San Perlita, "Pearl of the Valley"
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member rilekyle
N 26° 29.927 W 097° 38.370
14R E 635583 N 2931641
Historic agricultural community located in Willacy County between Raymondville and Port Mansfield.
Waymark Code: WMAE9N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 4552

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Part of the Carricitos land grant issued in 1790 by the King of Spain to Jose Narcisso Cavozos, this agricultural community and the surroundings farmland were developed soon after the Missouri Pacific Railroad extended a branch line to this area in 1926. The San Perlita Development Company cleared more than twenty thousand acres of land for growing staple, vegetable, and citrus crops and laid out the townsite of San Perlita. Since its development, the area has made significant contributions to the quality of life in this part of the Rio Grande Valley. (1984)
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PeterNoG visited San Perlita, "Pearl of the Valley" 12/03/2013 PeterNoG visited it