The New Student's Reference Work/Laredo, Tex.

Lare′do, Tex., a city on the Rio Grande, the capital of Webb County, connected with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, by two bridges across the river. It lies 75 miles west of San Diego and 150 southwest of San Antonio, and is the center of an important area in the coal, iron and brick as well as wool-exporting trade. The growing of Bermuda onions has been a steadily increasing industry, since the Laredo vegetable is superior to the original article. Laredo also has considerable commerce with Mexico, and Nuevo Laredo (Mex.), just across the border, has 8,000 people. Laredo was originally settled by Spaniards and Mexicans as a frontier town of Mexico. Population 14,855.