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  Sánchez Navarro Collection, Part II: 1805-1825
Jose Gregorio Sanchez Navarro at Candela to Lic.
Jose Melchor Sanchez Navarro to the prebendary, Jose Migl.
Navarro at Monclova to Jose Melchor Sanchez Navarro at Tapado.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utlac/00076/00076p2-P.html   (13707 words)

  
 José Antonio Navarro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Navarro was born into one of San Antonio's most prominent families, through which he had many connections to the Texas Revolution.
Navarro developed a lengthy friendship with Stephen F. Austin and served as a leader in the Texas Revolution.
Navarro participated in the failed Santa Fe Expedition of President Mirabeau B. Lamar and was briefly imprisoned there before escaping to Texas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jose_Antonio_Navarro   (361 words)

  
 Texas Treasures - Jose Antonio Navarro - Texas State Library
Navarro came of age during a time in which San Antonio was a hotbed of revolution against Spanish rule, and the scene of continuing bloody clashes between the Spanish army and Mexican rebels.
Navarro's contemporaries later said that he "trembled at the thought" of the enormity of the step he had taken, but he plunged into a leadership role nonetheless, helping to draft the Constitution of the Republic of Texas.
Navarro wrote articles and a book in which he set the record straight about the contributions of the Tejanos to Texas independence, pointing out that the citizens of Bexar and elsewhere were fighting for Texas freedom 25 years before the Alamo.
www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/giants/navarro/navarro-01.html   (898 words)

  
 Pardon my French!
Jose Antonio Navarro (Feb. 27, 1795 -- Jan. 13, 1871) was one of the founders of Texas and with his role in Texas' struggle for freedom from Mexico, remains one of the most neglected for all he did.
The monument at the Navarro County Courthouse was erected in 1939.
Corsicana, county seat and largest city of Navarro County, is in the central portion of the county fifty-eight miles southeast of Dallas at the junction of Interstate 45, U.S. highways 75 and 287, and State highways 22 and 31.
www.4600n200e.com /17501.html   (3100 words)

  
 José Antonio Navarro
Juana Navarro Perez Alsbury, wife of Horace A. Alsbury, was essentially the adopted sister of Ursala María Veramendi, wife of James Bowie.
Navarro was less politically active than his brothers and involved himself in business affairs of the family and is thought to have supplied Texian forces when needed.
Antonio Navarro was appointed, in the City of Montclova, on 2nd.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/Navarro.htm   (6151 words)

  
 03-6241 -- U.S. v. Navarro -- 04/21/2004
On April 16, 2002, Navarro was charged by indictment with conspiracy to manufacture fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Navarro's counsel then stated that, during the plea negotiations, "it was clearly my understanding, and my advice to my [client], that Count 2 would merge into Count 1 and that his maximum exposure was not more than [240 months]." Hr'g Tr.
Navarro contends, citing Guzman, 318 F.3d at 1196, that we must remand this case to the district court because he and the government disagree on the nature of the government's promise.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2004/04/03-6241.htm   (1745 words)

  
 American Experience | Remember the Alamo | People & Events | PBS
Navarro was born on February 27, 1795, in the small frontier community of San Antonio de Béxar, part of Spain's colonial holdings in the New World.
At Austin's urging, Navarro, a member of the state legislature of Coahuila y Tejas, slipped in a loophole that arranged for slaves to be termed "indentured servants" with lifelong contracts.
Navarro was the only Tejano to serve at the Convention of 1845, where the Republic of Texas accepted the United States' offer of annexation.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/peopleevents/p_navarro.html   (1090 words)

  
 Texas Cooperative Extension, The Navarro County Office
Navarro County is recognized for the longest continuous oil flow in Texas with over 200 million barrels produced since 1895.
In 1990, the population of Navarro County was 39,926.
Navarro County, like other counties in Texas, is concentrating on growing a strong educational system and developing a strong economy that will prepare its citizens and children for the 21st century.
navarro-tx.tamu.edu   (391 words)

  
 Historical Commentaries by José Antonio Navarro
José Antonio appears to be of this mold, having made himself worthy of the merit conceded to him by all those who have the opportunity to deal with him in good faith.
Navarro diligently, in accord with his ideas, or who upon meeting him engages his sense of humor, is received by José Antonio and treated with a tact and courtesy that leaves nothing to be desired.
The life of José Antonio Navarro can be divided into three glorious epochs: (1) that of his birth and youth in Mexican Texas, where at a very young age he was initiated in the events of the insurrection according to the commentaries that follow.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/navarromem1.htm   (4924 words)

