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Elisabeth Butzer honored by the Presidencia of Bustamante, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Elisabeth K. Butzer, Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas, was recently honored by the presidencia of Bustamante, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, for her contributions to understanding the roots of that town, founded in 1686. She had been awarded "honorary citizenship" in 2004, a distinction shared only by the state governor, for her book on the social and ecological history of the town.

Bustamante is one of but two municipalities that retain a substantial archive of Colonial records that document the role of Tlaxcalan settlers in opening up Mexico's northern frontier.