The Count and His Macaroni Line

The story of some places all too familiar to Texans: Louise, Inez and Edna, Texas. Seemingly nondescript female town names you may not have given much thought to come from a peculiar story of an Italian royal and his dream of a railroad from New York to Mexico.

Michelle M Haas

Chairman, Texas History Trust.
Lead designer, managing editor and researcher at Copano Bay Press.
Native of the Texas Coastal Plains.

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