Historical Marker

Los Ejidos De Reynosa Vieja

LOS EJIDOS DE REYNOSA VIEJA

IN 1749, COL. JOSE DE ESCANDÓN FOUNDED NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUADALUPE DE REYNOSA. SURVEYORS MARKED OFF OVER 10,000 ACRES FOR LOS EJIDOS, THE TOWN COMMONS, FOR SETTLERS TO FARM AND RANCH. THE REMAINING LAND BORDERED EACH SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE AND EACH OF THE 80 PORCIONES (ALLOTMENTS) HAD RIVER ACCESS. BESIDES RANCHING, LOS EJIDOS WAS IMPORTANT COMMERCIALLY AS A TRANSFER SITE FOR THE AREA’S SALT TRADE. THE COMMON’S MISSION, SAN JOAQUIN DEL MONTE, PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN CHRISTIANIZING NATIVE TRIBES AND AS A SCHOOL AND CHURCH FOR SETTLERS. IN 1802, THE VILLA MOVED DUE TO FLOODING. OLD REYNOSA (NOW REYNOSA DIAZ) CONTINUES TO EXIST, WITH LA JOYA, ABRAM-PEREZVILLE AND PEÑITAS NOW EXISTING ON THE FORMER EJIDOS.