Rio grande valley

After U-turns on the edges of grapefruit groves, repeated pullovers to study our Rio Grande Valley street guide, and a precarious three-point turn on the narrow levee road where a border patrol truck blocks our path, we are really lost. Like so many wanderers before us, we are searching for La Lomita Mission, which a local history buff named Frank told me about at an Edinburg bar the night before. “Just travel the Old Military Highway that goes along the Rio Grande,” Frank said. What Frank…

If you had told me six months ago that I was about to fall in love with a then-unknown-to-me Texas-Mexico border town, I’d have laughed at you–and asked for my tarot-card reading money …

Once you see the palm trees, you know you're in the 956

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Vintage Texas postcard of Stately Palms in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. AGE: Linen Era (1930-45) CANCELLED: STAMPED: PUBLISHER: Curteich NUMBERED: 12 SIZE: Standard, 3.5" x 5.5" CONDITION: EX (see GRADING STANDARDS below) ★ MORE VINTAGE TEXAS POSTCARDS: https://etsy.me/2I7AMdn All postcards are shipped USPS in plastic sleeves, sandwiched between cardboard for protection. None of our postcards are reproductions. We gladly combine shipping on multiple card purchases. Thank you for visiting…

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Once you see the palm trees, you know you're in the 956

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