W. Eugene George, Texas A&M University Press, $35, Hardcover.
In 1953, twelve Spanish Colonial-period settlements were inundated by Falcon Reservoir’s rising waters—the U.S. and Mexican government’s effort to dam the Rio Grande River. Eighty-seven thousand acres soaked with promises of flood control, irrigation, power and recreation while generations of Spanish homes and architectural treasures obliterated. During 1983 and again in the late 1990s, the submerged village was uncovered by receding water, revealing a lost way of life and historic artifacts. Lost Architecture documents these settlements, specifically Guerrero Viejo, a thriving community during the mid-18th century, the grandest of cities, where European goods were shipped up the Rio Grande from New Orleans.
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Steve and Marcie Shaw developed Great American Adventures in 1998, offering steamboat cruises, train rides and history-based horseback rides. A former B-52 navigation instructor and a retiree from the automotive industry, Steve is a member of Western Writers of America and the Single Action Shooting Society, and the author of Beyond the Rio Grande. He has appeared on History Channel’s Wild West Tech and on A&E’s Biography. Visit Great-American-Adventures.com or call 505-286-4585 to find out more about his adventures.