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'''Los Ojuelos, Texas''' or Ojuelos, is on Farm Road 649 some 2½ miles south of [[Mirando City, Texas]] near the southeastern corner of [[Webb County]]. Centuries before Spanish settlers arrived, Indians camped on the site, one of the few locations in the semiarid surroundings where surface water was dependable. The local springs attracted Eugenio Gutiérrez, who received a land grant from the king of Spain in 1810 and eventually attempted to settle in the area. But frequent Indian attacks forced Gutiérrez to abandon the site for the relative safety of his hometown, Guerrero, Tamaulipas. Eugenio's son Isidro returned in 1835 and managed to clear the title for two sitiosqv of land, but the Indian threat once again proved to be insurmountable. In 1850 a company of [[Texas Rangers]] under the command of Capt. John S. (Rip) Ford, established a camp at Los Ojuelos to police the trade road running through the site from Laredo to Corpus Christi. Once the Indians' dominance in the area had been curtailed, José María Guerra, a grandson of Eugenio Gutiérrez, returned to Los Ojuelos. In 1857 he built an irrigation system and a chapel, as well as a stone enclosure to protect the springs from further Indian raids. These amenities and Guerra's efforts to attract new residents enticed many Mexicans from the Rio Grande valley; by 1860 about 400 had settled at Hacienda de los Ojuelos. |
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|footnotes = Nearest Airports: Laredo: [[Laredo International Airport|Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD]] Nuevo Laredo: [[Quetzalcoatl International Airport]] [[MMNL]] [[Quetzalcóatl International Airport|NLD]] |
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| name = Los Ojuelos |
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| nearest_city = [[Mirando City, Texas]] |
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| built = {{Start date|1879}} |
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| architecture = [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission]]/[[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Revival]] |
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| added = December 22, 1976 |
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'''Los Ojuelos'''<ref>[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrl45 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Los Ojuelos, Texas" (accessed May 23, 2007)]</ref> is a [[ghost town]] near [[Mirando City, Texas|Mirando City]] in the southeastern part of [[Webb County, Texas]], United States. Before its establishment, Indians camped near the only dependable water source in the [[semiarid]] area. The local springs attracted Eugenio Gutiérrez in 1810 and attempted to settle in the area. Frequent Indian attacks forced Gutiérrez to abandon the site. in 1835, Eugenio's son returned to the site and tried to resettle the area but Indian attacks drove him back. In 1850, a company of [[Texas Rangers Division|Texas Rangers]] were stationed on the site to protect the trade route [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] - [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]. In 1857, José María Guerra, grandson of Eugenio Gutiérrez and an ancestor of Laredo [[business]]man Joe A. Guerra, built an irrigation system and a wall around Los Ojuelos to protect from Indian attacks. |
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By 1860, Los Ojuelos' population grew to 400. In 1855, the Texas-Mexican railroad bypassed the town by a few miles. As of 1904, the population had declined to 174. In 1920, oil was found nearby, but Mirando City was established. The [[oil boom]] helped Los Ojuelos grow, but in 1950 drilling for oil stopped. Today, Los Ojuelos remains a ghost town. |
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The Texas-Mexican Railway in 1881 bypassed the town a few miles to the north, and when it connected with the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway in 1885, freight headed to and from Laredo was shipped mostly by rail instead of passing through Los Ojuelos. An Ojuelos post office opened in 1894, but the population of the settlement had declined to 178 by 1904. In 1910 Eusebio García, a commissary operator who had lived in Los Ojuelos during the 1880s, bought the ranch properties and townsite. The Ojuelos post office was discontinued in 1917, and Los Ojuelos remained quiet until O. W. Killam discovered oil nearby in the early 1920s. Killam established Mirando City just north of Los Ojuelos, and children from the new town attended the Los Ojuelos school through the 1940s. The 1948 county highway map shows an active school and eight homes in Los Ojuelos. The oil boom temporarily expanded the community's population, but quiet returned to Los Ojuelos once drilling at the Mirando City oilfield stopped. From the 1950s through the 1980s Los Ojuelos remained virtually abandoned; its buildings were used by local ranchers. |
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==National Register of Historic Places== |
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The [[National Register of Historic Places]] added Los Ojuelos (#76002084) to its registered historic districts in 1976. Its historic significance includes information potential and its 1850–1874, 1875-1899 mission [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Revival architecture]] and engineering. The main structures of significance are a religious structure, school, and a specialty store.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/tx/Webb/state.html National Register of Historic Places in Webb County]</ref> |
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[http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/hrl45.html University of Texas Los Ojuelos, Texas] |
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==See also== |
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[[Category:Webb County, Texas| ]] |
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{{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Texas}} |
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[[Category:Articles related to Laredo, Texas]] |
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*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Webb County, Texas]] |
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{{Webb County, Texas}} |
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[[Category:Geography of Webb County, Texas]] |
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[[Category:Ghost towns in South Texas]] |
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[[Category:Populated places on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas]] |
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Texas]] |
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Webb County, Texas]] |
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[[Category:Historic districts in Texas]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:38, 20 May 2024
Los Ojuelos, Texas | |
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| Coordinates: 27°24′11″N 98°59′47″W / 27.40306°N 98.99639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Webb |
| Settled | 1810 |
| Elevation | 810 ft (250 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| Area code | +1-956 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1378611[1] |
| Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD | |
Los Ojuelos | |
  Los Ojuelos  Los Ojuelos | |
| Nearest city | Mirando City, Texas |
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| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built | 1879 |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002084[2] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1976 |
Los Ojuelos[3] is a ghost town near Mirando City in the southeastern part of Webb County, Texas, United States. Before its establishment, Indians camped near the only dependable water source in the semiarid area. The local springs attracted Eugenio Gutiérrez in 1810 and attempted to settle in the area. Frequent Indian attacks forced Gutiérrez to abandon the site. in 1835, Eugenio's son returned to the site and tried to resettle the area but Indian attacks drove him back. In 1850, a company of Texas Rangers were stationed on the site to protect the trade route Laredo - Corpus Christi. In 1857, José María Guerra, grandson of Eugenio Gutiérrez and an ancestor of Laredo businessman Joe A. Guerra, built an irrigation system and a wall around Los Ojuelos to protect from Indian attacks.
By 1860, Los Ojuelos' population grew to 400. In 1855, the Texas-Mexican railroad bypassed the town by a few miles. As of 1904, the population had declined to 174. In 1920, oil was found nearby, but Mirando City was established. The oil boom helped Los Ojuelos grow, but in 1950 drilling for oil stopped. Today, Los Ojuelos remains a ghost town.
National Register of Historic Places
[edit]The National Register of Historic Places added Los Ojuelos (#76002084) to its registered historic districts in 1976. Its historic significance includes information potential and its 1850–1874, 1875-1899 mission Spanish Revival architecture and engineering. The main structures of significance are a religious structure, school, and a specialty store.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Los Ojuelos, Texas
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Los Ojuelos, Texas" (accessed May 23, 2007)
- ^ National Register of Historic Places in Webb County
