The Story of the Blalock Mexico Colony is a story about people— about Americans, who formed a stock corporation in 1902, purchased a large tract of land in Tamaulipas, Mexico, called Hacienda El Chamal and left Greer County, Territory of Oklahoma, with most of their worldly goods to live as colonists in Mexico. It is an important story because it documents how American citizens tried to recreate the American pioneer dream on foreign soil at the invitation of a foreign government— the Porfirio Diaz regime. Although the story has never been recorded in its entirety, descendants have kept it alive for the past 108 years. Read more