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| | History of Laredo, Texas - Laredo CVB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Nuevo Santander, one of the last northern provinces of New Spain, was established by the Spaniard José de Escandón as part of a program to colonize northern Mexico. |
 | | In 1767, Juan Fernando de Palacios, the governor of Nuevo Santander, New Spain, officially designated Laredo as a villa, laid out a central plaza, and issued porciones or land grants to settlers. |
 | | Construction began on the railroad from Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo in 1881, and the state became imbued with an expectation of economic growth and prosperity of the Porfirian era, as the two Laredos emerged as important international ports. |
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