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History in
a Pecan Shell This
town with its chamber-of-commerce name is now little more than a cemetery.
Started
as an irrigated-farm project in the late 1920s, it received mail at its own post
office for less than a year (1944-45).
Even the town’s railroad depot went
by another name (Santa Cruz). The population was a mere ten people in 1940 and
the town has now merged into Santa Cruz and La Puerta. |
1940s
Starr County map showing Santa Cruz and La Puerta
(East of Rio
Grande City, below first "AR" in "STARR")
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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