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BROGADO, TEXAS

Reeves County, West Texas
Highway 290
1 mile NE of Balmorhea
Within 60 miles of Ft. Davi, Fort Stockton and Pecos

Population: 122 (1990)

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1906 postal map showing Toyahvale
Historic postal route map circa 1906
Toyahvale and region before highways
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
History in a Pecan Shell

Brogado was founded by farmers who taking advantage of the water flowing from San Solomon Springs and was named for a Catholic priest, Father Brogado

A post office was granted in 1894 and remained open until 1918.

A school was educating the community's children by 1897.

Brogado retains its old cemetery and a Catholic church, but has merged with Balmorhea and Toyahvale for all practical purposes.

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