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  List of Mexican Federal Highways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Federal Highway 53 – Monterrey, Nuevo León to Monclova, Coahuila.
Federal Highway 101 – east of Huizache, Guanajuato, to Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Federal Highway 221 – Nuevo Coahuila, Campeche, to junction with Federal Highway 186 near Ojo de Agua, Campeche.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Mexican_Federal_Highways   (809 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: MATAMOROS EXPEDITION OF 1835-36
The port of Matamoros at the mouth of the Rio Grande was an important source of revenue, which if seized could be used to defray the cost of the war.
In this chaotic situation instituted by the Matamoros expedition, Smith refused to resign, and Texas was essentially left without governmental leadership during the crucial months of late January and February 1836.
From the Texas viewpoint, the Matamoros expedition of 1835-36 was one of the most disastrous components of the Texas Revolution.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/MM/qdm1.html   (4269 words)

  
 Archival Correspondence Regarding George Fisher 2
I merely make the suggestion to you of harmonizing as much as possible with Coahuila, for if the State Government should apply to the General Government, or to the other States for aid to inforce its laws in Texas, the General Government would hardly dare to refuse it in the present critical state of things.
He had lately edited a journal in Matamoros; but in consequence of having made some free remarks on passing events, he was ordered to leave Mexico in six days.
He stated that the aristocratic party are resolved to subjugate Texas at all hazards, and to expel all Americans from that State; and that the Liberal party are as firmly resolved to sustain the Texians, if they sustain the Constitution of 1824-which is now the pivot of the contest between the opposing parties.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/fishergeorge3.htm   (4190 words)

  
 MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,) - Online Information article about MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
Coahuila, where the Tlahualila, Mairan, Parras and others occupy a large lacustrine depression and receive the waters of the Nazas and Aguanaval rivers from the south-west (Durango).
In eastern Coahuila, near Monclova, are the Agua Verde and Santa Maria lakes, and in eastern Chihuahua there is a similar group.
Of the principal ports on this coast, Matamoros, Tampico, Tuxpan, Coatzacoalcos and Frontera are on rivers, which are obstructed by bars.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MEXICO_Span_Mejico_or_Mexico_.html   (6683 words)

  
 Battle of the Alamo, The - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Anna assembled an estimated force of 6,100 soldiers and 20 cannons at San Luis Potosí and in early 1836, and moved through Saltillo, Coahuila, towards Texas.
Most of the Greys then left San Antonio de Béxar for an expedition to Matamoros with the promise of taking the war to Mexico and plundering the city, but about two dozen remained at the Alamo.
With the successive losses at Goliad, Refugio, Matamoros and San Antonio de Béxar, the army was reduced to about 1,000 men.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo   (2320 words)

  
 The Mexican Revolution: Conflict in Matamoros
This troop organized in Matamoros and fought for the Victoriano Huerto regime against the Constitutionalists and was scattered in the battle for the city in 1913.
It was a pick-up rebel army, forged by both volunteers and force as it foraged across the northeastern states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas.
As Lucio Blanco closed in on Matamoros on June 1913 and Major Esteban Ramos, the commander of the federal garrison of the city, prepared to resist his attack, refugees of all social classes fled across the river to safety in Brownsville.
runyon.lib.utexas.edu /conflict.html   (915 words)

  
 Mexico Yellow Pages and Mexico White Pages, the best resources for Mexico
Matamoros, Tamaulipas is a city along the Mexico-USA border.
Located in the Mexico state of Tamaulipas, Matamoros is across from the U.S. city of Brownsville, Texas.
Piedras Negras is on the northeastern border of the Mexico state of Coahuila and is across from the U.S. city of Eagle Pass, Texas.
www.mexicophonebooks.com /list.html   (6869 words)

  
 Recognition of the Cherokee Nation of Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
After the formal welcome, the President of the Coahuila College of Research Wonso Arreola Perez, said “we are proud that in more than 400 years of existence we have permitted today the integration of a society full of for the coming of a better world, a society confident in its vigorous presence in the country.
The Cherokee came to Coahuila after being victimized by the provincial rebels of Texas who confiscated their homes and land without the process of law and by military force.
We are honored to abide by the laws of the State of Coahuila and of the Constitution and Republic of Mexico.
www.cherokeenationmexico.com /cnmrecognition.html   (3447 words)

