Laredo Community College - Spur Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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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

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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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eral 551 rr. E i 3 ? f if 1 i 5? sy 'I t 1 EFF u if F ? . I I7 .I wi' zz sl Aa is :ks ri, -I E2 :aah fy' If . sf j 1 .. i i 51? ' ta 3 Si wi - --f-'T up or , 'f '-'L Iii -'- '-if TL. rms , al -- -Q- il li T ' 1 ly l X13 lt lg x....x. li -4 H l ' 'N lgg g up r r i 5 DJ li Q Q +-eaxnx 12 1 '- D I I U I -ri 'W Us ESC UELA gig: - -'Q . -Y-4 ' - - z K- + .. 1 l t gl ll ' T is X kwa, xy Q., ll lr l T l A ,Sf - 5- 1 cv- zjx X I 4 ff N i W- X T W q ,T - - ' g , 1, l Q ,L 5 + g f , , g Jnnxmas gafnffn A A' A A AH, A ! li 4 -Y Y 'Y'-'Y Ai it Ik !, av , 47 A ' .J The lirst public school set up on Texas soil was es- tablished in Laredo in 1788. Lieutenant Chief Iustice Santiago Sanchez issued an order stating that all children who had reached the age of twelve be sent to school. He quoted from the Royal Decree of the E Lord Governor which read: I must command and do command that within eight days . . . all the citizens ' who have children fit to enter school must be sent to ef: learn to read and to learn the Christian Doctrine. Those unfit to learn to read must be sent to learn the catechismf, The first school building likely was located on San Augustin Plaza. i ! 5 New TSTA oiiicers make their pled- ges, then the prospective teachers and their guests celebrate the installation s E25 ceremonies and the initiation of new zz 1 L Ev, 5 , I members. si Ns . ll 1 ' ll 4 Rx w f' 4 k 5 1 l 3 . E: , Ea. Q ,rs E 2 4 5 to 5