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Old 07-07-2010, 05:52 PM
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The South Texas Border 1900-1920
I just found out that a snake farm existed in my hometown of Rio Grande City in the early 1900s. Here is a gallery from the Robert Runyon border photo collection.

American Memory from the Library of Congress - Collection - gallery view

Crazy. Those were very different times...
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
that guy is craaaazy lolol
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920


were hots not hot back then or was everyone immune
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Those dudes have grande cajones!! Hope I got the spelling right.
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were hots not hot back then or was everyone immune
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Thanks for posting the picture and the link. I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures at the link you posted. This picture shows they even photo shop pictures way back then to. Just look at the head of the rattlesnake. That tong and fangs are just to funny.




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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
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that is alot of BULL! (snake that is)

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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Yes, that bottom pic is definitely a bunch of bulls
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Oops... I was wrong.

It was the Rio Grande Snake Farm near Brownsville, TX.

Not Rio Grande City.
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Those dudes have grande cajones!! Hope I got the spelling right.
It's "cojones".
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
That's a big atrox.

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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
holy jeebus
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Yeah...that's huge!
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Wowwweee! O-O
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Holy Smokes Those Are So Cool!! It Really Makes Me Sad That You Just Don't See Atrox That Big Anymore.
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Cojones grandes. Sorry Star!!!
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Re: The South Texas Border 1900-1920
Yeah yeah cool Crotes....

But look at all those Texas Indigos!



Thanks for the link!

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