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La Salle County was formally organized in 1880 with Stuart's Rancho, near Guajoco, designated its first seat of government. In 1881 La Salle was granted a post office, and in 1882 Laxton seemed to have won an important victory when his town was designated the temporary county seat. In a special county election held in 1883, however, voters chose to make Cotulla the county seat, and La Salle began to fade away. Though saloons and gunfights gave Cotulla a reputation as a tough frontier town for many years, domestic institutions also evolved. By 1886 the town had a school and a debating society, and by 1892 it was described as a "prosperous town" with a hotel, four general stores, three saloons, a meat market, and two grocery stores.
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