Porvenir,_Texas

Porvenir, Texas

Porvenir, Texas

Ghost town in Texas, United States

Porvenir (also Daniel and Polaris) is a ghost town in Presidio County, Texas, United States.[1][2]

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History

After Texas Rangers murdered 15 Mexican-American residents on January 28, 1918, in the Porvenir massacre, Porvenir was abandoned.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Porvenir, Texas
  2. [2]
    "Presidio County Map - County #189". Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
  3. [3]
    "1918 Porvenir Massacre". PorvenirMassacre.org. Arlinda Valencia.


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