A deep dive into the Spanish and Mexican influences that helped shape Texas history is coming to the city, accompanied with details of longstanding Tejano families still in the area.The Elgin Depot Museum’s grand opening of “Latino Influences in Texas and Bastrop County” is scheduled for March 23 at 10 a.m., following its stay as one of Bastrop Museum’s most attended exhibits, according to Visitor Center representatives.“I feel that people tend to think of Texas from winning their independence on, when for 300 years prior there were people here,” said former Elgin mayor and exhibit curator Ron Ramirez. “In today’s ...