DISCOVER OLD D'HANIS

Project Credits

PROJECT TEAM

  • Patricia Markert
  • Michael Salton
  • Emily Grant
  • Hiu Yi Joyce Lee

ADDITIONAL HELP

  • Terrence Ju
  • Ricardo Ortiz Wilkins

A SPECIAL THANKS TO

  • Polo Rodriguez
  • The Rodriguez Family
  • Stella Boone
  • Elsie Rothe
  • Holy Cross Parish
  • John and Margaret Bergmann
  • Joe Fohn
  • Phil and Mary King
  • Tom Fillinger
  • Jeremy Trombley
  • Mike Katchabaw

WITH HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE COMMUNITIES WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE

  • D'Hanis
  • Castroville
  • Quihi
  • Vandenburg / New Fountain
  • Hondo
  • Medina County

THE OLD D'HANIS FIELD CREW (2018)

  • Hunter Crosby
  • Nolan O'Hara
  • Emily Sainz

FUNDING AND SUPPORT

  • Wenner-Gren Foundation
  • National Geographic Society
  • Council of Texas Archeologists
  • Mellon Foundation / American Council of Learned Societies
  • Binghamton University Research Foundation
  • Western University Faculty of Social Science Research Funds
  • Medina County Historical Commission
  • Castro Colonies Heritage Association

FEATURING RESOURCES FROM

  • The Old D'Hanis Archaeological Mapping Project
  • St. Dominic's / Holy Cross Parish Records (FamilySearch.com)
  • University of San Antonio Libraries
  • Medina County Land Records
  • Rothe & Associates, PLLC
  • The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries
  • The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
  • Texas General Land Office
  • The Library of Congress
  • Ancestry.com
  • Texas State Library and Archives
  • Texas Digital Archive
  • Newspapers.com

FEATURING QUOTES AND CITATIONS FROM

  • Barr, Alwyn (2004) The African Texans. University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio. San Antonio.
  • CCHA Castro Colonies Heritage Association (Compilation) (1994) The History of Medina County, Texas (Vol. 1). Curtis Media. Dallas.
  • Crook, Cornelia (1988) Henri Castro: A Study of Early Colonization in Texas. St. Mary's University Press. San Antonio.
  • Domenech, Abbé (1858) Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico: A Personal Narrative of Six Years Sojourn in those Regions. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts. London.
  • Fohn, Nicholas (1981) Fohn Memories: Heritage of a Castro Colony Immigrant Family in Texas. Self-published by Nicholas H. Fohn. Uvalde, Texas.
  • Jordan, Terry G. (1978) Texas Log Buildings: A Folk Architecture. University of Texas Press Austin.
  • National Register of Historic Places (1972) D'Hanis Historic District. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form. National Archives Catalog.
  • Sowell, Andrew Jackson (1986) Texas Indian Fighters. State House Press. McMurry University. Abilene.

CITATION

Markert, Patricia G., Michael Salton, Emily Missetta Grant, and Joyce Lee. Discover Old D'Hanis for Windows/Mac, V. 1., Saltbox Interactive.