  
 American Experience | Remember the Alamo | The Navarro Family | PBS
The Navarro family was well known in Texas even before José Antonio Navarro played a key role in the Texas revolution.
José Antonio's father, Ángel Navarro, was a native of Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
His niece, Juana Gertrudis Navarro Alsbury, was one of the few survivors of the Mexican attack on the Alamo.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/sfeature/sf_family.html   (805 words)

  
 PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History and Culture -- Chapters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Navarro family, whose patriarch Angel had emigrated from Corsica and was a prominent rebel, escaped the bloodbath.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, an old enemy of Texas, became President of Mexico and quickly moved to concentrate all power in Mexico City.
Navarro, though, maintained a position above the fray as one of the champions of the Texas revolution.
pbsvideodb.pbs.org /programs/all_chapters.asp?item_id=41935   (769 words)

  
 Archive
Jose Manuel Perez Nieto, died at the age of 56, and was buried on December 13,1804, at the San Gabriel Mission.
Jose Antonio Navarro lived in Los Angeles until 1790, when he was sent to the Pueblo de San Jose and later assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco.
Jose Antonio Basilio Rosas died and was buried at the San Gabriel Mission in 1809.
www.lospobladores.org /archive.htm   (2596 words)

  
 Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Jose Antonio Navarro was among the truest of all Texans.
Navarro supported Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and was selected by Lamar as one of four Texas commissioners to accompany the ill-conceived Santa Fe Expedition to New Mexico.
A proponent of Texas statehood, Navarro represented Bexar as the sole Hispanic member of the Convention of 1845.
www.lsjunction.com /people/navarro.htm   (297 words)

  
 Gracing county with name, Navarro was a historic figure
JosŽ Antonio Navarro (Feb. 27, 1795 -- Jan. 13, 1871) was one of the founders of Texas and with his role in Texas' struggle for freedom from Mexico, remains one of the most neglected for all he did.
JosŽ Antonio Navarro was born Feb. 27, 1795 in San Antonio, a remote part of Mexico at that time.
With the establishment of the Lone Star Republic, JosŽ Antonio Navarro was to go down in history, not as a defeated rebel but as a victorious revolutionist, no longer to be sneered at as an "Anglocized-Mexican," but saluted with honors for being a co-creator of Texas.
www.rootsweb.com /~txnavarr/biographies/n/navarro_jose_antonio_2.htm   (2616 words)

  
 Original Settlers
Jose de Velasco y Lara - Received permission to move to Ventura in 1782 to establish the Mission San Buenaventura and later to Santa Barbara to establish the presidio.
Jose Antonio Navarro - Sent to San Jose in 1790 and later to the Presidio in San Francisco.
Jose de Velasco y Lara was ordered back to Mexico by the authorities when he confessed to Father Junipero Serra that his first wife, whom he had maintained had died, might actually still be alive.
www.laalmanac.com /history/hi03c.htm   (550 words)

  
 Antonio Navarro
Antonio Navarro was born in Mozambique in 1966.
Antonio is the Head of the Digital Television and Mobile Video (DTMV) research group at the Telecommunications Institute, a group with a long experience, about 20 years, in researching and developing in the area of video coding and transmission.
Navarro has participated in more than 20 national and European projects and co-authored over 60 papers and one patent.
www.av.it.pt /navarro   (703 words)

  
 Biography - Jose Antonio Navarro
Navarro County was named for Jose Antonio Navarro, who was born in San Antonio February 27, 1795 to Maria Josefa (Ruiz) and Angel Navarro.
He died in San Antonio on January 13, 1871, universally beloved and respected by all patriots in Texas.
His father was a native of Corsica, and in compliment, the county seat of Navarro was named Corsicana.
www.rootsweb.com /~txnavarr/biographies/n/navarro_jose_antonio.htm   (526 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Matovina, The Alamo Remembered
Although not eyewitnesses, their statements were based on the testimony of Antonio Pérez, who was in San Antonio on 6 March, the day of the final assault.
Antonio Fuentes, Toribio Losoya, Guadalupe Rodriguez, and other Mexicans who had fallen in the defense of the Alamo." Extant land claim files indicate that Tejano citizens sought compensation for the service of seven Tejano Alamo defenders.
Juan Antonio Chávez, who was a boy at the time, fled with his family but returned in time to see the incinerated bodies of the Alamo defenders.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exmatala.html   (2802 words)

