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Laredo, Former Capital of the Republic of the Rio Grande
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2021
- Laredo is an interesting and historical city on the southern border. Join me for a tour as I visit some interesting historical sites.
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Laredo is probably the most underlooked city in the US. I live in Laredo, and don't know half of what you are saying. And I thought I knew alot about Laredo. Compared to all the big metropolitan areas in Texas like Austin, San Antonio and El Paso, which are all looked upon as cities with much culture, and they are, but people wont pay attention to a smaller town with richer culture. It's cool that you are one of the only channels on CZcams that goes into detail about our history.
I’m almost 30 .. when I was a kid my teachers would briefly mention this part of history
We were always told Laredo used to be it’s own country lol 😂
I don’t think educators in Laredo mention this anymore ….
@@soukainabenichou4159 They Were Kind of right Because Laredo used to be the Capital of The R.R.G And they do Not talk about that Anymore.
Yeah, I agree, it’s always the big metropolitan areas that are mentioned in memes, and examples of things. Laredo isn’t a small city, but I think it deserves to be talked about, or maybe even used in some conversation because of its great history.
I lived in SAT for 8 years I live in Miami-Broward Metro area in Florida and I’m thinking about moving to Laredo for easier more affordable living . Is there a social life there for a single man
Beautifully presented, like all your videos. I was born and raised in Laredo. Laredo is a great town with great Mexican food, full of history, low crime and excellent city services. It's going in my library and shared with all my family. Thank you.
Low crime?! 😂🤣
@@mr.nobody42 But, you're nobody.
La ciudad de laredo es una basura,pasa lo único mejor,no hagas corte de tomas esta para llorar,el centro está super abandonado,el sur de laredo mucha delincuencia,sin contar los asesinatos por cualquier tonteria
@@luisitogamer78 I can't take seriously an opinion with no name. Don't hide behind a nickname. I've lived in many cities, and visited many other. All cities have their ups and downs. I grew up in the barios of Laredo. But, you know what, all our neighbors were great people. I did not know English, but I learned it and mastered it. I went to Laredo College then TAMIU and graduated and became an expert in my field. I did not complain I just did it. When I visit Laredo I really enjoy watching KGNS news. I stopped watching my hometown news, nothing but tragedy. People is what makes a city.
@@mr.nobody42 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣low crime
I 100% appreciate your depiction of my hometown.
You have brought an awareness to the history of the place where I was born and call home.
You did an awesome job.
Back in the early 90s I had a truck route that went from Evansville Indiana down to Laredo and back up. I would leave Evansville in a coat and I would be down there in a T-shirt. Loved the weather! The people were friendly and not to mention the beautiful Latina women. I miss that run to this day
Awwww Thank you! I was born and raised in Laredo I love it here don’t see myself ever leaving, Again Thank you for speaking so beautifully of my town, you are a kind soul!❤️
heh, the last video I watched, you were in Brownsville, my Dad's hometown. Now you are in Laredo, and by extension , Nuevo Laredo , where my mom was born. It's like a nice homecoming trip for me...
Beautiful video you did about our city.. thank you sir...
Hubby and I always enjoy your videos of places we’ll never be able visit. Thank you so much for taking us along and letting us enjoy the views, too.
The Rio Grande Republic was originally the southern part of Texas + the 3 Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon & Coahuila... and yes, it short lived as an independent republic in 1840.
However... and despite the dissolution, these Mexican 3 states have always maintained a close collaboration in matter of tourism, economy, social / healthcare services, public security, etc... and of course, have kept very close relationships with Texas in matter of tourism, trading & commerce...
Remnants of those days when we were a Republic.
Greetings from Monterrey! 🤠
Nunca fueron republica, lo intentaron. De hecho jamás controlaron ni Coahuila ni Nuevo León, ya que el gobierno de esos 2 estados le pidió ayuda a Mexico para combatir a los río grande
Laredoan here, Thanks for sharing the beauty of my city! It's rich with it's Mexican heritage & culture. It's dominated still by 97% latinos, the best of both worlds🇲🇽🇺🇸
I am a Texan, native Austinite and I approve. Laredo looks charming.
