Recently, Rhonda Holley accompanied me on a trip to Zapata for an archaeological project.  While there, we explored the old towns of Roma and San Ygnacio.   I had seen images on the Internet of suspicious buildings in Roma and was eager to find them.  One was used temporarily as a jail and does not fit the calaboose definition.  The other was a standing rock wall with bars in a window.  It turns out that most of the old windows in those towns had bars.  Rhonda is going to discuss this trip in more detail later.

Starr County is a long drive from Bryan and I was fortunate to have a job in the area.