Jump to content

Henri Castro

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lobosolo (talk | contribs) at 16:30, 2 August 2005. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Henri Castro was an empresario of the Republic of Texas. Only Stephen F. Austin was responsible for recruiting more families to Texas as an empresario. Castro was a French diplomat of Jewish and Portuguese descent. The families he recruited to emigrate to Texas came primarily from the Haut-Rhin region of Alsace, and they settled in the Medina River valley, just west of San Antonio. The city of Castroville on the Medina is named for him. Castro himself settled in Castroville.

This United States biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Henri_Castro&oldid=20122236"