Mcallen, TX

About Mcallen

• • Singer Bobby Pulido, known for Tejano music, hails from McAllen.
• • The Tex-Mex chain restaurant, Taco Palenque, originated in McAllen in 1987.
• • The arrival of the railroad in 1904 spurred McAllen's growth as an agricultural hub.
• • McAllen boasts the world's largest indoor Mexican folk art collection at the McAllen Convention Center.
• • The citrus freeze of 1983 decimated local crops, forcing economic diversification.
• • Named after John McAllen, the town was founded in 1904 and incorporated in 1911.
• • With 142,210 residents, it is the largest city in Hidalgo County.
• • At 121 feet above sea level, it's remarkably flat terrain for South Texas.
• • International trade and retail are major economic drivers in McAllen.
• • The air is warm, vibrant, and full of the sounds of Spanish and Tex-Mex culture.
• • The city is part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley watershed.
• • The Texas tortoise is a reptile species found near McAllen.
• • Ebony trees are commonly found in the subtropical thorn scrub near McAllen.
• • Prehistoric peoples hunted and gathered along the Rio Grande River in this area.
• • The Casa de Palmas Renaissance Hotel, originally built in 1918, is a historic landmark.
• • U.S. Highway 83 serves as a major east-west route through McAllen.

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