Hidalgo County
Subtitle: Texas (Images of America)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738507729
Subjects: United States - State & Local - General; History - General History; History - U.S.; History: American
First sentence: In the mid-1500s, the first Europeans who came to the area now known as south Texas and northeast Mexico in search of gold and a water route to the riches of the Orient were repelled by the environment, and by the Native American tribes who had occupied the land for thousands of years.