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Lowe's Market traces its history to E.M. "Bud" Lowe who sold candy and sundries from the back of a truck in Littlefield, Texas in the 1940s. [2] In 1964, Bud Lowe opened the first Lowe's Market, a small grocery store, in Olton, Texas. The company began the process of gradual expansion into small and medium-sized towns in Texas and New Mexico.
The first Lowe's store, Mr. L.S. Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware, opened in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in 1921 by Lucius Smith Lowe. [8] After Lowe died in 1940, the business was inherited by his daughter, Ruth Buchan, who sold the company to her brother, James Lowe, for $4,200, [ 9 ] that same year.
Edinburg (/ ˈ ɛ d ɪ n b ɜːr ɡ / ED-in-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. [6] The population was 100,243 at the 2020 census, [3] and in 2022, its estimated population was 104,294, [4] making it the second-largest city in Hidalgo County, and the third-largest city in the larger Rio Grande Valley region.
It was also the home to the Edinburg Roadrunners of the Texas–Louisiana League/Central Baseball League/United League Baseball. The Roadrunners disbanded before the 2014 season. [ 4 ] The stadium, which opened in 2001, holds 4,000 people, expandable to 14,000-16,000 for concerts and other special events.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville operates three PK-8th Grade schools, two lower-level elementary schools and two high schools. The Edinburg campus of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (formerly University of Texas-Pan American) is located in Hidalgo County. All of the county is in the service area of South Texas College. [26]
The school is named for former Edinburg Fire Chief Johnny G. "the Greek" Economedes. Economedes serves sections of eastern and northeastern Edinburg along with several census-designated places: [3] [4] Cesar Chavez, [5] Doolittle, [6] and La Blanca. [7] Expansion to all district high schools in 2010 brought a new performing arts center to JEHS.
The Bert Ogden Arena is an indoor arena in Edinburg, Texas, United States. [2] The arena officially opened in August 2018 and currently houses the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the NBA G League affiliate of the Houston Rockets. The arena seats nearly 7,700, which can be expanded up to a maximum capacity of 9,000 for concerts.
It is headquartered in Edinburg, Texas, the county seat of Hidalgo County. [ 1 ] The jurisdiction of the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office often overlaps with several other law enforcement agencies, among them the Texas Highway Patrol, the five Hidalgo County Constable Precincts, and several municipal police agencies including the city of McAllen ...