Stockholm on the Rio Grande - A Swedish Farming Colony on the Mesquite Frontier of Southernmost Texas (1912-1985) - David E. Vassberg
Stockholm, Texas, was an early twentieth century Swedish colony in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The topic provides a fascinating micro-history of culture contacts, acculturation, and economic development in a frontier setting. The story of Stockholm, Texas, is a case history of the impact on a small rural community of the mechanization and commercialization of American agriculture.