Laredo Community College - Spur Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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STUDE T COUNCIL iiilii f . ' E1 ff.: V. 55:2 C E S l N lf ' f 'tif ,L 'f V:,. i I 50' 9 , . ' .ie The Student council helps maintain all student eetivi- Cantu, Secretarya M158 Elpha Lee West, Sponsors . s 5 ties, campus-Wide. From left above: Hector Lozanog Dora GOUZHICZQ HOWHICI P1Uhlff1HH3 Pf9S1dCHt5 Adflafla is Diana Utley: Margie Talamasg Derley Dilleyg Lulu L02-911103 SYIVI-3 BHITIIFGZS FfaHC1SC0 PC1135 Tflsfan 5 i Hinojosag Hector Cuellar, Sergeant-at-Armsg Minerva C339-Dedas Af1f01'110 Cf1Hd0- i on 4 After the oldest independent settlement in Texas was tion fo the Centralisfs Wh0 Controlled MGXICOS made fLaredo was neither a mission nor a presidioj, government. The Republic of the R10 Grande was Laredo citizens civilized tens of Indians. Thousands Created and the building below On San Augustin iff savages, however, ranged lhe afea klumg and Steal' Plaza became its capital. The Republic did not last ing. The government at Mexico City, even after Mexi- lon but Soon Laredo W S 05.6 el to become a City co Won her independence from Spain, rarely sent help f g' , a p 1 V y h th 0 to Laredoans. In 1889-after unrelieved Indian depre- O Texas and the Umted States and to ave e Cue dations-Laredo joined Mexican F ederalists in opposi- Strength Of fhell' g0VCfI1IHSI1tS- aa: becc Cap of 1 Vipis. ix In J that I ,s ssss ig I r 2 l af v o s i . from ' l I Craw 1 thel Q p s up p Col, i V l l I 1 l

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0 X1 . Q xmdtulgdmla who THE SPLIR The once grassy land stretching between the Rio Grande and the Nueces cradled the U.S. cattle industry. The descendants of Spanish horses and cows escaped to this plain and multiplied, spilling great free herds of mustangs and longhorns even further northward. The original Laredoans, and others of the earliest civilized settlers, brought north their domesticated livestock and the know-how of cattle raising. Their language also furnished such words as chaps, corral, lariat, rancho and rodeo. Getting the yearbook going, clockwise from left to right: Francisco Pena, Editor, second semester, Pete Trevino and Nick Gaitanos, Photographers, Kenneth Sewell, Sponsor, Anthony Pena, first semester Editor, Yo- landa Rodriguez, Secretary, Rosendo Mendiola, Chief Typist, Thelma Martinez, Typist, Ramiro Martinez, Assistant, Charles Henry and Chacho Garcia, Artists. Others assisting included: Ive Puig and Paulino Galvan, Artists, Heberto Benavides, Beatriz Ramos, juan Pena, Theresa Rocha, Elva Reyna, Ofelia Vidaurri, Adelina Guerra, Hector Cuellar, Tristan Castaneda, Henry Ramirez, Alicia Reyna, Gracie Iacaman, Howard Ruhlman, Roberto Sanchez. X.

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West Sponsor srdent Adnana Pena Tnstan rolled Merrcos ro Grande was San Auvustrrr hc drd not last obecome21Cll1 d to have llle L. K One century before Laredo changed a fort rnto a campus the Unrted States and Mexrco were Hghtrng a war to reassert Texas rndependence and rts rrght to become one of the Unrted States From 1846 to 1848 Capt Mrrabeau Bunoaparte Lamar and hrs company of Texas Mounted Volunteers held Laredo Seerng that the wrthdrawal of hrs troops at the end of the War would agarn leave Laredo crtrzens unprotected f1OIn deadly attacks of Indrans Lamar urged Gen Zachary Taylor to establrsh an army post here March 3 1849 was the begmnrng of that post named Camp Crawford for the Secretary of War In 1850 however the name was changed to Fort McIntosh to honor Lt Col james S McIntosh whose death m 1847 was caused from wounds he suffered at the Battle of wg. Mfr Molma del Rey The Indran menace seemrng les sened the Army abandoned Fort McIntosh rn 1858 but the followrng year two rnfantry companres re garrrsoned the place The US troops abandoned the fort on March 12 1861 to Laredos Confederate companres under the command of Col Santos Bena vrdes Federal forces drd not reoccupy Fort McIntosh untrl October 23 1865 srx months followrng Gen Robert E Lee s surrender A new fort was burlt then one half mrle south of the orrgrnal star shaped earth works whrch on a bluff had commanded the Paso de los Indros When the last world war ended the cavalry abandoned the post In 1947 Laredo unror College turned the barracks rnto classrooms and the arsenal rnto a homemakrng cottade