OUR COMMUNITY THE CHAMBER VISITORS & TOURISM BUSINESS DIRECTORY TEXAS ONION FEST MEMBER PORTAL LOCAL EATS HOTELS NATURE HISTORY EVENTS Get ready to Shop. Eat. Stay & Explore Weslaco! RESTAURANTS Weslaco is full of family owned and operated restaurants that have been in the community for years! Check out a full list of these restaurants by clicking HERE Click HERE to download a copy of our Dining Guide with links to our #localfavorites HOTELS Planning a trip to Weslaco? Stay at one of our great hotels and take advantage of being in the center of the Mid-Valley! Click HERE to download a copy of our "Where to Stay" guide with links to our hotels! Click a hotel logo below to view/download the Hotels Amenities Sheet! Other Nearby Chamber Member Hotels! Use this map to find where our hotels are located NATURE Weslaco is home to 3 nature parks! Estero Llano Grande State Park 3301 S International Blvd FM 1015, Weslaco TX, 78596 (956)565-3919 Open M-T 8AM-4:30PM & W-S 8AM-5PM tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/estero-llano-grande Valley Nature Center 301 S Border Ave, Weslaco, TX 78596 (956)969-2475 Open M-F 9AM-4PM & Saturday 8AM-3PM www.valleynaturecenter.org Frontera Audubon 1101 S Texas Blvd, Weslaco, TX 78596 (956)968-3275 Open T-SAT 8AM-4PM fronteraaudubon.org Check out our Nature Itineraries for a perfectly planned out nature day by clicking HERE Click HERE to view our City Parks page HISTORY Founded in 1919 Weslaco is full of History! Historical Timeline 1919-1935 1938-1983 1984-2020 The City of Weslaco was founded by Ed C. Couch and R.L Reeves in September of 1919. Shortly after in December 1919 the two held an auction for residential and business land ranging from $50 to $400 a lot, by today’s standards that’s about $748 to $6,229. At the start of 1920, the city offices were established, as well as the first store “The Peoples Store” by the S.M Mattar family. Only one year later the Weslaco Independent School District formed. In 1923 the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Center was established. In 1926 the Beautification Committee was formed; they were responsible for purchasing the first of many palm trees down Texas Blvd. On New Year’s Eve 1928 The Cortez Hotel opened its doors with a banquet and dance. In 1932 the Texsun and Tex Maid companies started production, at the time the Texsun juice plant was the largest orange juice plant in the world! On October 21 1935 the official charter for the Weslaco Area Chamber of Commerce was filed, the founding directors were C.L Skaggs, T.G. Cressner, J.M. Sewell, L.M. Burton, Sam R. Weems, Everett Knapp, Judson Friday, J.J. Poinbeouf & Grant Montgomery. EVENTS Weslaco is home to many staple events! Local events hosted by the Weslaco Chamber include the Texas Onion Fest and the Mid Valley Lighted Christmas Parade and most recently the Weslaco Holiday Lights Display & La Cebollita Market Join our Newsletter © 2021 Weslaco Area Chamber of Commerce. All Rights Reserved.