1978 ~ The Plasmatics " Butcher Baby "

Miley Cyrus yer ass

1977 Brownsville, Texas Movie Theater ads

After Interstate moved out of the Majestic and into the Northpark Plaza Shopping Center the Majestic balcony was enclosed to make a small adult movie theater.

 The Southmost I & 2 was also called the Benitez Theaters 

2015 Bronsbil Estacion Bomber logo

Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherfucker' [Warning: Violence]

They only show these broads for a split second (that's good or bad depending on how you look at it) but this is an awesome action flick with POV fun like a video game. 

This is not for kids  

1969 ~ Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be

Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky. 
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show 
That you will be mine, by takin' our time. 

Emancipación book signing at Market Square 20 November 5pm

Before ~n~ After Views of Brownsville

 La Nueva Libertad 1893 (a.k.a. Andres Cueto building) was a grocery, bakery and pawn shop with living space on the second floor.  1301 E Madison St.

 It was renovated by the UTB/TSC college and now belongs to the City of Brownsville.

 c1890 commercial / domestic building built by Manuel Alonso at 510-514 E St. Charles.

 It is used by the Brownsville Historical Association today.

 c1890s Henry M. Field building complex at 1049 E Monroe was built as a general store and hardware with living space on the second floor; typical of New Orleans style commercial/residential structures.

 It was renamed the Andres Pacheco building after its new owner.

 Jose Bestiero commercial brick building on E Adams and 11th built during the early 1900s.

 It doesn't look much different now but requires major renovation before it can be used again.  It is within Market Square section of downtown where the main focus of revitalization is taking place.

Vivier Office building conundrum of a photo

 Stillman House was built by Henry Miller and lived in by Charles Stillman and Brownsville mayor Thomas Carson and the Manuel Trevino family.

Corner of E Washington and 8th

"Madrilena" Ortiz Store on E Madison St

Park Hotel on E Adams and 12th St

Who's the Guy on the Bronsbil Estacion Banner?

Alfredo Garcia late 1950's near Gateway Bridge ~ Brownsville, Texas

My Dad in front of "Popular" Store on E Elizabeth St.

1967

409 E13th Galeria ~ Mark Clark

 Mark Clark painting Emiliano Zapata at the 409 Galeria in 2006

 2006 - Jim Mills with Cliff and Maritza Welty on the 2nd floor balcony of the 409

 Mark painted his rendition of what the 409 looked like when it was built

 Mark Clark in the news

2008 Emilio Crixell and the band

 This looks like Emilio Crixell and Los Escondidos outside of the Half Moon Saloon

 Ghost Hunters of South Texas and others have been at the 409 looking for haunting evidence

 Ghost host Mark Clark 

This ghost hunting young couple from Harlingen also visited the 409 (sorry I forgot their names)

Lady of Guadalupe Church late 1940s aerial photo

Nov 4 ~ Happy Birthday Chuck!

Charles Stillman  (1810-1875) 

Charles Stillman, born 205 years ago on November 4, 1810, was the son of a Connecticut sea merchant who arrived in Matamoros in the 1820s witnessed and had to tolerate the War with Mexico, several political struggles of Mexico's unstable development and Civil War while trying to do business in a wild setting.  That he partnered with Richard King and Mifflin Kenedy to run a steamboat business on the river and shipped goods to and from New Orleans, New York and far off places like Liverpool, England is well known.  He also invested in silver mines in Mexico, and the sale of sheep, deer and beef hides.  He loved ranching life and wanted to eventually settle down at the King Ranch at Los Laureles.  Smuggling cotton was the only way to avoid paying outrageous costs of doing business and graft was what kept business moving.

He had lived here twenty years before establishing Brownsville.  In those twenty years he had adopted south Texas as his home; never intending to return to Connecticut.  He had brought his wife to live in the Stillman home and they had children but the harsh conditions and risk of disease such as cholera and Yellow Fever outbreaks were too much for his wife Elizabeth to stay so she returned to her home.  Charles would eventually retire and join them but not until 1866.

Stillman had business partners on both sides of the river and they all made money.  Spurious dealings with heirs who owned part of the Espiritu Santos land grant created a long-drawn out court battle which some critics today use to slander the Stillman legacy but the bottom line is that without Stillman and others like him, there may not have been a Brownsville, Texas.

Bronsbil Estacion recognizes Charles Stillman as the founder of this great city with all its interesting and sometimes unpleasant history.  Visit the Brownsville Heritage Museum and other museums to learn more about our local history and heritage.

Stillman House on E Washington St now a museum

Enjoy Brownsville Texas

1950s ~ A closer look at 4 Corners