Fort Brown administration building No.4 later used as Brownsville Police headquarters
Fort Brown barracks were along International Blvd from E Adams to Jefferson St
The one and half story brick buildings were by Gorgas Drive where UT-RGV bookstore is. Seven others faced parade grounds from May St
This entrance to Fort Brown was where E Elizabeth ended on what id International Blvd today
Fort Brown cemetery located on property where Ft Brown Motor Hotel was built. Headstons were removed in 1909 and remains transferred to National Cemetery in Alexandria, LA.
Look-out tower on edge of Rio Grande
Back of Fort Brown on Rio Grande
Area behind Fort Brown where artillery barracks were located - farther back from Calvary barracks. This was where Brownsville Compress was later built.
Clearing area behind Fort Brown for garden
Fort Brown garden
Fort Brown garden
Cactus field in South Texas
Cock fight near Rio Grande
Boat ferry crossing and water carriers near Rio Grande
Construction of jacal homes along Rio Grande
Man making straw hats
read caption on photo - no info about that - sorry
Biographical Sketch
William Deming Hornaday was born near Plainfield, Indiana on February 4, 1868. He demonstrated an early interest in journalism, and contributed anonymous items to local county newspapers from a young age. As a teenager, Hornaday began selling articles to a series of newspapers across the Midwest and West, including the Fowler (Indiana) New Era, the Columbus (Ohio) Republican, the Denver Times, theSan Antonio Times, and the Memphis (Tennessee) Commercial Appeal. Hornaday moved to Texas in 1889, and found a position as city editor for the San Antonio Express from 1891 to 1895. He would later rejoin the staff of the Express as the paper's Austin correspondent for political and legislative matters from 1899 to 1917. In 1891, Hornaday married Marjorie Rochow, with whom he would have four children.
In 1895, Hornaday began an extended connection with Mexico, initially by editing and publishing the Industrial Journal, a trade newspaper printed in English and Spanish and distributed from Mexico City. He also served as the publicity director for the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (National Railways of Mexico), an important government-run railroad running from Mexico City to the cities of Nuevo Laredo and Ciudad Juárez on the U.S. border. These associations established Hornaday's reputation among publishers as an expert on Mexican business and politics, and he wrote hundreds of articles on the subject for a number of newspapers and trade journals. At the onset of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, he served as a war correspondent for a syndicate of U.S. newspapers. In this capacity, Hornaday interviewed several of the conflict's seminal figures, including Francisco "Pancho" Villa, Porfirio Diaz, and Emiliano Zapata.
By 1917, Hornaday secured a position with the University of Texas as the Director of Public Lectures and Publicity (changed in 1921 to Director of Publicity). Much of this job entailed publicizing university programs, projects, and employees through the state and national press, usually via press releases and news articles furnished by Hornaday's office. During 1938, for example, the publicity office distributed approximately 80,000 column inches to a variety of newspaper publications in Texas alone. Hornaday's most famous article was a 1923 piece adapted from a scientific bulletin from the Bureau of Economic Geology, which publicized potential oil deposits under university-owned lands in West Texas and ultimately resulted in the development of the highly profitable Big Lake oilfield. He would serve the university in this position for 21 years. In addition, Hornaday was a lecturer for the Department of Journalism from 1917 to 1935. Hornaday also founded and managed the Student's Clipping Bureau, a newspaper article aggregation service that employed female students.
Throughout his career with the University, Hornaday continued to publish articles with newspaper outlets across the country, including the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He also published more technical pieces with specialized journals like Technical World, Moody's Magazine, and the Tractor and Gas Engine Review. The articles spanned a variety of subjects, but most often concerned themes of agriculture, scientific or technological innovation, commerce, and international conditions. A number of articles resulted from his extensive international travels to Europe, East Asia, and the Pacific Islands, which included two world tours in 1913 and 1921-1922.
After retiring from the University of Texas in 1938, Hornaday continued to publish articles and travel. In December 1942, he suffered a stroke and died in his Austin home.
Sources: "In Memoriam: William Deming Hornaday." http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/SCANNED/hornaday.pdf. Accessed July 2, 2013; Steussy, Nella Mae. "W.D. Hornaday first told the world about the U.T.'s oil." Daily Texan, October 8, 1939.
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