Home is where history is (I don't think this is grammatically correct).

"I was born in a small town..." John Mellencamp

I have this goal of making history in the classroom relevant and "local"  Well there are other goals but for this post I'll keep it short.  I was born in Robstown, Texas.   I grow up on the outskirts of Robstown, on Petronila Rd. The road's name results from the road leading directly to the small (I mean very small) farming town of Petronila.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Petronila+Rd/@27.7805298,-97.6520862,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x86687cf432b6e905:0x639fab5ccf3587d2

I didn't like growing up far away from my friends but living out on the outskirts had its benefits.



Looking up at the night sky on clear days was awesome! I got lost in God's wonder.  My parents bought the home from my mom's oldest brother.  Before we moved, my family and I lived at my grandmother's (dad's mom) house on Nebraska.

 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nebraska+St/@27.786117,-97.6745762,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x86687c6b0dee1df9:0x85a7ade4a868750b

The street and its neighboring streets were named after the states of origin of Robstown's first settlers.  They arrived here on trains looking to buy good farmland being sold by local developer George H. Paul. 

Well that's a short but not short history of the streets I grew up living in Robstown.