Old Hidalgo Pumphouse

As a cultural event I decided to go to the Old Hidalgo Pumphouse, in Hidalgo, Texas. The Old Hidalgo Pumphouse once served as a Pump House that transformed the valley from a dry, harsh land, to a agricultural area because it pumped water from the Rio Grande during the early years of the 20th century. Usually, the Pumphouse is all beautiful, sunny and colorful, unfortunately, I went after a rainy day, a cold front, cloudy, and at twilight, so my mementos might be as beautiful as Google’s pictures.

The Pump House is located inside the historical center of the city of Hidalgo, which is delimited by a few streets. In the historical center there is the old court of the Hidalgo, which was there since Texas gained independence from Mexico until the county decided to move the county seating from Hidalgo to Edinburg. Around the court, there was also behind it a two-floor building with bars in every window, which turned out to be the county jail. Across the street, there is the Old Hidalgo Post Office, which was also some sort of supermarket. All of these buildings obviously have a lot of history inside, however, the city of Hidalgo locked the buildings, and it makes me rant.

Inside the park, there were many tracks and trees, and the city of Hidalgo put lights around because of the annual “Festival of lights”, it looked good, but it had a trade off, because all the lights resulted disturbing to the wildlife and never came out throughout all the time that I was in there, but yeah, I enjoyed the walk.

The thing that I liked the most of this place was the pumphouse and the walking track that runs throughout the 600 acres of park.

The only wild life that I found...