  
 Helping Hands Upcoming and Previous Trips
Our 9th Christmas trip to Matamoros was a great sucess with over 425 wrapped gifts, 200 kilos of beans and rice, t-shirts for all the ladies and caps for all the men and candy for everyone.
This was the 8th annual Medical Mission to Matamoros for the group from Miami ok. They worked 4 days and took care of the needs of several hundred people in the very poor areas in and next to Matamoros, Mexico.
This was the 7th Anual Medical Trip to Matamoros for the Medics from the Miami OK Area.
helpinghands.tripod.com /trips.htm   (1391 words)

  
 Archival Correspondence Regarding George Fisher 3
From thence we will proceed to Matamoros, where likewise everything is provided for, and the Moctezuma being in the Brasos-Santiago (according to the news received this morning, per the schooner Pearl, 6 days from Matamoros) will inevitably fall a prize to us.
The troops in Matamoros about 3500 are reduced to 2700 effective men, they are many sick and dying of misery, hunger, and venireal.
Molano and all the liberals in Matamoros are in favor of Texas...
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/fishergeorge4.htm   (3553 words)

  
 April 2001 Feature Article
The in-bond industry has shown surprising expansion, especially in the border cities of Matamoros, Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, where 80 percent of the state's maquilas are located.
Coahuila is one of the most attractive states in Mexico.
Coahuila is home to automakers General Motors and DaimlerChrysler, who together produce about 8 percent of the gasoline-powered automobiles used in the United States.
www.twin-plant-news.com /issues/april01/feature.asp   (2161 words)

  
 Global Exchange - Printer Friendly
From Torreon to Juarez, from Matamoros to Puebla, the maquiladora industry is showing its true face: that of a mirage that is fading away.
The area was full of farmers who had become factory workers, and they rode the bus each morning to their jobs at one of the 500 maquiladora companies.
The investigator for Colef of Matamoros, Cirila Quintero, reminds us that behind the Puebla Panamá Plan is the intention of creating a corridor of maquiladoras, and alerts us to what that might bring: the producers and the landowners may be converted into mere laborers.
www.globalexchange.org /countries/mexico/ppp/proceso012002.html.pf   (3285 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Coahuila State --- 5
Others say that it came from the Nahuatl word "Coatlhilana", which means "Flying snake" or "Creeping snake".
Coahuila has four types of climate: Depending on the region, diverse climates exist throughout the state.
With an average temperature 25°C (77°F) and an annual precipitation of 40 mm (1-3/4 in,), the climate for the Southeastern region varies from dry to semi-dry and from mild to warm.
www.tourbymexico.com /coahuila/coahuila.htm   (237 words)

  
 ::: Invest in Torreón - La Laguna - Mexico :::
Palliser, Canada´s leading home furniture manufacturer inaugurated a new operation unit in Matamoros, Coahuila.
Palliser Matamoros is the second manufacturing facility in México and in Coahuila State.
In the city of San Pedro de las Colonias, new investments are on their way, from supermarkets to light assembly facilities, creating nearly 500 jobs with a total investment amount of 30 MDD.
www.investintorreon.com.mx /boletin   (570 words)

  
 Matamoros News
Matamoros has two confirmed and 13 suspected cases of dengue, both in the southern outskirts of the city, according to an article in the Matamoros newspaper El Bravo.
Dengue's symptoms, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, are "high fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains, nausea and vomiting, eye pain and rash." Dengue hemorrhagic fever includes a fever that lasts from 2-7 days and is accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and headache.
The man that was with the 14 year old when she was found by police proved to the satisfaction of the police that he was only walking with her and had not had a physical relationship with the young woman.
www.nmsu.edu /~frontera/sep-oct04/Matamorosnews.html   (2172 words)

