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Chief of the Pastores Casimiro Romero

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Romero, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 32' 5.83915999992", -102° 53' 22.0009099992"
 
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    Moved to Texas, 1876, from New Mexico-- wife and two children in a coach, goods in 14 wagons. Owned 6,000 sheep. A Castilian Spaniard by birth, Romero spoke for pastores (sheep herders), who built eleven haciendas and plazas in Canadian River area. Cattle rancher Chas. Goodnight in late 1876 made a pact with Romero to respect right of the pastores to valley of Canadian River. But, railroads and cattle ranches in 1880s cut into sheep lands. Romero returned to New Mexico, selling Texas lands, 1897. He is memorialized in this area by town of Romero (3.5 miles southwest of here). 1970

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Chief of the Pastores Casimiro Romero Historical Marker Location Map, Texas