In October 1899, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist Robert T. Hill led a six man expedition to explore and document the canyons of the Rio Grande, a place he described as "the longest and least known." Traveling in three boats, the expedition took nearly an entire month to travel from Presidio to Langtry, Texas.
Hill packed photography equipment into the boats, and took a series of photographs, both during and after his river voyage.
Two years later, Hill published an article describing his voyage, and describing the Big Bend region in the colorful language of the period. It's a fascinating account.
Shown here: one of the expedition's members in a jonboat in Santa Elena Canyon. That's right: this photo was taken in 1899. Pretty great.
"Bose Ikard served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches, splendid behavior." --- what Charles Goodnight had inscribed on Bose Ikard's grave.
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Last session, I signed a law allowing beer-to-go sales in Texas.
Let’s expand that this session and more broadly make alcohol-to-go an official law in Texas.
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