What to see in America . The Rio Grande at Eagle Pass way has great beauty. Specially worthy of mention is thecanyon where the turbid Pecos approaches the Rio Grandebetween rock walls several hundred feet deep. Down nearthe mouth of the Rio Grande is Brownsville. The placehas only had a railroad since 1905, and the region is in manyways characteristically Mexican. Almost everything thrivesin the subtropical climate there. The fruits grown includebananas, oranges, lemons, figs, and prunes. Even in mid-winter the natives are luxuriating in such delicacies as greenpeas and strawberries from their
What to see in America . The Rio Grande at Eagle Pass way has great beauty. Specially worthy of mention is thecanyon where the turbid Pecos approaches the Rio Grandebetween rock walls several hundred feet deep. Down nearthe mouth of the Rio Grande is Brownsville. The placehas only had a railroad since 1905, and the region is in manyways characteristically Mexican. Almost everything thrivesin the subtropical climate there. The fruits grown includebananas, oranges, lemons, figs, and prunes. Even in mid-winter the natives are luxuriating in such delicacies as greenpeas and strawberries from their own gardens. Texas 307. A Rustic Home Somewhat more than ahundred miles up thecoast is Corpus Christi,a popular resort for bothwinter and summer. Itis on a beautiful bay,has a delightful climate,and claims to be un-equaled for sea bathing,fishing, and boating. In 1685 La Salle, the famous French explorer, establisheda colony on the Lavaca River near where it enters Mata-gorda Bay. Two years later, when, out of the two hundredwho landed only forty-five had survived, he set forth to getassistance from Canada. He had not gone far when someof his little party organized a mutiny and shot him from anambuscade. They and all the others except two perishedbefore any chance offered to return to Europe. Just after the war of 1812 ended, Jean Lafitte, the Pirateof the Gulf, built a fort on the site of the city of Galveston,and a flourishing town grew up in which his own house,appropriately painted red, was the most conspicuous his men he was known as the Lord of Galveston. In1821 the United States sent an ex
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