Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí 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, who was a captain of the militia. She inherited 55,000 acres of land from
Felipe Jesus Consalvos has appeared in a number of public exhibitions and collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. (Greaves 2008). Consalvos has been described by art critic Roberta Smith as a "self-starting modernist" who is "nearly on a par with folk-art greats like Henry Darger, Martin Ramirez and James Castle." According to Smith, Consalvos' work "belongs to the collage continuum from Hannah Höch to Barbara Kruger." (Smith 2006). "Felipe Jesus Consalvos," Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. Glueck, Grace. "Reminders of America's Many Pasts," "New York Times", January 21, 2005, p. 33. Greaves, Brendan. "Cigarmaker,