  
 Texas and Coahuila
Because Texas and Coahuila were once part of the same nation, it's not surprising that there are common threads running through the history and culture of these two areas.
However, Texas and Coahuila also have unique and colorful histories of their own that make visits to each region a must.
Fundamental in the history of Coahuila is San Pedro de las Colonias, home to the Casa de la Cultura (the House of Culture), the place where Don Fransisco I. Madero wrote The Presidential Succession, a support piece to the Revolution of 1910.
www.traveltex.com /dt_tw_co1.asp?SN=6596729&LS=0   (1067 words)

  
 Coahuila, Mexico- WorldGenWeb
She was born in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico and was a resident of Brownsville for the past 20 years.
Valdez was born in Nava, Coahuila, Mexico, and moved to Hobbs in 1966 from Brownfield, Texas.
She was born in Allende, Coahuila, Mexico on March 7, 1902, the daughter of Serapio Rios and Maria Valadez.
www.rootsweb.com /~mexcoahu/obits.html   (4933 words)

  
 Durango
The parents of Virginia were Luis Prado and Ines Gaso as recorded in a copy of the baptismal record dated September 12, 1918 from the parish of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico for Joaquin Manriquez, Jr.
The civil birth record from Matamoros states that Joaquin was 31 years old and a laborer living in Matamoros and that his wife, Virginia came from the town of San Diego and was 24 years old.
The town of Matamoros was settled in 1818 and named Matamoros in 1823 after a martyred priest, Mariano Matamoros.
home.grandecom.net /~jcano/Manrique_history.htm   (804 words)

  
 Chapter IIe, Mexican Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The great object of separating you from Coahuila, is to have you considered foreigners; and your very exeistence depends on your resisting this separation at this moment.
He did, however, orchestrate the legislature of Coahuila Y Texas to approve the state government be transferred to Bexar.
When the assembled Texans heard of the brutal subjugation of Zacatecas and Coahuila and that troops would be coming by force into Texas, the "War Party" made up mostly of the newer settlers won on all motions put before the group at Harrisburg.
users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/ch2e.htm   (3399 words)

  
 Matamoros News
According to Rubén Carrillo De la Garza, president of the Centro Empresarial de Matamoros (Matamoros Business Center, CEM), maquiladoras in the Parque Industrial del Norte suspend operations every day for two hours at a time so as not to exceed the limits of the energy they are importing from the US.
The Matamoros newspaper El Mañana reports that with 418,490 inhabitants Matamoros is the second most-populated city in the state of Tamaulipas.
Census statistics indicate that in the period 1990-2000 the Matamoros population grew at an annual rate of 3.3%, the second highest rate in the state.
www.nmsu.edu /~frontera/may01/Matamorosnews.html   (2157 words)

  
 The Brownsville Herald » Labor stop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
MATAMOROS, June 16, 2004 — About 400 steelworkers at Matamoros’ largest plant have stopped working and are demanding greater profit-sharing allowances and better work conditions, union officials said this week.
Meanwhile, Siderurgica del Golfo legal representatives said the steelworkers’ protest is illegal because labor officials in Matamoros haven’t received any notification of a strike.
Mexico’s $10 billion-a-year steel industry employs more than 50,000 workers and accounts for around a tenth of the country’s manufacturing output, according to the national iron and steel industry chamber.
www.brownsvilleherald.com /print.php?id=59750_0_10_0   (478 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: GOLIAD CAMPAIGN OF 1835
This new municipality owed its importance to the port of Copano, forty miles distant, which had begun to compete with Matamoros for the lucrative Mexican interior trade, for which the new town of Goliad supplied expert smugglers, as well as oxcarts and drivers who provided transportation between markets and port.
Citizens of Coahuila and Texas grew discontented with the Centralist policies of their new president and claimed adherence to the Constitution of 1824,
Though Austin favored the idea of an expedition against Matamoros led by Mexican Federalists of the interior, he was more immediately interested in assaulting Bexar, a concern necessarily shared by Dimmitt.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/qdg1.html   (3315 words)

