Jornada del Muerto

About the Book

A look at a current map of New Mexico, following the Rio Grande south from Albuquerque to Socorro then leaving the river and drawing a direct line to El Paso, reveals the area labeled “Jornada del Muerto”—the journey of the dead. To traverse this desolation became the fate of an expedition sent by Mirabeau B. Lamar, second president of the Republic of the of Texas, who, in his grandiose plans, wanted not only to officially claim the territory of the Republic to the Rio Grande at Santa Fe, but also to conquer all the territory to the Pacific. This story recounts those glorious plans and their miserable demise.

About the Author

PADRE ISLAND tells of the quiet struggle of National Park Rangers to interdict the smuggling of antiquities from Padre Island, Texas from Mexico. Currently he resides Wichita Falls, Texas where he has retired. He had owned and operated a Mexico Insurance agency in Progreso, Texas (1 mile from the Mexican border). He often travels Northeastern Mexico as a participant observer of Mexico, its history, lifestyle, economics, culture, social and political conditions of which he records and transcribes for those who wish to drive into Mexico.