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History
in a Pecan Shell
La Fruta had had a school before the railroad arrived
but wasn't thought of as a town until 1888. Two stores soon opened and a post
office was granted in 1892.
While the post office packed up and moved
to Mathis,
La Fruta continued to prosper as a watermelon shipping point. The site of the
highway 359 bridge was once a ferry crossing back in the 1870s. The ferry was
replaced by a bridge in 1915. According to the Handbook of Texas, today
"Nothing remains to mark the site of La Fruta."
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