Chante Luna and the Commemoration of Actual Events
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2005
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Western Folklore
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On the first of January in 1891, a train departed Brownsville, Texas, on its way to Point Isabel on the Gulf Coast, with a large shipment of gold and silver. At a point known as Loma Trozada, where the narrow-gauge track passed through a small incline, this train was derailed by a gang of robbers who then locked the passengers in a boxcar and made off with the loot. It became clear that the leader of this gang of Robbers was a Texas-Mexican named Jose Mosqueda, who was eventually brought to justice and sentenced to life in prison.
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McDowell, John H. “Chante Luna and the Commemoration of Actual Events,” (2005) Western Folklore 64: 39-64.
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