  
 San Antonio Conservation Society
The San Antonio Conservation Society purchased the historic Jose Antonio Navarro houses in February of 1960.
The San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation deeded the Navarro property to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in November 19, 1975.
The property is open to the public and is maintained as the Casa Navarro State Historic Park.
www.saconservation.org /places/navarro.htm   (177 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: NAVARRO, JOSE ANTONIO
Navarro's early education was rudimentary, though he later read law in San Antonio and was licensed to practice.
Upon his election to the Texas Congress as a representative from Bexar, Navarro sought to advance the rights of Tejanos, whom many Anglo-Texans held in contempt after the Texas Revolution.
As a supporter of Lamar, Navarro was selected as a commissioner to accompany the foolishly conceived Santa Fe expedition.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna9.html   (580 words)

  
 Casa Navarro State Historic Site Visitors Guide - San Antonio, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
As the former home of José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871), a rancher, businessman and Tejano leader from San Antonio, Casa Navarro State Historic Site has ties to several phases of Texas history.
Not only was José Antonio Navarro a member of the Texas legislature while Texas belonged to Mexico, he also served in the legislature for the Republic of Texas and for the State of Texas.
Navarro - who was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836 - is remembered as "the strongest defender of the rights of his people." Although Texas was part of the U.S. upon Navarro's death, the flag of Spain flew over Texas at the time of his birth.
www.sanantoniocvb.com /casa_navarro_state_park.asp   (288 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Benito and the White Dove: A Story of Jose Antonio Navarro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Grade 4-7-- A fictionalized biography of Jose Antonio Navarro, one of Texas' native sons.
Any biography of Navarro requires a full understanding of the subtle political complexities that were the order of the day.
For example, Navarro fought for freedom along with Travis, Houston, and Stephen F. Austin against the tyranny of the dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, yet he embraced slavery at a time when his country (Mexico) was vehemently opposed to it.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/089015693X   (386 words)

  
 Jose Antonio Navarro House Complex--South and West Texas; A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
The José Antonio Navarro House Complex includes the home and law office of José Antonio Navarro, a prominent figure in the history of Texas.
Born in Texas in 1795, Navarro was one of only two native Texans to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.
During his youth, Navarro was active in the struggle for independence of Texas from Spain, and later from Mexico.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/tx/tx35.htm   (157 words)

  
 University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Both the raids and the arrests were carried out illegally, since the soldiers did not have the judicial warrants prescribed by Colombian law on criminal procedure to conduct searches or make arrests.
The version given by the military authorities was that during the clashes the regular troops had killed a number of guerrillas.
On 19 February 1999, the Attorney-General's Office decided that the investigation should be conducted by the ordinary courts and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to said courts.
hei.unige.ch /humanrts/undocs/778-1997.html   (4603 words)

  
 TPWD: Casa Navarro State Historic Site
Casa Navarro State Historic Site, in downtown San Antonio, is the restored home of Tejano patriot José Antonio Navarro.
Navarro was an influential figure in Texas during the momentous fifty-five year period (1810-1865) when the state's destiny was forged.
A leading advocate of Tejano rights, he is best known as "The Strongest Defender of the Rights of His People." Today, visitors tour Navarro's adobe home furnished with period antiques, read copies of his writing and discuss questions of history with informed park interpreters.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /park/jose   (153 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: NAVARRO, JOSE EUGENIO
José Eugenio Navarro, Texas patriot and prominent citizen of early San Antonio, the youngest of four sons of María Josefa (Ruiz) and Ángel Navarro,
Navarro, on his return, took them jousts and walnut scantlings to make platforms for the cannons.
Eugenio and Antonio were in Columbus in April 1836.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna18.html   (572 words)

  
 Boxing: Hot * Hot * Hot * Boxing on the Net
(JAN 18) On Thursday at the Olympic, and in front of 5,182 boxing fans, televised on HBO Latino, and promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, Jose Navarro remained undefeated (14-0 4KO) when he knocked out Carlos Madrigal (20-4, 15) in the second round of a super-flyweight unification match.
(JAN 15) Larry Rozadilla, who had been a boxing referee in 131 championship and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1999, died at the age of 72 years old.
(JAN 13) Yesterday in Boston, Paul Pender a former middleweight champion passed away at the Veterans Administration hospital in Bedford, of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 72.
www.hotboxingnews.com /newsjanuary2003.html   (3807 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Texas
St- Denis, adventurous and enterprising, met with remarkable success and the trail known as the old San Antonio road from Nacogdoches to the Rio Grande was the artery through which commerce flowed between the nations.
The entry in the"Liber Confirmatorum" of Galveston Diocese certifying to this sacred function may be said, together with the baptismal record beginning 7 December, 1840, to mark the beginning of the history of the Diocese of Galveston.
The Diocese of San Antonio shows no change in the statistics given under the title except that the Redemptorist Order has taken charge of the parish of St. Gerard Majella in the city of San Antonio, where a new church and school are now being erected.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14543a.htm   (8581 words)

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