Immigration Border Wall Creeps Up On Historic Cemetery With Ties To Underground Railroad. Many border wall projects along the Texas-Mexico border have been met with controversy, including one next ...

In 1857, Nathaniel Jackson, a white farmer, fled Alabama with his beloved, Matilda Hicks, who had been a slave. They landed in deep South Texas in the Rio Grande Valley where they married and ran a… ...

Nathaniel Jackson freed 17 slaves and brought most of them with him to build a community at the Mexican border. The cemetery where he is buried may be at risk of desecration.

If Yorba Linda wanted to transform part of its border with Anaheim into what could become a graffiti-strewn eyesore, local officials say they would be hard-pressed to beat the $12.5-million plan ...

SAN JUAN, Texas (Border Report) — In 1857, a white farmer named Nathaniel Jackson fled Alabama with his beloved Matilda Hicks, who had been a slave, and they landed in deep South Texas in the ...

Texas cemeteries with ties to Underground Railroad in shadow of border wall construction by: Sandra Sanchez. Posted: Aug 29, 2020 / 05:44 PM CDT. Updated: Sep 1, 2020 / 10:32 AM CDT ...