Rio Bravo
Kerissa Pena
The most well known river from my hometown of Edinburg is the Rio Grande River. The river starts in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado as snow melts and ends as it feeds into the Gulf of Mexico. The river is also the border between the United States of America and Mexico since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cemented this political boundary in 1848. It is known mostly that the immigrants from Mexico crossed over to the U.S. It is that close for people to swim across the river to get to the United States of America. I chose to take pictures of the Anzalduas Park because you can see it clearly from the U.S. and Mexico of the Rio Grande River that is separating between our two countries. Since it is a state park we can do activities with it by fishing, boating and swimming but of course do not cross to another country.
The history of the river is that in 1848 the Rio Grande River was officially established as the border between the U.S. and Mexico. It is the 20th longest river on Earth that exists today. The three top industries that use the river are agricultural, mining and recreation.
Anzalduas Park is in Mission Texas and it is only 30 minutes away from Edinburg. I live pretty close to the Rio Grande River. The landscape and water are so beautiful especially on a sunny warm day. I love it during the summer and spring time because you see the grass so green and cool off in the water from a hot day. Have a Barbeque with your friends and family at the park.
As you can see on these four photographs, people from both sides of the countries are enjoying the Rio Grande River with their families and friends. I hear kids playing and people are laughing, joking and having a conversation. I hear loud Spanish music coming from Mexico having a wonderful day with their families as well in the U.S. A family was fishing and people were on a boat just having a great time. They were just doing their own thing minding their own business and having a blast.
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Photograph of the Rio Grande River. Inscription on the back reads "Brownsville, Texas looking west from bank of Rio Grande towards Ferry landing Mexico (Matamoros) and U.S. Customs House, May 25, 1915."
Even Though the Rio Grande River is most known for people crossing over to the U.S. from Mexico, and it is the border between our two countries that is separating us. What I see and experience are two different countries sharing and enjoying the river. Do I see a problem with that? No it is not but over the years more and more immigrants from Mexico coming in the U.S using the Rio Grande River and it became a bigger problem. Is there a way that both countries enjoy the river and at the same time make it hard for immigrants not to cross over to the U.S?
Overall Anzalduas Park is a good place to enjoy the Rio Grande River.
References
https://bigbendfarflung.com/how-the-rio-grande-almost-killed-an-american-president/#:~:text=The%20Rio%20Grande%20Through%20Time&text=1830s%3A%20The%20river%20becomes%20the,between%20Mexico%20and%20the%20US.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth704091/?q=rio%20grande%20river%20