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	Coahuila - 1 Location and Size, 2 Climate, 3 Plants and Animals
		Coahuila is bordered on the north by the US state of Texas; on the east by the Mexican state of Nuevo León; on the south by the Mexican states of Zacatecas, Durango, and San Luis Potosí; and on the west by the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
		Coahuila had a total population of 2,298,070 in 2000; of the total, 1,140,195 were men and 1,157,875 were women.
		Madero was born in Parras, Coahuila, on October 30, 1873, and was president from 1911 to 1913.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /mexico/Aguascalientes-M-xico/Coahuila.html (2377 words)

	Coahuila
		To the north Coahuila accounts for a 512 km stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas along the course of the Rio Grande (RГo Bravo del Norte).
		Coahuila also borders on the Mexican states of Nuevo LeГіn to the east; San Luis PotosГ and Zacatecas to the south; and Durango and Chihuahua to the west.
		Coahuila y Tejas ("Coahuila and Texas") was one of the constituent states of the newly independent United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution.
	www.governpub.com /Capitals-C/Coahuila.php (357 words)

	Tour By Mexico ® - Parras de la Fuente in Coahuila State, Mexico
		Parras de la Fuente, with many colonial buildings, is noted for its beautiful places to swim and its huge trees.
		Parras is also famous for its wines, produced by wineries that date from the 16th century and which have received many international awards.
		One of the most important attractions of Parras is the wonderful colonial building "Museo del Vino" (Museum of Wine), with displays of grinding machines, stills, and retorts that were brought from Paris during the 19th century.
	www.tourbymexico.com /coahuila/parras/parras.htm (539 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Parras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		PARRAS [Parras], formerly Parras de la Fuente, city (1990 pop.
		Parras, an agricultural center, has orchards and vineyards that make the city famous for wines and brandies.
		In 1846, during the Mexican War, Parras was held by U.S. troops.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Parras.asp (230 words)

	Parras, Coahuila
		Perhaps the most significant thing about our visit to Parras was the fact that for the first time we talked to someone who had first-hand knowledge of the vast Copper Canyon area that we hoped to visit (and did later in the year).
		Parras was a pretty little town.Its streets were narrow, paved, and almost all one way and lined with simple one or two story buildings, some of them colonial style with pleasant courtyards hidden behind high walls.
		The name of the town, Parras, means grapes, and the full name, Parras de la Fuente (Grapes of the Spring) refers to the fact that grapes can be grown here because of the existence of fresh-water springs.
	www.chandlerbates.com /MexiTrav/COA2003/parras.html (673 words)

	Mexico Retirement - Retire in Mexico, Move to Mexico, Mexico Retirement Communities, How To Buy Real Estate In Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Coahuila is a state located in northern Mexico, bounded north and northeast by the United States, east by Nuevo León, south by San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas, and west by Durango and Chihuahua.
		Coahuila and Texas formed a single state in 1824, but dissatisfied U.S. settlers in Texas declared their independence in 1836.
		In 1857 Coahuila was combined with Nuevo León, and in 1868 it became a separate state.
	www.mexicoretirement.net /state/Coahuila.cfm (324 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Coahuila
		It is the third largest city in Coahuila state.
		Piedras Negras is a commercial and processsing center for the surrounding agricultural region.
		Parras PARRAS [Parras], formerly Parras de la Fuente, city (1990 pop.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Coahuila (574 words)

	The Second Flying Company of Alamo de Parras
		The region was known for its grapevines (parras) and the town site for its natural springs that allowed for the growth of cottonwood trees (los alamos).
		Pedro Prado, a private from the company and José Francisco Ruiz,who was later to command the Alamo de Parras company, were implicated in the assassinations of Governor Salcedo and Lt. Col.
		In December of 1835, a remnant of the Alamo de Parras troops occupied the Alamo.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/parrasco.htm (2208 words)

	Parras Handbook - Appropedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Parras is located about 160 km from both Torreón and Saltillo in the state of Coahuila.
		Parras is the home of 400-year old adobe houses aqueducts, pecan orchards, cactus farms and the first winery in the Americas, founded in 1597.
		Parras de la Fuente, although surrounded by the desert, rests on underground streams that engender a perfect Mediterranean climate.
	www.appropedia.org /index.php?title=Parras_Handbook (609 words)

	Coahuila
		Coahuila is an important coal-producing state and a leading national producer of iron and steel.
		Across W Coahuila and E Chihuahua lie vast and arid plains (some of them recently irrigated), which are broken by barren mountains; most notable of these plains is the Bolsón de Mapimí, extending into Chihuahua.
		Coahuila produces cotton, corn, and grapes; the state is noted for its wines.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0812668.html (406 words)

	Center for Big Bend Studies
		Parras de la Fuente, a city of over 40,000 people, is located in the lower portion of Coahuila state in northern México.
		The Tlaxcalan settlement, which occurred at Parras in the early seventeenth century, is also documented.
		The text examines the Spanish policy of latifundio (the granting of large estates) and the hacendados who, as time went on, came to control extensive land and water resources and in so doing expanded the peón classes and subjected them to virtual slavery.
	www.sulross.edu /~cbbs/bth.html (374 words)

