Retracing the Underground Railroad through South Texas

An event that brought people from all over the country in 2025 to retrace the route of the Underground Railroad from South Texas to Mexico is returning. Roseann Bacha-Garza, manager of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Community Historical Archaeology project with Schools (CHAPS) joined Border Report Live to discuss the upcoming three-day event being held Feb. 27-March 1 that starts in Alamo, Texas. Bacha-Garza says this year they’re walking 24 miles. In March 2025, the group walked 65 miles over seven days, retracing several sites where “freedom seekers” went through South Texas.