Editing Zavala County, Texas (section)

=== The Wild Horse Desert ===
The area between the [[Rio Grande]] and the [[Nueces River]], which included Zavala County, became disputed territory known as the Wild Horse Desert, where neither the [[Republic of Texas]] nor the Mexican government had clear control. Ownership was in dispute until the [[Mexican–American War]]. The area became filled with lawless characters who deterred settlers in the area. An agreement signed between Mexico and the United States in the 1930s put the liability of payments to the descendants of the original land grants on Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wranker|first=Ralph|title=The South Texas Area|url=http://www.taliesyn.com/ralph/stex.htm|access-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bartlett|first=Richard C |title=The Wild Horse Desert |year=1995|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-70835-8|pages=123–141|author2=Williamson, Leroy |author3=Sansom, Andrew |author4=Thornton III, Robert L |chapter=The South Texas Plains}}</ref> According to a list of Spanish and Mexican grants in Texas,<ref>''With All Arms'', by Carl Laurence Duaine, New Santander Press, Edinberg, TX, 1987</ref> Pedro Aguirre owned 51,296 acres in Zavala County, while Antonio Aguirre had 34,552. Seven other people (including two women — Juana Fuentes and Maria Escolastica Diaz) — each had 4,650 acres.