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

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it mais ' . The following were time to sign the Said Declaration of 0 1836, at W . . .l..-I . '4'31'T2Ti.'1 -fcfif ., ., . rl Q-.'-- '21-f.'57' -1-1 -: if'if3l'!T5.'2i5-.gags DEFENDERS OF THE ALAMO Catholics Who Gave Their Lives In The Alamo A complete list would be impossible, for we have no way of tracing the religious affiliation of many of the Kentucky boys and the New Orleans Grays, who undoubtedly were Catholics and who died in the Alamo Only a partial list follows: Juan Abamillo Miles Andross Peter J. Bailey Samuel B. Blair Daniel Bourne James Bowie James Brown Samuel Burns George Butler John Cain Charles Clark Daniel Cloud Henry Courtman Jerry C. Day Stephen Dennison Chas. Despalier Andrew Duval Carlos Espalier Gregorio Esparza Robert Evans Antonio Fuentes Wm. Fontleroy James Garrand Jose M. Guerrero James Hanna Jos. M. Hawkins William 1-Iersey Wm. D. Jackson Benito Jameson James Kelmy William Linn Joseph Kerr Toribio Losoya William T. Malone Albert Martin Ed McCafferty Andress Nava James Nolan Juan A. Padilla John J. Rusk Isaac Ryan Charles S. Smith Henry Thomas Burke Trammel John J. Valentine William B. Ward Anthony Wolfe On March 6, 1836, the Defenders of the Alamo laid down their lives fighting for a Cause-Texas Independence - the fruits of which we enjoy It should a f lso be o interest to present-day Catholics of our State that T among the 58 signers of the following were Catholics: Michael B. Jose Antonio James Power Francisco John Juan 632018