Moving - Laredo, Texas

Are you looking for a local moving company to r'locate you in or out of Laredo, TX, we can help you.  Continental Relocation's moving services include packing, crating, moving, and storage if you need some time to search for your new home.

To help familiarize you with this fine neighborhood, please read our brief history about Laredo. TX.  It's interesting.

A Brief History of Laredo, Texas

The Spanish settlement became a Mexican city in 1821 when Mexico gained it independence from Spain, and, during the early 1800s, a trading economy developed as cattle hides and wool were traded south in exchange for food and household necessities. However, trade was disrupted and many ranchos were wiped out by the raids of the Comanche and Apache Indians who reaped the spoils of war and gained prestige in their warrior-based societies. The Carrizos, another group of Native Americans who practiced a hunting-gathering existence, were decimated by disease and eventually assimilated into Spanish culture.

Disgruntled with the Mexican centralist government's rule by dictatorship and its complacency in defending the northern frontier from Indian attack, many Laredoans supported the constitutional convention which created the Republic of the Río Grande on January 7, 1840. Laredo became a capital of the new republic which attempted to unite Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and parts of South Texas. After several skirmishes with the Mexican army, the short-lived republic came to an end, enduring only 283 days. Although the Republic of Texas, which had won its independence from Mexico in 1836, attempted to claim Laredo, its citizens remained loyal to Mexico after the defeat of the Republic of the Río Grande.

In 1845, the annexation of Texas by the United States led to the declaration of war against Mexico. Shortly after the fall of Mexico, the Río Grande was declared the boundary between the United States and Mexico. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Laredo officially became part of Texas. Mexicans who wanted to retain their citizenship moved across the river. This area previously settled as part of Laredo was named Nuevo Laredo in 1848. An estimated 120 refugee families planted their roots and grew to a population of around 2,000 in the 1870s.