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Archaeological Investigations Associated With The 1886 Hidalgo County Courthouse And Jail, Hidalgo County, Texas, Mark P. Luzmoor, Ashely E. Jones Jan 2017

Archaeological Investigations Associated With The 1886 Hidalgo County Courthouse And Jail, Hidalgo County, Texas, Mark P. Luzmoor, Ashely E. Jones

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

EGV Architects Inc. (Client), on the behalf of the City of Hidalgo, contracted with Raba Kistner Environmental, Inc. (RKEI) to perform archaeological services in support of the on-going restoration to the Old Hidalgo County Courthouse and Jail located in Hidalgo, Hidalgo County, Texas. Services requested included the documentation of two historic cisterns present in the vicinity of the Courthouse and Old Jail Building and the mapping of foundations recently uncovered during the restoration of the Courthouse Building.

The Courthouse and Jail were constructed simultaneously in 1886 by S.W. Brooks and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) …


Us 83 La Joya Loop Project, Hidalgo County, Texas, Christopher Ringstaff, Dan Rodriguez, Ken Lawrence Jan 2017

Us 83 La Joya Loop Project, Hidalgo County, Texas, Christopher Ringstaff, Dan Rodriguez, Ken Lawrence

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The proposed US 83 La Joya Loop Project is a new location roadway in southwestern Hidalgo County originating at US 83 and Showers Road near Havana and ending at US 83 approximately 0.8 miles east of FM 886 (El Faro Road) near the town of Peñitas. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) has an approximate length of approximately 10.5 miles with a total area of approximately 462.3 acres. The original survey was conducted between April and October of 2013

The present survey examined two parcels of the APE that were inaccessible due to denied of Right of Entry (ROE). The …