Taming the Wild Horse Desert
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El Paso de los Arrieros
This was the site of a ford on the Rio Grande, and a ferry in the 19th c. The ranch was owned by Joaquin Garcia, original grantee of Mier porción 62.The ranch is located on the border of porciónes 63 & 64. Joaquin Garcia also owned a porción on the Mexican side of the river, likely 52, which was inherited by children of second wife, Petra Yzaguirre. There were ranches called Los Arrieros on both sides of the river. The principal one (at least in the 1780s church padrones) seems to have been those on the south side. In 1788 the ranch was called Casas Blancas. There is also an arroyo and a site called Casas Blancas on the N side of the river.
Mier 1782 Padron
The following residents were listed at this place in the 1782 padron (church census) of Mier, Nuevo Santander (listed by household number):
99 Jose Maria Garcia, español, married, age 26.
99 Maria Lucia Izaguirre, española, married, age 21.
99 Maria Gertrudis Garcia, española, a young child, age 3.