UwU
Left my Dad’s Texas farm in the mid 70’s as a kid for a job that ended up taking me far and wide away from home for the next 40+ years. I loved history and visited countless historical sites everywhere I went. Now I am an old retired man living back in Texas and I gotta say your Secrets of Texas channel is amazing. Coming back home after all those years I was thinking “oh shit here I am back in boring old Texas”. Well your channel has given me a lot of inspiration to follow your footsteps. Don’t worry I could never compete with you and the marvelous way you bring Texas to life. Thanks a bunch.
"No place like home". LAREDO, TEXAS 🇺🇸🥰🤗😘😊 THANKS for the video.
Laredo is very nice. I used to think it was a tiny town like Beeville because we would only pass by it on our way to Mexico from Houston. Little did I know it’s an entire beautiful city.
Awesome video. There is much history still preserved in this border town. I wish I had become more well informed on all this while growing up there. Our history classes never had field trips to these historic places. I hope they do now. Education lifts the spirits. Thank you.
as an Australian who appreciates old world history & heritage, I found this very interesting. Enough so I will visit there if we are ever allowed to travel again. Does far West Texas have a ferral pig problem yet? Great video.
There are native javelinas in far west Texas. There are also invasive wild hogs in some areas. Most notably along the erosial escarpment of the Llano Estacado.
@@secretsoftexas6872 thank you. Cheers Mate.
Sorry laredo sucks but they do have good restaurants places try Paulitas restaurant for breakfast the one of best flour tortillas
@@AJ-eh1zy thanks for the heads up AJ.
@@thylacine1962 Don’t listen to this troll. Laredo is definitely worth the visit. Every town, city, state has their positive and negative aspects, the world over.
I've seen several of your videos and I have to know are you a Texas history teacher or just someone who really loves our state. You always have such wonderful details and information. I always enjoy your videos.
Nice, informative and beautiful video! Love the history! Thank you!
Love Laredo, very underrated and overlooked. 2:57, I have stayed at Last Posada several times, indeed, definitely worth it. One of the best travel centers in Texas, is the Texas Travel Information Center north on I-35, beautiful architecture.
I travel to Laredo on business periodically. Very nice town.
Ty
For saying my town is very nice
@@kenia_bernal I love driving to Laredo. I live in Houston.
So, my hometown was once a city-state, capital of it's own republic
I lived in Laredo for 20 years. I miss it. This is an informative and positive video. Thanks.
Wow 😮.... didn’t know about the Republic of the Rio Grande & Laredo; & the other 10, Zacatecas’s?…
I was born in Laredo and never knew any of this. They should teach all of this in schools and maybe even do field trips .
Don't let the comments fool you. I was born and raised in Laredo and this city is SO corrupt by families like the Cuellar's, Killam's, etc. This city has so much potential, but it will never grow because of the corruption. Great food though.
I live in Laredo , and I can tell you I live the sunset when one is crossing the bridge from Mexico to the US really is a spectacle, imo
The most significnt improvement to you channel is to see more human activity. Another fine video enjopyed Laredo many years ago.
Great video. come visit our humble town. good food and friendly people. low crime
I from Laredo your video came out in the recommendations.
There might be those of you (even in our own state) looking on thinking a border town with Mexico is extremely dangerous and unsafe to visit. That is not only not true in the slightest, it is born out by the statistics. Laredo and other border cities in Texas are SAFE.
Come down to Laredo to see how friendly the people are and explore the vibrant downtown. You won't find better Mexican food north of here. Im a born and raised Laredoan and it was lovely to see my community through someone else's eyes. Thank you for sharing this great video!
Thank you for giving me a glimpse of history that I was not aware about my home town.🙏
Love hearing your voice and what you do! Look forward to all the places you go we can't! Thank you
Very nice video, I work logistics, like half the town, and go back and forth between Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas, both are very nice towns with the exception that Nuevo Laredo (on the Mexican side) has had a prolonged period of unrest due to criminal activities by local gangs, we can only hope to see the end of it in the distant future, both Laredo’s are ever growing and are full of nice people, just las week I learned the story of Colonel Santos Benavides, according to Wikipedia he was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier in the Confederate military and was a Laredoan, he fought in the Battle of Laredo where he repelled 200 Union men led by Major Alfred F. Holt with a force of only 42 Confederate soldiers. He also participated in the Battle of Palmito Hill, the last land battle of the Civil War that was fought just east of Brownsville Texas on the banks of the Rio Grande. Regarding Jarvis plaza, locals also call it “La plaza de los viejitos”, if I’m not mistaking because there are a couple of retirement homes one on each side of the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building.