	About the Vine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Viticulture began at Parras, Coahuila, Mexico with the planting of Vitis vinifera from Spain in 1597.
		The Parras Vineyards are at an elevation of 5,155 feet which gives usually cool night temperatures.
		There are currently less than 400 acres of vineyards at Parras and fruit for the winery is purchased from other regions.
	horticulture.tamu.edu /newsletters/vine/ABV0997.html (965 words)

	Under Construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Now includes photo of the homes in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, where Rudolf Raimond Ritz lived after moving to Mexico from Texas in order to engineer the irrigation systems and design the winery modernization of the Casa de Madero winery (the oldest in the Americas).
		The second Parras home shown is that of Helene Ritz Hesse St. John Clerke.
		Former Home of Rudolf Raimond Ritz; Martín Torres no. 4 Plaza Hidalgo Parras Coahuila: Eunice (St. John Clerke) Viniegra writes: I went with my sister and my mother Eileen to Parras because she wanted to see this house, because she spent her vacations there when she was a child.
	members.cox.net /ritzhistory/places.htm (572 words)

	Carl Albert Purpus, Letters
		I was in the Sierra near Parras several times and have made a fine collection, all my paper is in use.
		He says I am very sorry to learn, that You are in Parras if I had know it I would have come over to met You and see the Yucca you found.
		I have 8-10 bundles of plants mostly from the Sierra de Parras.
	ucjeps.berkeley.edu /Purpus/letters1905.html (4399 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I was his constant companion, therefore, since [I was] 6 years old, he gave me his stories about himself in Germany; Austin; Parras Coahuila; the Mexican Revolution; and his part in it as advisor to Francisco I Madero—his personal friend and compadre—as well as Don Venustiano Carranza, and also knew Victoriano Huerta, in fact.
		But the stepmother was not good to the kids, she was cruel and without pity for any of them including her own son.
		That was the reason that Oma Anna Von Schenck Ritz came to Parras in 1918--to raise my mom and help with the supervision of the other small children--Luis, Felipe, Clara, and Elena Ritz.
	members.cox.net /ritzhistory/armida.htm (1623 words)

	Parras >>Company/History
		The life and development of Compañía Industrial de Parras, S.A. de C.V. are inseparably linked to the history of what is now the state of Coahuila, as well as to Mexico's national history.
		In 1834, the Congress of the State of Coahuila and Texas granted a ten-year concession to machine manufacture all kinds of cotton and wool cloth.
		The agreement consisted of two main points: 1) Cone invested US$22M in CIPSA in exchange for a 20% stake, and 2) the two companies agreed to build and operate a state-of-the-art 50/50 JV factory, Parras Cone the Mexico (PCM) which to this day is still an example of the denim industry.
	www.parras.com /english/empresa/cien.html (603 words)

	Johnson-Grant Expedition and Defeat at Agua Dulce
		His feelings, his interests, and his efforts, were all in favor of the old union of Coahuila and Texas.
		True, he was at the siege of San Antonio and fought gallantly there, and was severely wounded on the first day, but he fought against Cos, who had driven him from the legislative hall of Monclova, and not for the cause and right of Texas.
		Among the volunteers and adventurers at San Antonio he was incessantly painting in lively colors the rich spoils of Tamaulipas, New Leon, Coahuila, and San Luis Potosi, the facility of the descent, the cowardly nature of the inhabitants, and the charming beauties of the valleys of the San Juan, the Sabinas, and the Santander."
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/goliadsanpat.htm (6340 words)

	Productos: Básicos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A maquiladora plant was built in the city of Zacatecas in 1987.
		Called Prendas Textiles, S.A. de C.V., in 1994 it was relocated to Parras, Coahuila.
		1994, the textile plant now called Hilaturas Parras, S.A. de C.V. was purchased in Puebla, and a co-investment was made with Cone Mills, constructing the company Parras-Cone de México in the city of Parras, Coahuila.
	www.parras.com /english/empresa/evolucion.html (235 words)

	Manufacturer News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cone Mills Corporation and Compania Industrial de Parras, S.A. de C.V. (Parras) signed an agreement to expand Parras Cone's productive capacity by 11 million yards or 40 percent from its original capacity for a capital investment of approximately $18 million.
		Parras Cone de Mexico is a joint venture between Cone and Parras located in Parras, Coahuila, Mexico.
		The expansion will be financed by the internal cash flow of Parras Cone and borrowings under existing facilities of Parras Cone.
	www.fashionmarketmagazine.com /pages/3manufnews.asp?offset=2 (133 words)

