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Relampago Ranch |
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Mercedes,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
26° 5' 5.05461999984",
-97° 55' 10.53042999996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Originally part of a Spanish land grant, Relampago (lightning) Ranch community lay along the stage and military route from Rio Grande City to Brownsville. In 1852 Thaddeus Rhodes (1828-1904) acquired acreage here when he came as Hidalgo county clerk. Later he served as commissioner and judge. He and Jose Maria Mora (1824-1884), who bought adjoining land about 1856, helped bring economic and social stability. Mora and later his son Melchor, a deputy sheriff and Texas Ranger, farmed, ranched and had the only general store in the area. Descendants still live on the property. (1980)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Relampago Ranch Historical Marker Location Map, Mercedes, Texas
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