a short history on the patriarchs of those families, Juan Joseph Cisneros and Juan Ygnacio Vera, going back to the founding of Camargo and Mier. In our music section, Lupe Saenz of the South Texas Conjunto Association of the Rio Grande Valley sent us a press release of this year’ Narciso Martinez Award Honorees. Be sure to check out our recipe section where local outdoor cook, Rojelio Cuellar, Jr. shares his elote guisado recipe and we include one of our favorites, tamales de elote. In our Mexico—Nueva España section we examine a villa that has not received much credit in Mexican history and much less in Texas or United States history. I’m referring to the villa Nuestra Señora del Refugio de Vedoya, located on the lower Nueces River close to present day Corpus Christi. This was the villa that don José de Escandón, colonizer of Nuevo Santander, meant to establish on the Nueces. Settlers actually lived there for eight months in 1749, making it one of the oldest settlements in South Texas. We welcome all new subscribers and readers to El Mesteño and as always thanks to our advertisers. Hasta la próxima, Homero S. Vera
June 2001 Vol. 4, Issue 45	In This Issue Want ALL the Stories? click here. page Features 4-5 The San Ygnacio Sundial by Roberto Uribe 6 San Ygnacio — Fort Treviño 8 Agostadero La Casa Blanca - Juan José de la Garza Montemayor 15 A Retrospective of Juan Elias Lozano by Loretta Martinez Williams 16 Juan Joseph Cisneros - Patriarch of the Cisneros of South Texas 17 Juan Ignacio Vera — Patriarch of the Vera of South Texas 18 South Texas Conjunto Association Awards page   Happenings 13  Calendar of Events  page  Departments 9 Map of El pareje Peñitas (Casa Blanca) 11 El Mesteño Bookstore 12 Livestock Brands-Duval County, Texas 1876 - 1882 14 Proverbs - Books: Santa Barraza-Borderlands Artist They Called Me "King Tiger' 19 Nature - Retama 20 Recipes 21  Internet Links 22 Mexico — Villa Nuestra Señora del Refugio de Vedoya
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