	TakingITGlobal - Panorama - Parras de la Fuente
		Before this summer, she didn’t even know I existed, yet now every morning she makes me fresh orange juice and has taken me in as one of her own: feeding me and doing my laundry, helping me with my Spanish and inquiring about my day.
		As I mentioned before, when I arrived in Parras I knew very little about appropriate technology, although even this was considerably more than I knew when I left Alaska, two years before.
		This population explosion has led us to the necessity of finding alternatives for energy and other resources, which is why I've spent my summer in Parras, a town that still builds with adobe, studying about appropriate technology.
	fannin.mississippi.takingitglobal.org /express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=5999 (471 words)

	Consulate to commemorate Mexican Revolution > UTSA Today > University of Texas at San Antonio
		The event is free and open to the public.
		Following the ceremony, is a symposium, "Francisco I. Madero: A Presence Remembered," featuring historians from UTSA and the state of Coahuila, Mexico.
		He was born in Parras, Coahuila, to one of the richest families in Mexico, of Portuguese descent.
	www.utsa.edu /today/2004/11/madero.cfm?sText=1&header=-1 (587 words)

	Tour By Mexico ® - Arteaga in Coahuila State, Mexico
		Tour By Mexico ® - Arteaga in Coahuila State, Mexico
		The La Carbonera, Los Lidos, El Tunal and Sar, Antonio de las Alazanas canyons, with elevations up to 3500 m ASL (11,483 ft. ASL), are examples of what the region has to offer.
		Back to Coahuila State in Tour By Mexico ®
	www.tourbymexico.com /coahuila/arteaga/arteaga.htm (284 words)

	essays research papers -- Francisco I. Madero
		The Rosary was born in the Property, Parras, Coahuila, in 1873.
		From 1904 it took part in political subjects of Coahuila.
		Failure to enforce any provision of this agreement or the Terms does not constitute a waiver for future enforcement of said Terms or terms of this agreement.
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=66170 (1672 words)

	The Alamo Alamo Pictures Alamo History and Alamo San Antonio Texas Hotels.
		During the Mexican War for Independence, Spanish troops occupied the buildings for several years and the soldiers were from a place called Alamo del Parras, Coahuila.
		Records show the buildings were referred to as The Alamo after the cavalry unit from Alamo de Parras arrived and moved into the mission compound.
		By the way, it is Alamo de Parras (not Pamas as you have it) and a "flying company" is a light, high-speed cavalry attack unit, they do not actually fly.
	www.texasescapes.com /SanAntonioTx/Alamo/Alamo.htm (1110 words)

	Francisco I. Madero. History. Mexico for kids.
		Madero was born at the El Rosario Hacienda in Parras,
		He became involved in politics in Coahuila in 1904.
		Three days later, Huerta ordered the assassination of Madero and Pino Suárez; this crime gave rise to the beginning of the Constitutionalist Revolution.
	www.elbalero.gob.mx /kids/history/html/rev/biomadero.html (629 words)

	Alamo Haunted House - HauntedHouses.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A calvary unit was stationed there in the early 1800's and the first recorded hospital in the Long Barrack was opened there.
		The soldiers stationed there renamed the building, The Alamo (which means cottonwood in Spanish), in honor of their hometown, Alamo De Parras Coahuila.
		This event turned San Antonio and the Alamo into a hot spot in the upcoming Mexican struggle against Spain for their independence.
	www.hauntedhouses.com /states/tx/house4.htm (1117 words)

	The cobra74 Creations Website
		During the following three years other kinsmen who had lived at Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Laguna de Parras, Coahuila, also crossed the border into Texas and raised the total Black Seminole population to approximately 180.
		The first complement of scouts carried out their tracking duties so well that Bliss raised the number of enlistees to thirty-one by the end of 1871.
		Because this village lay forty miles inside Mexico, the expedition relied heavily on the Black Seminoles and other scouts to prevent contact with Mexican soldiers and to assure a speedy withdrawal once the mission was accomplished.
	www.cobra74creations.com /panhandle/seminole.htm (757 words)

	Parras, Coahuila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We spent but a brief few hours in Torreon on the way from Parras to Mapimi in Durango State.
		Perhaps the most notable event from our point of view was the lunch that we ate in a certain US chain restaurant.
		It was spectacular, but we had to take a glance and then rush off on our way to the suspension bridge and mine of Durango's Mapimi.
	www.chandlerbates.com /MexiTrav/COA2003/torreon.html (153 words)

	Map of Parras, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico Mexico \| Multimap.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Map of Parras, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico Mexico
		Map of Parras, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico Mexico
		These locations are nearest as the crow flies, but may not be nearest by road.
	www.multimap.com /wi/1970.htm (74 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		He moved to Texas in 1823 and in 1825 purchased a large estate known as the Hacienda of the Furnaces in Parras, Coahuila.
		He served as secretary of the Executive Council of Coahuila and in 1832 was a member of the legislature of Coahuila and Texas.
		Grant was secretary of the legislature of Coahuila and Texas at Monclova from March 12 to April 22, 1835, when the government was broken up by Antonio López de Santa Anna's
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fgr12.html (447 words)

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