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Tag Archives: Laredo
Laredo: From 275-day national capital to border boomtown
Between 1838 and 1841 there was an effort to establish a new nation along the Rio Grande composed of parts of the Northern Frontier of Mexico and disputed portions of the then Republic of Texas located south of the Nueces … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, cities, commerce, culture, geography, government, highways, historic preservation, history, land use, Latin America, Maps, Mexico, pictures, place names, placemaking, politics, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, shipping, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged centralist, federalist, Laredo, Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, Republic of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Santa Anna, Texas, Transborder metropolitan agglomeration
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