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TX SR524
Resolution
Status
5/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Cesar Blanco
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AI Summary
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Honors Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, Texas during Preservation Month in May 2025
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Rio Vista Farm was established in the early 1900s as a poor farm and served as a Bracero Program processing center from 1951 to 1964, processing hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers for U.S. agricultural and railroad industries
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The U.S. Secretary of the Interior designated Rio Vista Farm as a National Historic Landmark on December 13, 2023, the first such designation in Far West Texas in over two decades
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The City of Socorro has undertaken a $35 million rehabilitation and capital improvement project to restore the campus and convert it into a museum and education center
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An official copy of the resolution will be provided to the City of Socorro as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate
Legislative Description
Recognizing the revitalization efforts at Rio Vista Farm on the occasion of Preservation Month 2025.
Resolutions
Last Action
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5/27/2025