Friday, February 27, 2026

The 1882 Jail — and How We Sometimes Get It Wrong

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A Note on the 1882 Jail Early courthouse panoramas consistently show the 1882 jail within the original courthouse compound. The structure lo...

Edelstein's: The Building We Thought We Knew

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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Building We Thought We Knew 1959 Edelstein's Furniture store on E Elizabeth St and 13th There are buildings y...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Fire on the Rio Grande: Cortina’s Rising and Stillman’s Town Under Siege

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Fire on the Rio Grande: Cortina’s Rising and Stillman’s Town Under Siege In the summer of 1859, Charles Stillman was not in Brownsville. He ...

Letters to Elizabeth

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Letters to Elizabeth Charles Stillman at Home and at War Before there was a First Cortina War. Before Texas Rangers and artillery and the bo...

1932 letter by Harbert Davenport

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Who Was Harbert Davenport — and Why His Words Matter The following letter was written on June 3, 1932, by Harbert Davenport (1882–1957) — o...

When Fort Brown Sat on Someone Else’s Land

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When Fort Brown Sat on Someone Else’s Land Maria Josefa Cavazos, the U.S. Army, and Charles Stillman In February 1870, the United States Con...

Who Really Owned Brownsville?

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Who Really Owned Brownsville? MJ Cavasos Property and Fort Brown old map (in part) The Stillman–Basse–Hord Statement and the Battle for the ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

“ROCKET” - The Brownsville–Karachi Air Bridge and Major General Lars Henry Kristofferson

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“ROCKET” ai enhanced image from photo The Brownsville–Karachi Air Bridge and Major General Lars Henry Kristofferson In one wartime newspaper...