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The Rio Grande Valley (RGV) or the Lower Rio Grande Valley, informally called The Valley, is an area located in the southernmost tip of South Texas. It lies along the northern bank of the Rio Grande, which separates Mexico from the United States. The Rio Grande Valley is not a valley, but a delta or floodplain containing many oxbow lakes or resacas formed from pinched-off meanders in earlier courses of the Rio Grande. Early settlers from the Dust Belt, who came to capitalize off of unclaimed land, utilized the name "The Magic Valley" to appeal to investors. This named referred to the fact that this land was controlled by the US military after several failed civil uprisings by the people to protect their land and was surrounded by two "figurative" mountains that were military bases in Brownsville and Rio Grande City... The "Magic" element was attributed to the Rio Grande river which ran through, supposedly enriching the soil with minerals which made it prime for planting. " The Rio Grande Valley is also called "El Valle", the Spanish translation of "the valley", by those who live there. Another affectionate term that the residents of the Rio Grande Valley use to refer to the area is "El Magico Valle del Rio Grande" ("The Magical Valley of the Rio Grande") and also simply by its initials of "RGV." The region is made up of four counties: Starr County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, and Cameron County. As of January 1, 2008, the Texas State Data Center estimated the population of the Rio Grande Valley at 1,138,872. Over 80% of the residents of the Valley are either "Chicano", "Spanish", "Tejano", "Hispanic" or "Latino". The largest city is Brownsville (Cameron County), followed by McAllen (Hidalgo County). Other major cities include Harlingen, Mission, Edinburg, and Pharr. The city of Pharr stands out historically as the catalyst to social change in the South Texas court system. After the Pharr Riot on February 6, 1971, for the first time a Hispanic was found innocent of wrong-doing in a case against a white man. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License computer service technician jobs in the lower rio grande valley in Texas? Q. computer service technician jobs in the lower rio grande valley in Texas Asked by aldo_ernesto_rocha - Wed May 3 15:03:35 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. In el paso texas Answered by alarconcool - Wed May 3 15:16:40 2006 What's something cool and fun to do after high school graduation? Q. I want to get the hell outta dodge after graduation and do something fun with my girls. I live in the lower Rio Grande Valley (tip of Texas) so keep in mind that I'm 18 and not very rich on money and distance is vital with the price of gas and all that. Asked by Sylvia A - Sat Oct 11 18:11:52 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. don't make any plans...just get in the car and drive until you run out of gas. Answered by abby - Sat Oct 11 18:15:36 2008 Should the U.S. send the military to assume armed positions along the border U.S. faces 'grave threat'?
Q. Mexican military efforts to crush heavily armed drug-smuggling operations in five cities along the U.S.-Mexico border pose a "grave threat" to U.S. authorities and a half-million Americans in the area, according to former U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service officials."What we face is more of a challenge than law enforcement can be expected to cope with," said Kent Lundgren, chairman of the 800-member National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO). "The best solution is for the U.S. military to assume armed positions along the border ... and use whatever force is necessary to control the border zone." On Jan. 12, Mexican Brig. Gen. Rigoberto Garcia Cortez said the Mexican military and other… [cont.] Asked by Real Life - Mon Jan 21 21:29:00 2008 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments A. Some governors have tried to get the Federal govenrment to use National Guardsmen on the boarders, and Bush did a token deployment of soldiers...unarmed and supposed to do nothing with interdiction or capture. It was a joke. A realistic deployment of 30-40,000 men with arms and orders to capture, persue, or fire on invaders and the flood would dry up in a few days. Do freakin something!!! Answered by Chinagirl - Mon Jan 21 22:02:37 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Lower Rio Grande Valley"
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