Directory of Yoakum Resources

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"Yoakum is on the Lavaca-DeWitt county line. It was built on a league of land granted to John May by the government of Coahuila y Texas in 1835 and was used as a gathering ground for cattle to be driven up the Chisholm Trail... The May Tom-Tom Festival, which first publicized the tomato business, began in 1928, was suspended for five years in World War II, and resumed in 1946. The annual event now celebrates the local leather industry and is called the Leather Tom-Tom Festival"

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Resources in This Category

• City of Yoakum, Texas

  http://www.cityofyoakum.org/
  Municipal government site provides information on lifestyles, infrastructure and financial service, economic development incentives, and workforce demographics.

• Handbook of Texas: Yoakum

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfy01
  Brief history and information.

• Texas Trails: Yoakum

  http://www.lnstar.com/mall/txtrails/yoakum.htm
  A brief historical and informational page.

• Yoakum Local News: Topix

  http://www.topix.com/city/yoakum-tx
  Local, regional, and statewide news collected from diverse sources on the web.

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