Description: In 1842, French banker Henri Castro secured a colonization grant and recruited more than two thousand Europeans to immigrate to Texas and populate his colony. The author describes the empresario system under which this community, now known as Castroville, was formed and considers the life of its founder.
Review Quotes: "Weaver breaks fresh ground in Castro's Colony. Spicing his work with tidbits from selected Belgian and German newspapers, he makes excellent use of available primary sources in numerous Texas collections as he describes the founding and early development of Henri Castro's colony on the frontier west of San Antonio."