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A shifting river, a century-long disagreement, and a peaceful agreement that changed the border between Texas and Mexico. On October 28, 1967, the United States and Mexico officially exchanged land to resolve the Chamizal dispute in El Paso. The new river channel opened the following year. But this story is about more than international diplomacy. Thousands of El Paso residents had to leave their homes and neighborhoods as the border changed. October 28, 2026 marked 59 years since that historic land exchange. Today, Chamizal National Memorial preserves the story of the agreement and its lasting impact. Have you visited the memorial, or does your family remember this chapter of El Paso history? Photos: National Park Service, Chamizal National Memorial cultural center with flags, October 14, 2017, and memorial entrance, undated, via NPGallery, public domain. Carol M. Highsmith, Chamizal National Memorial marker, El Paso, February 15, 2014, Library of Congress, no known restrictions on publication. Historical images: Chamizal Convention signature page, 1963, National Archives and Records Administration, via NPS; Los Alamos Grocery Store, El Paso, undated, photographed by William E. Wood Jr., via NPS. Public domain U.S. government materials. All adapted to vertical format; originals preserved unchanged. Additional scenes are digital historical illustrations. Chamizal dispute Chamizal National Memorial El Paso Texas history United States Mexico border history 1967 Chamizal land exchange Rio Grande border dispute Texas borderlands history #TexasMode #TexasHistory #ElPaso #Chamizal #BorderlandsHistory

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A Texas woman helped preserve one of the state's most important historical documents. 📜👀 Shortly after becoming Texas Secretary of State in 1927, Jane McCallum discovered an original copy of the Texas Declaration of Independence stored in a Capitol vault. She helped advance efforts to preserve the document and make it available for public display. But her story goes beyond that discovery. McCallum was also a suffrage organizer, writer, and public servant who spent years working to shape Texas history. Had you heard of Jane McCallum before today? Photos and document: Jane Y. McCallum, circa 1900, unknown photographer, Austin History Center/Austin Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Jane McCallum portrait published in Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, compiled by Sinclair Moreland, 1917, courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, public domain. Texas Declaration of Independence, original manuscript, page 1, March 2, 1836; digital scan by Texas State Archives, via Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright restrictions. All adapted to vertical format; source images preserved unchanged. Additional scenes are digital historical and contemporary illustrations, not exact reconstructions of her office, the Capitol vault, or documented events. Jane McCallum Texas Jane Y McCallum Texas Declaration of Independence Texas Capitol vault Texas Secretary of State history Texas women's history overlooked Texas history #TexasMode #TexasHistory #TexasWomen #JaneMcCallum #OverlookedHistory

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Before the Stockyards selfies, there was a whole working world here! 🤠🐂 The Fort Worth Stockyards wasn't always the popular destination Texans know today. Railroads, livestock pens, meatpacking plants, traders, and hardworking people helped turn this part of Fort Worth into a major livestock market. What visitors now recognize for its historic buildings, longhorns, and Western atmosphere was once a bustling center of the cattle industry. And for generations of Texans, the Stockyards has become a place filled with family memories. Have you visited? What's your favorite Fort Worth Stockyards memory? Photos: Carol M. Highsmith, Fort Worth Stockyards street view, August 31, 2014, and museum cattle-brand display, May 24, 2014, The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project; Stockyards entrance sign and longhorn, October 2012, Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Historical photo: Keystone View Company, Livestock Exchange Building, Fort Worth, published 1928, via Library of Congress. Public domain in the United States. Authentic images adapted to vertical format; originals preserved unchanged. Additional scenes are digital historical illustrations. Fort Worth Stockyards history Fort Worth Texas Stockyards Fort Worth cattle industry historic Texas livestock markets Fort Worth meatpacking history Exchange Avenue Fort Worth Texas cattle history #TexasMode #FortWorthStockyards #FortWorthTexas #TexasHistory #TexasLandmarks