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rr./in -i * p\ Roniior po^twith a distinctly SpaslA tlttos*phlt;\ lt;llio t;» i rivi o t'nx has ^ !'♦•« nt l a nvformed wit (tin short spaa of two ears Into a thriving andbusthrV cit \ . t* f -'lt;*?»- \\Ph ,;*ti\:’\ iind N\ flit W)dt aw i ke aul t M’l Inri.nimp 1 • • 5 sintMR men. Oil, thatiswu; a !?nn« ’a' xx h * c i ■ at - r*power has always drawn with ir-vsndstlhle forc^ nian x\ ith his am* bit and h daw • ja-pon-d vn j t • t o i; a 1 i a - * * ; t w a k c C i p. * 1 •rv 7 \ * «i • I*! border cc*n 01110* ttyIVlVH g into the ar hivo lt;! th* past, th. . U -! u’t history •*. th* Xpu tiding .. ud «I♦ v elopm* nt os K; lt;Grande i':t v ivvt aled. showing tht* optImism and faith of th* eat ! aetlbrs in tit * day w hen th* lower V.ill.A !»‘VOi\lHi Ml l»pli*‘S I ! o : Ithe Sf.’irt coiaia tow n oat h w**k by boa ITho in Ut t lt;m s of progress a • e #UMked in tho stiff and yellow.*d pages of IT 1 i onterizo. the week-|y newspaper, whose publicationbegan in lt»lu On August 22. 1923,tin- tiiM . 4 page edition of any\ alle periodical was published asa special issue celebrating the first i! un to ho run frlt;u*i Br**wnsvi!!-*to Rio Grande CitvI tail road Reaches I u.v.Savs El Fronterizo. “A far flung' ■ 'Wfr W ' 1h *. hw u joins the outpost with tho n * ;ropoli a railroad connec tsth* pioneers with th.o newcomersIn most eases tho old town is ah*■he oast bio.. 111 in citrus and palm • 'tsturdv and reliable always — advancing with a slow but sure growth fully auurc of her own* i ♦ p* * nda 1* I on* •'-s. Rio Grande hasuown yeari\ in prosperity. Sogtudual have the changes com*that tin »ould easily have pa — od umion. .! in comparison w ith 1 In* rapid development of hertawh acquired neighbors of 11it an, though through lovaltv ■ o^ 41tr ^i1 • M \a .i n |*w vornm-nt pv* t. r t ■ bo known as Mexiean-AmericansOf the|VO 1 i»« ! It }whom_ inal Garza familyVtlit4 land 1 m lonct il, andK i- • Uiti nd» IS ilt; •* i t r»1, I hlt; I **I• rou,^ d*-lt; nt s lix in* ' \ Th*‘ 1 ; I■j.Mia* «- lt;UirzA Flt;i -c- n. th** F.t!-the Kne*, I I T I Jt .* ! ,rbed in the nmking of the new dalgo and Farneron counties”I*the title correspondingish ‘vKsquir* / Moi ofdi^scendants took the) J—lt; i 11;\ nain t-s iind tHiditions a vet1 1 or Nx*\\ HcmmP.1 i ftX * * ft I Bilx uaii.‘ of C»am d*ri%ovf. * 4. «n i lu* main lt;hanu- that n\lt;*. . .. .. .. .. .Fontinuing F! Frontei i/.o savsImij; the Ut-1 appt Ikition and \m t1V ft . 4 . * ,i ii illt‘ In such t celebration as thea fttrvvard known V»v Ka!ot»n’ante wonders if sueh will be the . use wnh Kio Grande i'it withher three quarters of a century oxtstence at ia si lt;o met ted with t lu rest of* the work! bx railN%-* hnc iti the foothills ofSt. m county a town of :M00 inhabitants Kiel Grande lias until now ain*-d a town apart fromtil*- othei Urn t'. i a mb* Valley towns' and since the miraculous do-v.’opment of the Lower Valley has stood b\ as an old and s. a-^ ^ -rr- - ■soued oak watching the forest toK.lt; • to i-i Fn sta. it is only mote.. ■ i bount t hat one should lo.lt;k h... Kw ird long enough to do homage to thus * *urd\ |ionelt; rs ofthe Southwest.Tin* first settlers in what is now* the Kio Grande border of T. \us were for most part Spanish. a; t« : the Mexkan War a c ; • at numb, r of Ann i leans tarried in tin- \‘al!ey country; many of thesepeople intet married and th** result is that th** descendants of tin*first families are Spanish Amen“There were a number of thelater Garza daughters who inarri-V *1V*» •I *Hi la k’la v■» ...*i ror* ntH iijtic wife of If Ia\i\ the founder of Rioe lt;it y Do iris had lt;o rae outKentucky to join Taylor’s■ *rlt; » oM tic* ; '■ ■ va ♦ * . ra • * ^! * * x -iv-v and he afterward se:‘U-d *nnorth Uh- *i th# Kio tlrand*lai - • fa ?a;!y of cki!*h » n sn? x w » M r : r,*! M ? lt;lt;’.ay i ax a?ol th#-irold* T il.lULlrf*’, 1,!