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Frio County was formed by the Texas legislature from parts of
Atascosa, Bexar, and Uvalde counties on February 1, 1858, but was
not organized until May 22, 1871. In the interim the county remained
under the jurisdiction of Bexar County. In accordance with the 1871
legislative mandate the county seat was named Frio and located on
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The decade between 1870 and 1880 was a period of rapid development.
The county population rose dramatically from a reported 309 in 1870
to 2,130 in 1880. The fourteen farmers reported as operating in the
Siestadera-Bigfoot area of northeastern Frio County in 1870 were
actually stock raisers of cattle or sheep; farmers raised small
vegetable gardens and some corn production for domestic consumption. |
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Frio City developed as a "cowboy capital" and outpost cultural
center of Southwest Texas during the 1870s; ranchers in the area
controlled huge numbers of cattle on expansive landholdings. Other
settlements developed at Bigfoot, Moore Hollow, Brummet, and
Tehuacana in the northeastern part of the county; Bennett Settlement
and Bishop Hollow in the southwestern part of the county; and Todos
Santos in the western part of the county. Although the county was
expanding rapidly, the frequency of Comanche raids led to the
establishment in 1876 of Ranger Camp, commanded by Maj. John Bones,
on Elm Creek three miles southwest of Frio City. The last Indian
disturbance in the county occurred in 1877. |
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Cities and
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Bigfoot |
Moore |
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Dilley |
North Pearsall |
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Frio Town |
Pearsall |
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Hilltop |
West Pearsall |
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