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City of Donna company history timeline

1900

Donna is named for Donna Hooks, daughter of T. J. Hooks who, beginning in 1900, did quite a bit of land development work in the then frontier world of the Rio Grande Valley.

1902

In May 1902 he helped to form the La Blanca Agricultural Company, which purchased 23,000 acres fronting the river two miles east and two miles west of the site of present Donna and extending north eighteen miles.

1904

The Hidalgo and San Miguel Extension (later called the Sam Fordyce Branch) of the St Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway reached the site in July 1904, when the town was founded.

1910

The First Presbyterian Church was founded on July 10, and the First Baptist Church was organized on July 24, 1910.

The Donna Developer was first printed on December 1, 1910, in Chapin.That year the Community Church was constructed and shared by the town's Protestant groups.

1911

Donna incorporated on April 13, 1911.

The first teacher in Donna was Paciana Guerra of Mier, Tamaulipas, hired in 1911 by Severiano Avila, Apolonio Ballí, and Bentura Bentiz to instruct their children.

1913

In 1913 the first graduating class of four graduated from Donna High School.

1916

In 1916 the Donna Light and Power Company was incorporated by A. F. Hester, Sr., T. J. Hooks, Doctor J. B. Roberts, and twenty stockholders.

1925

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1945

By 1945 the town had a population of 4,712 and seventy-eight businesses and continued to be a citrus and vegetable growing center.

1953

In 1953 Donna had three gins, three wholesale groceries, hardware and farm implements dealers, a wholesale distributor for feed mills, and the Donna News.

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