|. aT;(, ha lt;al-W*®JT® lived in tti® v ld fanii’ h«n;etwhich was the first r.--id*urn* built in Kio Grande C'ity. Miss Lou was ;i teacher in the public schools for4»» years unlt;! was at on** time post p.ism-s. She is affectionately know*' to the townspeople a^- TiaI.ou.”Marries Sam st«*wart.A '*•lt; ..ml «la igliter w as marrieda ?■ i Strwwia xx h#. ♦ am«* t# lti*»mk as a ch-rk on tin firs7 com* 11 ial steamboat, 1 hin ship call!*was sunk at thoRatonHi it’oft• its-.*■«d fi• I'Mthe “Baton”, whichsunk directly in front of where the house now stands. The cypresswood has withstood wear and tear throughout all these years*; * I ii those early 50’s John Peter K* Isie migrated from his northern home, and established a bus*-1»y h i s vv i i I o wM irv 1 Ie.il* fphysician of11*• ss i ron, v hichprunfederacy is survivedand daughter. Dr.Kdgerton. practising the town.' Ern* -t Marks. former tountv— 1 Wfanti district clerk, who was mar*interests as tin* year - pa• -ed.is only child. Mr A nit i KelsoSura !'• nu of another fm-tnetfamily, reared a. *: ge fan i 1 v 1! i'll Aven :** •!*** k. ar.tl young nt oon afterward cast his 1 .*’ .a t he fronti, i town Severalchildren - H'VlVe the St»*wart.whom Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Tonchar* iil *■- here.Juan Deck* r was another old ! n er. and his son George Decker, and two daughters continue tolive in the old horn**, which wasbuilt along the river front.This frame building was constructed from hard wood lumbert.i *nde City for a busin^-s -we. These were Emile Lafarrtjue ami J ul.*-n Lu'C't*. w*feo establish^'! ilarge mercantile business Thewidows of both men, Mrs C* uli.* I» lt;k* ! Lafarrigue M r s An. .mi *Lucaze. and the daughter of thelat'tef Mrs G S.dis m.d c Mi**ihome in Kio GrandeEnglishman Settles.“Dr. Hedley, an Englishman, who hvnd first MSfxico, th*m inTexas, and later sewsed in the Gon-V. , I •*Bass, continues her resid* m »* in* iamilj. tho home of ner parentsTwo young Frenchmen who cross**d the Atlantic, passed through the Gulf of Mexico ;tn*i on up th**Ki* lt;rand** looking for •»lt;•.!?mnchose first Famargo ami I tt* ;* Ho*r* .! i I sa nil*■*d - -M trk■ . t i { * zT S\ *t « tl*S. V.! * Di ! M i fX_t\ \ ^ra!T h * ‘ IH M 1-4 fMM'd I *! \ t iMia n «’or t**z *t ime kio lt;»i a ndim n-.VI i ? i i 1 ia nu j * *z, a -*i Urni!’. {lt; o-m } | ; r ■,f • ‘ ‘ i r m i u \ # n r - ’ t ? k mf w n * i ■ i ? i 1 * i * t 11 a 11 * \1 t g t v t i' I'has a * ♦ a * n t * i t h i lt;^ « t i», nthe old dyji, he lug to t h •uitUp htisirn—y Hu -on. ^alixtro-, _ JCCMdl 1 nu and is on** of Ws'?u!;.o?u niojr-hant^ of thnt * xx n.n Hiot k \vhn rarne from A ^ i* e In Y$S owni the larfMt Bier-*antilt- est.i h!ihinf-nt in tht* town.At one time the Block firm i.shetl supplies in Hidalgo county,u ♦' 1!h-i V *i*i f ? *!Valli in\ .liU* rV*ping them down every eightduv by boat. His sons. Manetand Iaicien, and r*m* daughter,Fandle, form his family A relative, r. is Bio* k, has also li**en a resident of Kio Grande for 45 years.Other Pioneer Families.‘ uihet pioneer families include‘h** s.i lin o lt;;«•*•■/.**« - * »;\ * / Hi-n *j»-a, G»*naga Izaguirr** Tijeri-r i Guinn, Xtx. Martin Solis Mon-!***• Mirgo. V'alle, Lopez and Gue-?a ill of whom helped to pava• h* way for those wdio came later.All praise to these builders of• he pro- *-ding gero-i *tion who laid-trlt;*ng foundations for th** presenti.iv Railroad facilities were deniedto most of them but th**y plannedv, - ;S and wisely for th** 'morrow.Now that the frultation of their• arty seed of industry is about tobe harvested, it would he well for the * itizen of today to emulate theexample of ther forefathers, and plan, too, for the future.
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McAllen Monitor
McAllen, Texas, US
Sun, Jun 17, 1934
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