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Castolón




Castolon history sign
Castolón was originally called Santa Elena.  The Mexican village of Santa Elena and Santa Elena Crossing are nearby on the border.  Probably Leandro Silvas and Cipriano Hernandez were the first settlers in the area. 

Farming was developed and Bob Cartledge established La Harmonia with a store here to supply the farmers.  When they got a post office the name of Santa Elena was already being used elsewhere so the  name Castolón was created.  It probably references the nearby peak known as Castellón.


Altagracia "Alta" García sent this newspaper clipping from the San Angelo Standard Times to her sister Natividad G. Franco.  Natividad''s daughter, Louisa Franco Madrid, has provided it to Familias de Terlingua.  As Alta scribbled around the headline, the article has "a bit of the history of Castolón."
Click on the image below to enlarge it and make it more legible.
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Castolón from the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Drawing:%20tx0982&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co%20=hh&st=gallery&sg%20=%20true


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Castellon
Castolón likely named for nearby Castellón.
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Bob Wirt looking at the Castolón Post Office in La Harmonia general store
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The Postmasters of Castolon in the official United States Archives
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78774902
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Magdalena House
Magdalena House in the Library of Congress:
www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Drawing:%20tx0985&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co%20=hh&st=gallery&sg%20=%20true

This page was worked on March 15, 2021.
This page had the newspaper article provided by Louisa Franco Madrid on the history of Castolón added September 14, 2021.

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