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A Valley Hello [Brochure], Plaza National Bank (Harlingen, Tx)

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

A promotional brochure likely compiled by local chambers of commerce that features information on regional businesses, attractions, and leisure activities. Includes fold-out map and recipes.

Also includes a brief overview of the Pan American University Marine Biology Laboratory, which is now known as the UTRGV Coastal Studies Lab.

Hug The Coast Highway Celebration [Program And Brochure], Hug The Coast Highway

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

Official Program for the Hug-the-Coast Highway Celebration held December 17th, 1940 in Raymondville, Texas.

Also includes a brochure, "HUG THE COAST HIGHWAY THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS From The Louisiana State Line to The Mexican Border, NOTE: The points of interest along this beautiful highway and other information, are shown in small type following each town. For more detailed information consult the local Chamber of Commerce."

"Greetings From The Lower Rio Grande Valley Of Texas " Souvenir Folder [Postcards], Curtis Tech & Company (Chicago, Il), C & H News Company (Harlingen, Tx)

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

Souvenir postcards promoting the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas for vacation travel, agriculture, and ideal living conditions.

Missouri Pacific Lines - Lower Rio Grande Valley Of Texas [Brochure]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

Missouri Pacific Lines [railway brochure] promoting the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

"What Editors of Some of the Country's Leading Farm Journals Saw on a Tour of the. Lower Rio Grande Valley
To broaden their store of knowledge of agricultural conditions, members of the American Agricultural Editor's Association, made a three-week tour over the Missouri Pacific Lines in Louisiana, Texas, and through Mexico in March and April 1927. The Association is composed of editorial heads of the country's leading farm publications.

Extracts from some of the many articles they wrote concerning the Lower Rio Grande Valley are reprinted on …

The True Story Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley Of Texas: Where Crops Never Fail [Booklet], Jay M. Jackson

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

Promotional booklet compiled by Jackson Vreeland Land Company to encourage Americans to acquire land in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The booklet provides information on climate, agriculture, and regional amenities, and also features letters written by previous and current investors.

The author writes, "The of this booklet is to set forth the true conditions and facts existing in the Lower Rio Grande district--a district that is now attracting a larger immigration and is being settled more rapidly by the people of the North, including people from northern and central Texas, than any other district on the American continent..."