So sad with the pandemic 😷 Laredo downtown is very lonely most of the stores have shut down
That is just so well researched and narrated by you guys. Standing ovation from us on such a professional presentation.
You've done Laredo proud. 👍 👍 👍 👊 🇬🇧
Very beautiful town, rich in culture and historical. Very peaceful town to grow up in.
Another excellent video!! 😎
The college president has an amazing old home. The church interior is so pretty. Nice tour!
Those cicadas make it sound insanely hot, as I know it can be in Laredo!
Use to be cicada capital..not so much for the last 20 years
I would agree that Laredo is under appreciated. Nice video, thank you for sharing.
I used to live in Laredo. Thank you for speaking beautifully of my former city.
Living in Nuevo Laredo now, generally go to Laredo mainly for shopping or to see a doctor or a vet. Now I want to explore more. Great video! Thank you.
I'm born and raised in Laredo and haven't been to some of those places I walked by them but I never been in there next time I'm there I'm for sure taking a peek inside
Thank you so much for the beautiful Laredo video, I hope and wish I can go one day, and that Amtrak has train down to Laredo, I need to go and see, really enjoy this video, Muchas gracias!!!
My hometown very very hot 🔥 , you must have shot this film on a Sunday the streets are lonely 😔☺ ❤
Looks Soo Beautiful..👍🛎️🙏
My home town. I miss it. I live in Austin TX now.
Romans conquered the Greeks by war but Greeks conquered Romans by culture. Laredo is a perfect example. Mexico in the US among the Valley ( Brownsville to Laredo) this region is by far Mexico inside the United States. 95% hispanics, 90% bilingual.
In my opinion this region is an example how 2 cultures live in harmony for decades! Not only a few years. Anyone from Laredo can tell you they celebrate Mexican and American holidays. The City doing a 4,th of July very patriotic, not enough? Only city in America that celebrate George Washington Birthday! And at the same time celebrate Mexican independence day as simbol of respect for the heritage culture living among them.
Beautiful people down there. Proud to be Mexican-Americans and Texans by all means. ẞ
Bellas son las calles de laredo
Love your vids, buddy! Keep up the outstanding work and tireless effort in bringing so much of Texas' hidden gems to light! ;)
Laredo is finally being recognized, been born and raised in Laredo Tx ❤️🙏🏻
Great video. Beautiful city.
That looked like fun, I need to get out more. LOL
Excelente video, saludos amigo!!👍👍👍
👍🏻another good one
Thanks for this! I have to drive from Mexico to Laredo next week and all I imagine is insanity and danger everywhere but you just put a nice reality check in front of me and really calmed my nerves!
Laredo isn’t dangerous. Nuevo Laredo is
Thanks for a wonderful, insightful video. The video quality is first class.
I lived in Laredo when I was younger but didn't know the history until 10 years later after I left. I regret not appreciating it when I lived there. My last job was the Tack Room.
As always great work man
I love it here in Laredo :) ❤️
I live in Laredo my mom and sister work at the Posada hotel LAREDO is beautiful... I go sometimes to nuevo laredo my hometown
Fun fact: the Posada hotel used to be a place for monjitas so its haunted my mom told me stories about the 3rd floor I've only been in 1st and 2nd floor
La Posadas hotel at one time was also a high school.
i live in laredo and born there
Love this. My dad is from Laredo beautiful town and I still have family there! I highly recommend staying at the bed and breakfast known as the Laredo Mansion. It is a beautiful home in downtown. Thank for you for this history
Forgotten history
99% of the population in Laredo have no idea about this
Very few are aware that their ancestors actually had a unique Hispanic Texan identity and just think everyone was Mexican since the dawn of time lmao it’s truly sad
So many people wanting to move to texas. I am not one of them . This has been a really informative video. Thankyou
I'm from laredo Texas born and raised
Reminds me of Charleston architecture and your's is on of my fav channels!
Hey, this s a pretty interesting video about my town! I have been living here the last 37 years of my life! It seems to be pretty boring but when you go to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico across the river, you will see how exciting things will get!!! Laredo it’s pretty great town, a city you won’t regret to visit!!!
