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Texas Travel Information Center in Laredo
Laredo Children's Museum-Meet new friends, The Primaries-Yippee,
Rudie, and Booboo, as they guide you through the museum. Yippee loves
history and culture; Rudie is into art; and Booboo is a science nut. Through
hands-on experimentation and exploration, museum encourages the explorer
and inventor in children. Open Thurs. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun. 1 - 5 p.m.
West End Washington St. on campus of Laredo Jr. College. 210/721-5321.
Admission.
Nuevo Laredo-Founded 1775, "New Laredo" across border is bustling city
of 350,000. Fine hotels, motels, and restaurants cater to large flow of visitors
throughout year. Shoppers find profusion of gift shops specializing in jewel-
ry, crystal, onyx, metallic arts. El Mercado, traditional marketplace two blocks
from international bridge, features handicrafts, baskets, hand-dyed cloth, ser-
apes, clothing, leatherwork, silver goods-all with Mexican flair.
The Nuevo Laredo Turf Club, within walking distance from international
bridge, offers wagering via live transmission from major U.S. and Mexican
horse and greyhound tracks; restaurant and bar, opens 11 a.m. daily.
On seasonal basis, bullfights are staged at the Plaza de Toros La Fiesta
hullring, six miles from the bridge.
Republic of the Rio Grande Building-Seven flags have flown over
quaint, one-story building. Whitewashed plaster covers walls of rock and
adobe that measure more than two feet thick. Now a museum, building
served as capitol of unsuccessful Republic of the Rio Grande; displays guns,
saddles, household goods of frontier homes with emphasis on period of Rio
Grande Republic, 1839-41. Open Tues. - Sun. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 1000 Zaragoza
St. on San Agustin Plaza. Contributions.
Thousands cross the International bridge
linking Laredo with Nuevo Laredo daily
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Statue of Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican military
hero, in San Agustin Plaza, Laredo
St. Augustine Church-Originally built in 1767; present structure, third on
site, dates from 1872. On San Agustin Plaza in heart of old Spanish section.
Texas Travel Information Center-One of the centers provided by the
state at key highway entrances to Texas, in State Capitol Complex, and at the
judge Roy Bean Visitor Center in Langtry. Operated daily 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
except for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's.
Staffed by uniformed, professional, bilingual travel counselors, free services
to all visitors include information, maps, literature on every part of the state,
and expert assistance in charting routes. On 1-35 north of Laredo: operated
by Texas Department of Transportation.
Bargain hunters find shopping fantastic in
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, across from Laredo
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