Henri CastroPapers 1839-1846, 1884

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Henri CastroPapers 1839-1846, 1884

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00396/00396-P.html

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Castro, Henri

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Empresario; colonizer of the Texas towns of Castroville, D'Hanis, Quihi, and Vandenburg. From the guide to the Henri Castro Papers 21613885., 1839-1846, 1884, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Castro, Henri, 1786-1865

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Henry Castro, born in France of Portugese ancestry, contracted to bring emigrants from France to settle in Southwest Texas. Between 1843 and 1847 he brought 485 families and 457 single men, mainly from Alsace and across the border in Germany, to establish the earliest permanent settlements between San Antonio and the Rio Grande. From the description of Papers of Henri Castro, 1825-1866 (bulk 1845-1847). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id...