The way that I heard it, during those 1970 two weeks I edited the Edna Herald….
The railroad financier Joseph Telfener, along with John W. Mackay, built 91 miles of track from Rosenburg Junction to Victoria Texas in 1882. In the middle was Ganado, that translates as “cattle”. Other depots were named for Telfener’s two daughters Inez and Edna, and Mackay’s wife Louise. Don’t know who wrote the poem:
A man bound for Laredo,
Spent the night at Ganado.
He slept, if you please,
Between Edna and Louise,
and dreamed of El Dorado.
