Cathedral High School - Chaparral Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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. , ,, ,, ,. .1-, mf., .H L'..1.- '.5f3ffi'W.,'ir-'-xl: f?3'1w'5'45l . ,, T 5 A I I V h K ., 'B QW ,Q ffm ,Am:l,Js:.,,1.LrL1 ,!wL,7!.-1' ,Hg o.Q..f ff emwmm-.womans-S73Lrz..,mEuf:l.:f .4 I ll-...w,:. 1.'nmm1m'aME wu.f1ftB'!Fb1nXl9.fl :lb!Lm::e1t'.1vff zkiiflwsmnav' df' EXPLORERS OF TEXAS Honor is given Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda as being the first European to explore Texas. He was a .navigator and map maker. Under orders of the Spanish governor off Jamaica, Francis det Guray. he sailed along the north Gulf coast trying to find a route to India. . In 1528 Cabs-za de Vaca was wrecked between Galveston Island andthe Bay of'Corpus Chrlstl. Here de Vaca lived among the Indians for about,seven years. .Finally he and -his companions, wandered through west Texas, across Chihuahua and Sonorafand down .to Cullacan, eventually making their way hack to Spain. ' A , U H . In 1541 el Capitan Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was elected by the Viceroyrof Mexico to seek out the fabulous Seven Cities ,of Cihola, whose buildings were studded with jewels and- whosd streets were paved with gold. 'Coronado found no cities of gold, but he did contribute much knowledge about the territory of Texas and the southwest to add to that of Cabeza de Vaca. ' ' ' ' Following on the heels of the Hcouquistadoresn came the colonists, settling along thelRio Grande and founding the towns of Juarez, El Paso, Ysleta and Socorro. 1