Complex sentence: Spurred by the arrival of the railroad a small town had sprung up on a site between McAllen and Weslaco, one of the town site's charter members, Mr. T. J. Hooks, had put all his resources and energies in making the town self-sufficient.
Split into simpler sentences: Spurred by the arrival of the railroad a small town had sprung up on a site between McAllen and Weslaco. One of the town sites charter members, Mr. T. J. Hooks, had put all of his resources and energies in making the town self-sufficient.