Luna's Jacal
by Judy Vincent
Title
Luna's Jacal
Artist
Judy Vincent
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Luna Jacal or Luna's Jacal was the residence of Gilberto Luna, a Mexican pioneer farmer in the area of Texas that would become Big Bend National Park. The jacal, an indigenous Tejano dwelling suited to the desert environment, was built about 1890 with a low sandstone and limestone wall about 4 feet, with forked poles set upright into the walls, supporting roof poles. A heavier line of poles extends the length of the jacal. The roof was made of ocotillo branches weighted down with earth and stones, presently replaced with an inappropriate soil-cement roof. Luna died there in 1947 at age 108 or 109. By some accounts he had 11 wives and fathered over 50 children, but that could be an exaggeration.
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November 28th, 2015
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