As Precise as Possible, as Precise as Precise Can Get

As Precise as Possible, as Precise as Precise can Get

In the end, I've come up with an approximate area where I believe Antonio's property was located prior to the vigilante raids. Rubio states in his final chapter that it was located to the right of Copano Creek, where the three railroad scrips lay. As we discovered, Thomas O'Connor would eventually snap them up.

Yes, they were vacant, but I also know that the original plat drawn by Snively in 1849, put the starting point of Becerra's property somewhere between Alamita and Copano Creek, this is what I believe. As we know now, Antonio was sitting on 2,214 acres in 1875. The other 3/4ths had been sold or gifted away.

My idea as well as Rubio's idea of where it was located spans a few hundred yards apart. It would have been situated somewhere in-between where Rubio says it was and where I think it was. I'm posting two maps. The first one is an 1875 map, and the second one is from the General Land Office.

In the 1875 map, I put the original map followed by a yellow hazy area in the next one. That's where I believe Antonio's land was located. It lay somewhere in that yellow hazy area, in-between the two creeks and the three railroad scrips Rubio thought it should represent. It's a good reference point for anyone interested in documenting the story one day. I hope.

The second map is the General Land Office map, and you'll see a dark gray area (where I believe his property was) and the three colored rectangles, the railroad scrips (where Rubio thought it was). In the 4th image you'll see the yellow haze again. Rancho Alamito lay somewhere in there.

One last note, in the gray area of the second map. If you look closely at the square miles I measured and posted, it adds up to more or less 2,214 acres. Coincidence or not, who knows. I believe this is the final point of location, considering everything I've looked at these past 6 months.

Somewhere in that yellow haze, lies Antonio's de la Garza's land (present tense). Somewhere fittingly, two distant relatives might have met somewhere in the middle and come to an agreement. Working late into the night, when everyone's asleep I feel Rubio's spirit looking over my shoulders. I hope he's smiling up there...

Mark