History
in a Pecan ShellSettled
by Mexican ranchers as early as the mid-1700s, it later became part of the colony
of Nuevo Santander. Settlement began in the late 1800s and by 1897 the area was
populated enough to support a school of thirty students.
The town had been
known as Laguna de Escobas but when oil was discovered, it was renamed
Escobas. The oil company provided a primary school (to 5th grade) and a post office
was opened.
Escobas
had a single business in operation in 1940 and a population of just 25. The population
remained at that level through the 1990s. In recent years it has declined to only
10 residents. | 