{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Catarina Townsite Company",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Catarina Townsite Co.",
    "Taft-Catarina Artesian Belt Colonization Affiliate"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Dimmit"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Historical Corp Charter (1925 Dimmit County Colonization & Rail Townsite)",
  "active_era": "1925-1940s Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)",
  "canonical_url": "https://catarina-townsite-company.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://catarina-townsite-company.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas",
    "Western Eagle Ford Condensate & Gas Gathering Trunkline Corridor (Dimmit County)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Townsite street/alley fee strips, Asherton & Gulf Railway depot/spur easements, and artesian irrigation ditch rights-of-way across 855 instruments",
    "Early Eagle Ford basin colonization reservations retained prior to townsite company dissolution"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Catarina Townsite Company",
      "citation": "Dimmit County Deed Records (Prior to Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor))",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Survey Owners -> Catarina Townsite Company (Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas)",
      "notes": "Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Catarina Townsite Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Catarina Townsite & Colonization Dedication Instrument",
      "citation": "Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (Rec. 1925-11-17)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Catarina Townsite Company -> Catarina Townsite & Farm Tract Grantees (Dimmit County)",
      "notes": "855 historical plant instruments governing townsite lots, rail spurs, and irrigation corridors in the heart of the Dimmit County Eagle Ford play."
    }
  ]
}