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Category: Hidalgo County

Angie Rocha, Community Activist

April 18, 2025 Ken Johnston

On my recent walk in Southwest Texas following the #Southern Road to Freedom, I met Angie Rocha, a recent college…

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Posted in: Call of Ancestors, Freedom, Hidalgo County, Southern Road to Freedom, Underground Railroad

From the archive: The Story of Abraham Rutledge – A Freedom Seeker

April 11, 2025 Ken Johnston

Listen in as Francisco Guajardo, of the Museum of South Texas History, discusses how historians “triangulate” research found in the…

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Posted in: Freedom, Hidalgo County, Texas, Underground Railroad

Article: The Johnston brothers have a story to tell: in art, history, and connecting food to the city

Ken Johnston

Working in different avenues of art, history, and food my brothers and I work to have a social impact on…

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Posted in: Hidalgo County, Interview, Murals, Philadelphia, Southern Road to Freedom, Texas, Underground Railroad, Walking

Dr. Francisco Guajardo discusses his family’s connection to the Rio Grande Valley

Ken Johnston

On the next to the last day of the Walking Southern Roads to Freedom journey I recently completed in McAllen,…

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Posted in: Hidalgo County, Texas, Underground Railroad, Walking

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