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History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled 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.
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