Old Garza Home
Historical marker location:
Don Bonifacia Garza built (1893) and owned this dwelling (with adobe and grass roof) and distributed water from here in a two-wheel cart drawn by mule, whose customary greetings was poetry.
Home of several pioneer families until 1960, then the house for 20 years of school teacher Miss Emilia Davila of the only private Spanish school in south Jim Hogg County
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In the late 19th century, Texas became known for its cattle drives, in which cowboys would move herds of cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas and other northern states. The cattle drives were dangerous and difficult work, but they played a key role in the development of the American cattle industry.