  
 PENN OCTANE CORP - POCC Amended Annual Report (10-K/A) ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
Currently LPG sold by the Company to PMI which is intended to be delivered to the Matamoros Terminal Facility, may be delivered to the Brownsville Terminal Facility in the event that the Matamoros Terminal Facility temporarily cannot be used.
The Matamoros Terminal Facility is located in an industrial zone west of the city of Matamoros, and the Company believes that it is strategically positioned to be a centralized distribution center of LPG for the northeastern region of Mexico.
Total rated storage capacity of the Matamoros Terminal Facility is approximately 270,000 gallons of LPG and there are plans to install additional storage capacity totaling approximately 630,000 gallons.
sec.edgar-online.com /2004/05/21/0001015402-04-002315/section2.asp   (5686 words)

  
 Tamaulipas
The territory spanned from the San Antonio river to the north east to the Gulf of Mexico, then south to the Panuco River near Tampico and west to the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Jose de Escandon, a native of Soto La Marina, Santander, Spain and an officer of the Querétaro militia, was commissioned to pacify the Sierra Gorda.
In 1823 it was reorganized as a villa and named Matamoros after the martyred priest Mariano Matamoros.
vsalgs.org /stnemgenealogy/tamaul.html   (1701 words)

  
 Laredo, Texas, November 9, 1996. Minutes of the Board of Directors
Special recognition was given to members of the Matamoros community who helped create the agreement regarding the certification conditions for the FINSA project.
He further mentioned that he invites institutions and agencies to review this document, where the generalized perception indicates that this is a pioneer institution for its binational and innovative environmental management approach, yielding thus a positive evaluation of its work.
The construction of this project, the management of funds, and the application to the BECC are all actions in process at this time.
www.cocef.org /apartcom/mn11996.htm   (6199 words)

  
 GCAC: Encuentros
The forums are structured to discuss transnational, bicultural artistic collaborations in the region, which include Texas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leon.
The Network member organizations are the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts, and Festival Chicano (the two former organizations are San Antonio-based; the two latter are Houston-based).
Representing the Mexican state of Coahuila is the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.
www.guadalupeculturalarts.org /encuentros.htm   (393 words)

  
 NUEVO LEON - Online Information article about NUEVO LEON
south-western sides are level and dry as in the adjoining state of Coahuila.
In the N. the general elevation is low, the surface sandy and covered with See also:
Matamoros, and a Belgian line (F. de Monterrey al Golfo Mexicano) runs from Tampico N.N.W. to Monterrey, and thence westward to Trevino (formerly Venadito) in Coahuila, a station on the Mexican Inter-national.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /NEW_NUM/NUEVO_LEON.html   (592 words)

  
 Pilgrimage to Sequoyah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The peace pipe ceremony was performed not only with the dignitaries present, but also with the people in the arena who were invited to participate.
The crowd is enchanted as the Mayor for 2002 Zaragosa participates in the pipe ceremony.
But his main passion is the preservation of the Cherokee legacy on the Texas Mexico border which culminated last August With the Cherokee trip to the Governor´s Palace in Saltillo for Coahuila Governor Enrique Martinez y Martinez´ Recognition Proclamation of the Cherokee Nation of Mexico.
www.cherokeenationmexico.com /ev_pilgram.html   (1746 words)

  
 Search Results for Monterrey - Encyclopædia Britannica
While the largest urban places are growing the most rapidly in absolute numbers, small- and intermediate-sized cities have the highest...
It is bounded north by Coahuila; east by Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz; south by Hidalgo, Querétaro, and Guanajuato; and west by...
It is situated in the eastern outliers of the Sierra Madre Oriental, at 1,923 feet (586 m) above sea level, on the Salado de los...
www.britannica.com /search?query=Monterrey&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (330 words)

  
 BECC News Fall 1998
In the U.S., staff is working in Douglas, AZ; Brawley, Descanso and Heber in California; several colonias in Doña Ana County, NM; and in Texas Sanderson and the Lower Valley.
s work in the border municipalities of Coahuila has been enhanced with Technical Assistance support in the amount of $353,000 for projects with an estimated initial investment of $55.5 million.
Rogelio Ramos Oranday, Secretary of Social Development for the State of Coahuila and a member of BECC.
www.cocef.org /apartcom/BeccNewsFall98.htm   (2507 words)

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