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Río Frío (Cold River) is a town on the superhighway between Mexico City and the city of Puebla. Sneeze and you'd miss it. But back in the time of my novel-- the mid-19th century-- it was an important stop on the stagecoach highway that came through the sierra en route to Puebla and the main port at Veracruz. There was an inn and a fort, which, from the look of it today, must have taken a couple century's worth of bullets and mortars. In March 1866, Baron Fréderic Victor d'Huart, a close friend and aide to the Empress Carlota's brother, the Duke of Flanders, was murdered here by bandits. This is a photo of trees along the road, as I imagine the stagecoach highway might have looked then. Photo Copyright (c) C.M. Mayo  Here's the fort:  Click here to read an excerpt from the novel set near Río Frío. Photo Copyright (c) C.M. Mayo >>>Return to C.M. Mayo's "Last Prince of the Mexican Empire" Photos. >>>Return to excerpt, "March 4, 1866: Río Frío". |