It sits amid cotton and soybean fields and pecan orchards, and until recently its main attractions had been a couple of stately plantations and
a small railroad station at which a train stops twice a day to pick up cotton.
Not exact matches
This included the building of a
railroad, the establishment of port facilities at several points including Xcalac (a
small town just north of Ambergris Caye), warehouses, wireless
stations and boatyards.
Originally a
small rural town, the introduction of a
railroad station created an agricultural boom.