Old City Buildings Hunting Denied....Pictures

[Smokey]

THIS IS WHY:

Welcome to the Roma National Historic Landmark District. In November 1993, the 9-square block area around the Roma Plaza was designated a National Historic Landmark District, the highest designation for historic properties in the U.S. Tracing its roots to Spanish colonists in the 1760s, Roma contains physical reminders of over two centuries of
Texas/México boderlands heritage. Roma's early history is rooted in the Spanish colonial period. In 1746, José de Escandón received permission from the Spanish Crown to colonize Nuevo Santander, which extended from the Sierra Madre Oriental to the Gulf of México and from the rainforest of Tamaulipas northward beyond the Rio Grande. By 1752, Escandón had founded the towns of Camargo, Reynosa, Revilla, and Mier south of the Rio Grande and Dolores on the north bank, followed by Laredo in 1755.

The Roma National Historic Landmark District contains over 30 structures built before 1900.
Each is a monument to the courageous, pioneering spirit of Spanish Colonial and Mexican
settlers and the decades of subsequent prosperity as an important commercial center for
this area of the Texas/México borderlands.

DENIED!!!​

Pictures of the Historical Sites:

 

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[Smokey]

Re: Old City Buildings Hunting Denied....

Rio Grande River Suspension Bridge

 

[Smokey]

Re: Old City Buildings Hunting Denied....

Old Convent

 

[Prober]

Re: Old City Buildings Hunting Denied....

Bummer, too bad. Looks like there could be some stuff lurking there somewhere.

 

[Ima Swinger]

Re: Old City Buildings Hunting Denied....

Oh well, you got to learn some cool stuff anyway!!
Nice pics.

Ima

 

[Smokey]

Re: Old City Buildings Hunting Denied....

Old House

 

[Smokey]

Old House 2

 

[Smokey]

How bout Some Beer!!!

 

[RUDY2003]

Dang it Bandit, you can just hear those sites calling your name?
It's too bad they're off limits.

 

[Smokey]

Dang it Bandit, you can just hear those sites calling your name?
It's too bad they're off limits.

Yes, It's Hard To Just Drive By Them......

 

[Hardy]

SOME ONE WILL INVENT A COIL THAT CAN BE WORN AS A SHOE, AND A PIN POINTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A CAIN SOME SITES SHOULD REMAIN HANDS OFF AND KEPT AS A NATIONAL TREASURE YET IT WOULD BE NICE JUST TO GET SOME SIGNALS AROUND THOSE BUILDINGS

 

[BioProfessor]

Too bad about not being able to hunt but you will find that to be true at any place that is a National Monument or on the National Historical site list. There is, however, a way to hunt the place if you are lucky and at the right place at the right time.

It is against the law to MD on these sites and remove any historical artifacts. While this is the law on the books, the control of these sites may be local. There may be a board in charge or it may be the local historical society. They decide, many times, what happens on the site. If there are federal employees in those brown/green shirts with hats on, you can forget this. It won't happen.

If the site is under local control, talk to them about either adding to the collection of artifacts they already have from the site or maybe starting a collection to display. If they think it is a good idea, you can volunteer to be the person to detect, find, clean and stabilize, and present to the local board. You can't keep the stuff but you can visit it. I know of places this has worked before. They want to display artifacts or open a small "museum" but they don't have a way to get them.

Worth a shot if you just want to find out what's there and be able to say "I found that" and work with the local board.

Daryl