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History in
a Pecan Shell
Earliest entries for settlement are from the 1850s
when William L. Cazneau established his Cazneau Ranch here.
The name was changed in 1880 with the establishment of a post office
(which closed by 1884). The post office was 10 miles south of the
current El Indio. The community was also known as Presidio
or Indio Ranch and had a reported population of 30 in the mid
1880s.
Indio Ranch became a footnote in the 1910 Mexican Revolution when
Francisco Madero attempted to unseat dictator Porfirio Díaz.
In the late 1920s, the 20,000 acre Indio was platted into small farmsteads
in hopes of exploiting the still-under-construction irrigation system.
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Irrigation canal
near Eagle Pass
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A highway was
paved to connect Eagle Pass
with Laredo in the 1930s.
This was to become FM 1021. The road divided and delineated the town.
Finally, in early 1938, the irrigation canals were completed and a
new post office opened soon after.
The population prior to WWII
was still a mere 75 residents. This grew to almost 400 the mid 1950s
and peaked at 380 in the mid 1960s. It has since decreased to the
present (2000) 263.
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