Vela Building
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PeterNoG
N 26° 06.218 W 098° 15.752
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This Texas Historical Markers is on the Vela Building at 220 South Bridge Street, just north of Bugambilia Avenue in Hidalgo, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKCW6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2014
Views: 4
Marker Title: Vela Building
Address:
City: Hidalgo
County: Hidalgo
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings; pioneers
Year Marker Erected: 1984
Designations: na
Marker Location: 220 S. Bridge St., Hidalgo
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 5641
Marker Text:
In 1904 Crisoforo Vela and his wife, Florinda (de la Vega Balli), moved to Hidalgo from Santo Domingo Ranch in Starr County. Six years later Vela acquired the ferry and rowboat service that connected Hidalgo with Reynosa, Mexico. This was an important commercial route in the early development of the Rio Grande Valley. Vela and two of his ten children operated the river crossing until 1926, when the first bridge connecting Reynosa and Hidalgo was built. Vela lived in this house, which has remained in the family for more than 50 years, until his death in 1932.
(1984)
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