Federico Villalba's Texas, a Mexican Pioneer in the
Big Bend
by Juan Manuel Casas
This is the story of Federico Villalba who, as a young man, moved with his family
from old San Gerónimo, Chihuahua in the 1880s to begin ranching near the village
of San Carlos, near Lajitas, Texas. He prospered and eventually crossed over the
Rio Grande to settle and ranch at Burro Mesa. There, Villalba married, built his
herd of cattle and angora goats, discovered cinnebar and opened a store at Cerro
Villalba (later Study Butte) and a leather goods store in Santa Elena.
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