(From one of our seven readers: Graphic attached is from an article about Juan Cortina. If you look closely, the name of Charles Stillman is shown in the store sign in the background.)
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(Ed.'s Note: The name Juan Cortina still polarizes local residents who either side with him – a descendant of the original Espiritu Santo Land grant – or with the Anglo Brownsville residents, including Stillman, who eventually ended up grabbing the land through questionable methods, using the courts, the U.S. military and texas Rangers to achieve it. The article our reader sent us is no longer available on the Internet, but the title probably refers to the three-day takeover of Brownsville by Cortina and his band of followers. Thanks for the graphic.)