El Campo grows as the 'Pearl of the Prairie'
Modern El Campo hasn't forgotten its country roots
      El Campo's founding fathers gathered together a century ago to incorporate a town from the dusty, windswept railhead known as Prairie Switch. The city's come a long way yet much remains the same, more than a century later. Agriculture is still the backbone of the economy, and business continues t...
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City's murals capture community's pride in past
By SHANNON CRABTREE
      El Campo's tall tales cling firmly to the same bricks, mortar and steel which have stiffened backs and callused hands in the not-quite cowtown community since the early 1900s. So it's not surprising that the Pearl of the Prairie's almost 20 murals call a World War II veteran Mom.
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