Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí "Texas' First Cattle Queen," in Roots by the River (Mission, Texas: Border Kingdom, 1978). Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí (1752–1803) was a rancher known as the first "cattle queen" of Texas. She was born in Mexico, in what is now known as Tamaulipas. Her parents, Juan José de Hinojosa and María Antonia Inés Ballí de Benavides, were Spanish aristocrats who had priority rights to extensive land grants and public offices because they were Primitive Settlers. In 1767 her family moved to Reynosa, where her father had been appointed as alcade. Rosa married José María Ballí,
Felipe Garín Ortiz de Taranco Felipe Garín Ortiz de Taranco Felipe Maria Garin Ortiz de Taranco (February 14, 1908 - June 7, 2005) was a Spanish writer, researcher and Academician of art. Born in Valencia on February 14, 1908. He was member of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia (Spain) in 1940, in this institution he exercised as president for more than two decades, the period 1974-1999. He died on June 7, 2005 in Valenciay. Because of its dual legal and historical formation, Felipe Garin could practice in both fields, but not equally. His interest in history began soon and most