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Old 03-16-2009, 11:24 PM
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I know that RGV had already posted some pics of UTB but I will go ahead and add my own to the forum. These were taken a year ago or so.

Aerial taken in 2007. Newer buildings not shown


Gorgas Hall Built c.1860s





Old Morgue C1860s

















Old Cotton Compress








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Old 03-17-2009, 05:56 AM
 
Location: Portland, TX. (next to Corpus Christi)
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Great pics as usual, Btx! Makes me want to visit there even more!


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Old 05-19-2009, 09:18 AM
 
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Those are great pictures. It amazes me that the University of Texas-Brownsville has grown so fast. Brownsville needed it. Is that a lake on campus? Once again thanks for the pictures.
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:26 AM
 
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Not many people know, but there used to be a mass grave on the UTB grounds around the 1910s. Many bodies were from people killed during the Mexican Revolution. There was a major flood that happened, I think in 1911, and all the coffins rose to the surface due to the water. I have seen accounts in the newspapers written during this time of people claiming some of these corpses were "coming alive" like zombies. I always had this idea for a movie where a lone frontier cavalry post was stationed there (remember how remote and isolated Brownsville was at this time) and having to deal with the "zombie uprising", lol. Think "The Magnificent Seven meets Night of the Living Dead".
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Anchorage, AK to SoCal to Missoula, MT
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Beautiful, thanks!
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Old 05-19-2009, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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Very nice pics! That truly is a beautiful campus.
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Old 05-19-2009, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Northeast Texas
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Wow, that is a very beautiful campus!

Thanks for taking these pictures.
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Old 05-21-2009, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Houston
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It looks very nice.
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