Fester Senior Member 814 posts Likes: 3 Joined Sep 2011 Location: Texas, South of the border of Mexico More info | Jul 09, 2013 21:43 | #5206 navydoc wrote in post #16098528  Some day I need to make the 'pilgrimage' to Texas. I have ancestors who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1835 and settled near Gonzales, Tx. This is my 3rd great grandfather: He Overpaid for the Land by at least $500
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J-Blake Great Googley Moogley!  More info | Jul 09, 2013 23:15 | #5207 |
navydoc Cream of the Crop  More info | Jul 10, 2013 06:10 | #5208 Fester wrote in post #16106454 He Overpaid for the Land by at least $500 I mean, we are talking 1830's I'm no land expert but perhaps the Salinas land grant was prime real estate at the time. Here is an interesting story about Jose Salinas, the land grant owner, and that he wouldn't take gold for the land: Jose Maria Salinas of San Antonio de Bexar who had received the four leagues (17,712 acres) as a special grant from the Supreme Government of the State in 1827,agreed to sell the land for $3,000 in cash. Salinas would not accept the gold which the leader Hodges offered, so they had to travel to New Orleans to exchange it for Mexican silver dollars. With $3,000 in silver loaded on pack mules, and with several young men of the Gonzales area as guards, Hodges traveled the old road to San Antonio, and on August 1, 1835, a deed was signed by Salinas and his wife, Terresa Arriala, transferring the four leagues to James Hodges. "Old Jose Salinas" and his lost buried silver. As the story is told, at the time Jose Salinas sold his lands, there was already unrest in San Antonio, and the threat of war between the Texas settlers and the Government of Mexico. Fearing that his recently acquired $3,000 in silver would be stolen or lost, Old Salinas, telling no one of the exact location, buried the bags of silver somewhere within the walls of the San Jose Mission. Soon thereafter, and before he could reveal the hiding place to his family, Salinas took sick and suddenly died. It has been said that over the years, many a hole has been dug on the grounds of the old mission. However, the silver has never been found. Gene - My Photo Gallery ||
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navydoc Cream of the Crop More info | Jul 10, 2013 06:13 | #5209 J-Blake wrote in post #16106690  _DSC8800 by jondblake, on FlickrVery nice Jon. Did you happen to get any shots when the sun was hitting the valley floor too? Gene - My Photo Gallery ||
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J-Blake Great Googley Moogley! More info | Jul 10, 2013 07:33 | #5210 Thanks Gene. No, that shot is the first one taken when we got there and I felt lucky to get the sun on the ridge though clouds would have been nice. However, I did manage to get the full moon lighting up the valley floor....  _DSC9049 by jondblake, on FlickrJon
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ToddLambert I don't like titles  More info | Jul 10, 2013 19:10 | #5211 Nice, Jon! I want to shoot that really bad. Someday...
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evo5ive Senior Member  302 posts Likes: 2 Joined Dec 2009 Location: Barbados More info | Shot at the ruins of an actual pirate mansion in Barbados, looking through the house from front entrance to rear.  Kirk
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J-Blake Great Googley Moogley! More info | Jul 10, 2013 23:25 | #5213 Todd Lambert wrote in post #16109183 Nice, Jon! I want to shoot that really bad. Someday... Thanks Todd! It's a wonderful subject and I'm going to shoot it again but it is a real challenge to get to! Aside from being in the middle of no where the last 4 miles is on perhaps the worst gravel road I've ever been on. Plan accordingly. Jon
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Jul 11, 2013 06:26 | #5214 An abandoned school in Kandahar Afghanistan
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Jul 11, 2013 11:06 | #5215 Really digging this one. Well done. Toolman21 - Canon 60d & T1i (sold) - Canon 17-55 | Canon 17-85 | Canon 50mm 1.4 | Sigma 10-20 | Canon 55-250
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jeffreybehr Senior Member  More info | Oak creek West Fork (AZ) apple farm   Entrance to the storage cave.  This is about 12 miles north of Sedona, in Oak Creek Canyon. Fuji X-H2 w/SmallRig all-around L-plate.. Fugi lenses in 10-24/4, 16-55/2.8, 70-200, and 33/1.4, Canon TS-Es in 24/3.5 and 50/2.8, and Viltrox 75/1.2.. Gitzo GT-3533S Systematic tripod with leveler and Rogeti geared head.
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Jul 12, 2013 09:55 | #5217 how about an abandoned limestone quarry?  tunnel time by steve_southerland, on Flickr the monster beneath by steve_southerland, on Flickr dump by steve_southerland, on FlickrMy Gear My Flickr
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ToddLambert I don't like titles More info | Jul 12, 2013 20:16 | #5218 That's damn cool, Steve. The processing really works for these too.
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crimsonblack Goldmember  2,052 posts Likes: 6 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada More info | Jul 13, 2013 02:39 | #5219 Oh Man! This is construction that needs to be moved and saved. LOL... I'd put that in my back yard. LOL... Awesome!!! | 7D Gripped | 28-135 f/3.5-4.6 | 50 f/1.8 || --- Sony F717 digital (infrared) --- Bunch of Film Stuff:- | Nikon & Nikkormat | 50/28/70-150/400 | B & J 4x5 large format | Mamiya C220 |
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crimsonblack Goldmember 2,052 posts Likes: 6 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada More info | Jul 13, 2013 02:46 | #5220 That's awesome! Looks movie ready for some whacked out horror flick. LOL | 7D Gripped | 28-135 f/3.5-4.6 | 50 f/1.8 || --- Sony F717 digital (infrared) --- Bunch of Film Stuff:- | Nikon & Nikkormat | 50/28/70-150/400 | B & J 4x5 large format | Mamiya C220 |
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