| 词条 | John J. Conway |
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}}{{For|other persons with this name|John Conway (disambiguation){{!}}John Conway}}John Conway founded the city of Mission, Texas in 1907 with J. W. Holt when the two purchased the {{convert|17000|acre|ha|adj=on}} La Lomita Ranch from the Oblate fathers. Subdivided parcels were sold to arriving settlers and water was pumped from the Rio Grande by means of a pumping station called the First Lift Station and distributed to the residents of the Rio Grande Valley through the Mission Canal Co. Irrigation System, also started by Conway and Holt.[1] References1. ^{{cite book|title=A Guide to Hispanic Texas|last=Simons|first= Helen |editor1=Cathryn A Hoyt|edotor2=|date=1996|publisher=University of Texas Press: Texas Historical Commission|isbn=0292777094|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tV3F5MH4aYC&pg=PA99&dq=La+Lomita+church+history&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_vKywv3fAhUDLK0KHV19AIwQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=La%20Lomita%20church%20history&f=false|page=99|accessdate=2019-01-20}} External links
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