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9 unusual facts about Rio Grande Valley


Belen point

The Belen point is an unfluted, lanceolate-shaped Paleoindian projectile point found in the central Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico.

Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas

Father Fray Hierro, who had joined Escandon at Padilla and was a missionary from the college of Zacatecas, kept a diary which provides many interesting details concerning the establishment of the first settlements of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Danielle Doty

Doty won the Miss Texas Teen USA title on November 28, 2010, the first state titleholder from the Rio Grande Valley.

Edcouch-Elsa High School

La Maquina Amarilla (The Big Yellow Machine) is how they are known all across the Rio Grande Valley.

Howard Edward Butt Sr.

In 1928, he borrowed $38,000 and realizing that he had to be where there was more population, he purchased a further three stores in the Rio Grande Valley some 300 miles to the South near the Mexican border.

Juan Cortina

When he was 3, his family moved to the Rio Grande Valley, as his mother had inherited vast tracts of land in the area surrounding Matamoros and Brownsville.

Kurt Looby

On January 16, 2009 Looby moved into the starting lineup for Rio Grande Valley.

Matt Janning

He led the Rio Grande Valley to the NBDL Finals, averaging 11 points per game.

The Biscuit Brothers

The show is presented by KLRU, a PBS member station in Austin, and in addition to airing there (as of January 2006) the program is airing on Texas PBS stations in Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Waco, Temple, Lubbock, and the Rio Grande Valley.


Las Milpas, Pharr, Texas

Las Milpas (Spanish: "The cornfields") is a community in the City of Pharr, in central Hidalgo County, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.

WLAE-TV

WLAE was one of at least two PBS members owned at least in part by a Catholic-related organization (KMBH in the Rio Grande Valley is the other), and one of at least three run by a religious organization in general (counting Provo, Utah's KBYU-TV).


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Antonio de Espejo

Rather than return to the now unfriendly Rio Grande Valley, Espejo decided to return to Mexico via the Pecos River which he called "Rio de Las Vacas" because of the large number of bison the Spaniards encountered during the first six days they followed the river downstream.

Fayetteville FireAntz

Tommy Stewart was let go after the 2010-2011 season and was soon replaced by Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees' assistant coach, Sean Gillam.

Kevin Keathley

Catherine College (asst.)
Louisville Eagles (asst.)
Kentucky Colonels
Rio-Grande Valley Silverados
East Kentucky Miners
SouthEast Texas Mavericks
Bakersfield Jam
Sauk Valley Predators
Ottawa SkyHawks

Rio Grande Valley Giants

The Rio Grande Valley Giants was an American minor league baseball franchise in the Double-A Texas League located in Harlingen, Texas, that played from the beginning of the 1960 season through June 10, 1961.

Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks

The team was previously known as the Southeast Texas Mustangs and owned by Jerry Nelson (and before that the Rio Grande Valley Silverados of the Continental Basketball Association which Mr. Nelson purchased from Dr. Jordan Mosowe which they were based out of McAllen, Texas).

Tiguex

The location of the Tiguex War, area of 12 to 20 now vanished Pueblos in the vicinity of Albuquerque and Bernalillo, New Mexico in the Rio Grande valley, described by the Coronado expedition of 1540-1542 as where they were headquartered for 14 months.

Valley Council

Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council, a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in the Rio Grande Valley region of southern Texas