Federico Villalba's Texas: The Story of a Mexican Pioneer's Life in the Big Bend

by Juan Manuel Casas

In the 1880s Federico Villalba left old San Ger nimo (Aldama, Chihuahua) and began ranching near the village of San Carlos, about fifteen miles south of the Lajitas ford of the Rio Grande. Villalba prospered and eventually crossed the international boundary to settle and ranch in Burro Mesa.

Over the bight of Santa Elena Canyon greeting the dawn of each day, Villalba built his herd of cattle and angora goats; eventually a store and talabarter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974504866
• ISBN13: 9780974504865
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Iron Mountain Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"