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Point Isabel's 19th Century Rise and Changes Detailed
The excerpt lists local figures in Point Isabel from 1848 to 1876 including Hall, Bell, Cook, Vandorn, Grogan, Rodriguez, Bangs, Dyer, and the firms they ran. It discusses attitudes toward Mexicans during military occupation, the impact of transportation limits, river steamers funded by King and Kennedy, and freight volumes. It notes Civil War effects, rail expansion, and the 1870 railroad completion transforming the town's fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Samuel Bangs
Texas
Isreal Bigeir
Visner
Walter H. Dyer
Sheldon and Lyons
Point Isabel
Matamoros
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Taylor
Richard King
Mifflin Kenedy
Roma
Laredo
Captain King
Kenedy
Mexico
Rio Grand
Joseph Kleiber