Here you can discuss Terlingua area history and the implications on what we think we know about our ancestors and their lives.
  • Historical events and the validity of what we think we know
  • Oral Traditions (stories handed down in families) - value, validity
  • Document Research (governmental, church, business, and other documents)
  • Interviews - methods, techniques, value, need
  • Genealogy -

 
 
Here you can discuss the historical impact of activities and events of current and recent governments such as CCC Camps and National and State Parks.
 
 
This is where you can discuss the evolution of education in the area.  This can include town schools, ranch schools, colleges, and other forms of education.  Other organizations and institutions private or public that serve to educate the public can be discussed here too such as museums, research institutes, foundations for historical or genealogical study, and all aspects of genealogy such as online genealogy databases, software for doing your own family's genealogy, and sources of genealogical information.
 
 
The history of different types of freight hauling and their impact on the Greater Terlingua Area are inter-related with the various modes and means of transportation through the years.  This is the area to discuss them.
 
 
This is the area to discuss the history of various cemeteries and churches in the Greater Terlingua Area.
 
 
This is the area to discuss the rise and fall of settlements and towns in the Greater Terlingua Area.
 
 
This area is to discuss the ebb and flow of the various activities around the various ores that were mined in the area throughout history but especially in the last two hundred years.
 
 
This is the place to discuss the Greater Terlingua area's involvement in the Mexican Revolution and how it affected the Greater Terlingua area.
 
 
This is the area to discuss efforts to throw off the dominance of Mexico over the area.
 
 
This is the place to discuss efforts to throw off the dominance of France over the area.
 

    Discuss History

    Discuss historical events of the Terlingua area or events that affected the Terlingua area.

    This will include discussions of
    The Big Picture which can be events far away that shaped life here;
    The Local Picture which would be about events that happened in the area;
    The Picture Taking itself too can be discussed.  That is, there can be discussions about history itself, the validity of the oral traditions, stories that families hand down about their history, documented research, relating events based on government documents, church documents, business documents, and even personal documents.

    Categories Find Discussions

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    And Genealogy
    Big Picture
    Colleges
    Education
    Foundations
    La Junta De Los Ríos
    Local Picture
    Museums
    Picture Taking
    Ranch Schools
    Research Institutes
    Schools
    Teachers