Good job. I'm originally from Nvo. Laredo but immigrated very young and grew up in Laredo. You covered it very well. Thanks!
I was born in the 9 5 6
I love the Laredo food
I wish one day I can put my hometown on the map
My birthplace; gotta love Laredo, TX. Thank you for such an informative video.
Que interesante historia, por algunos meses Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, y Coahuila pereció a los Estados Unidos.
Great job! You really made a great video. Downtown is nice. Glad you were able to show all the nice buildings and the college grounds that used to be the fort. Lake casa Blanca’s views are magnificent. The rest of the city is mostly modern architecture. Especially the north side.
my 7 greatgrand father founded laredo TOMAS SANCHEZ DE LA GARZA FALCON HE IS BURIED @ UNDER san agustin church(original church) which is now the building next to the present church the school. the ramon house is at grant street! leopoldo ramon my great uncle use to live at museum at the time it wasnt a museum but knowN as the capital bulding! HIS PICTURE IS AT THE MUSEUM.
🎶"Laredo Tornado"🎶~ ELO
Texas could be its own country, couldn't it?
It once was.
U came to my hometown
I’ll pass visiting here. Way too close to the border. Thanks for great content.
My beautiful hottt hometown ♥️🌹♥️
Nice to see how they embrace their past and identity, I hope someday the northern Mexican states unite again to fight the centralism we are still living today.
It’s not “Mexican” that’s the whole point of not being part of Mexico lol they are norteños / hispanos that’s it
I live he and it is a nice place
Laredo is now on my Texas travel bucket list. Excellent video, very informative! Before seeing this, I knew nothing about Larado besides the song and traveling over the bridge... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Welcome to the 956 laredo texas i was born here but i have family across the border i myself have gone across the border un saludo desde nuevo laredo tamualipas/ laredo texas🔥well done video
This situation may happen in lots of border communities, I guess, some people not knowing what country they really belong to. But with time and studying the guessing situations may get clear. Check that I put: MAY.
I was born in Laredo, my parents were born in Laredo, both sets of Grandparents were born in Laredo, and one set of Great grandparents were born in Laredo. But I don't believe we have any relatives living there anymore. Everyone died or moved away.
Awesome!!!
TOMAS SANCHEZ 1709-1796
7th great-grandfather
Maria Gertrudis Sanchez 1737-
Daughter of TOMAS SANCHEZ
Jose Antonio Ramon 1754-
Son of Maria Gertrudis Sanchez
Jose Polonio Ramon 1799-
Son of Jose Antonio Ramon
Jorge Ramon 1843-1909
Son of Jose Polonio Ramon
Jorge Ramon 1871-1933
Son of Jorge Ramon
Ambrocio Vidaurri Ramon 1902-1973
Son of Jorge Ramon
Ambrosio Ramon 1931-1990
Son of Ambrocio Vidaurri Ramon
Anna Maria Ramon 1953-
Daughter of Ambrosio Ramon
Yoel Yancy Pompa
son of Anna Maria Ramon
i live in laredo
I live in laredo:)
I’ve been living in Laredo for about 2 years. Have rarely ventured downtown but it looks really nice. The few times I’ve been there it seems it has lost some of its vibrancy… many businesses have probably moved to the north side of Laredo which is plain, looks like every other city in the US and lacks the charm and uniqueness of the old Laredo.
I live there
I heard that you could see Mexico from Shirley Field but I don’t know if that’s accurate
I've been to Shirley field many times, never noticed Mexico. You may be able to get a glimpse of some of the Nuevo Laredo taller buildings. On a clear day you can see the mountains in Mexico from many places in Laredo.
A bunch of bums live in that city and I'm one of them lol. Not much to do here just go the mall and wait for the weekend to party.
You sound like my History professor Dr Woodward
The church is beautiful ..
Laredo isn't crazy like the east or west coast. It's a one- of- a -kind place that has moved forward with the times, but not changed in character..thank goodness!
I'm from Laredo
Downtown😌
I lived there as a kid and remember it as being an inhospitable place. All scrub mesquite bushes that were impossible to chop with an axe and caliche soil (more akin to concrete) that couldn’t be dug with a shovel. And…did I mention Pachucos? Yeah, look it up.
Streets are narrow in downtown, not all streets within the city are narrow.