Coming Home #5 - Medina County Reststop Traditional Cache
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Coming Home #5 - Medina County Reststop
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Coming Home #5 - Medina County Reststop
Voter registration in 1982 showed that 94 percent of the county
voters were Democrats. Election returns for presidential candidates
since 1932 reveals a Medina County vote for the eventual victor in
all but two races; a majority of voters selected Dewey in 1944 and
Hubert Humphrey in 1968. The Republican candidate for president
received a majority vote in Medina County in 1980, 1984, 1988, and
1992. Medina County industries with the most employment in 1982
were agribusiness, tourism, general construction, and the
manufacture of plumbing fixtures and aircraft engines and their
parts. Federal expenditures in the county in 1983 were $43,378,000,
including $10,936,000 by the United States Department of Defense.
After World War II the population of Medina County rose steadily,
to 17,013 in 1950, 18,904 in 1960, 20,249 in 1970, 23,164 in 1980,
and 27,312 in 1990. The largest minorities in 1990 were Hispanic
(44.4 percent), Native American (0.4 percent), and African-American
(0.3 percent). The largest community was Hondo with 6,018
residents. Other sizable towns included Devine (3,928), La Costa
(1,021), Lytle (340 in Medina County, partly in Atascosa County),
and Natalia (1,216). In the early 1990s Medina County offered the
visitor a wide range of recreational opportunities. Hunting and
fishing were major recreational resources available throughout the
county. Medina Lake in northeastern Medina County is noted for its
large numbers of black bass, white bass, catfish, northern pike,
Florida bass, and hybrid striped bass. Hunting is available mostly
through leasing arrangements with private land owners. The game
most likely to be hunted in the county are white-tailed deer, wild
turkey, and javelina, although leases are available for hunters
interested in sika deer, axis deer, and mouflon sheep.
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