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A well-known
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TE photo, 2002 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
A timeline of significant
events in Raymondville's history:
1904: Edward Burleson Raymond, a former foreman of one of the King
Ranch divisions, organized the Raymond Town and Improvement Company.
1904: Post office was granted
Right-of-way was granted by Raymond and the King Ranch to the St.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway. Town lots were sold by Raymond
and by Henrietta King, to settlers looking for property to farm.
1914: Population reaches 350
1929: Population reaches 1,800.
1941: Population reaches 4,050
1952: Population reaches 9,000 (including rural populace).
Raymondville remains a center for area agriculture. Well-executed
murals brighten downtown and are worth a drive out of your way. |
Raymondville
TX City Limit
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, October 2010 |
Raymondville,
Texas Chronicles
The
White Wing Hotel by Mike Cox
Born with great expectations in the optimistic post-World War II days,
death came 63 years later amid gangs and drug dealers. Only this was
a brick and mortar Baby Boomer, not a person. Nevertheless, when the
end came, it was not pretty.
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