 Over the next few decades the population of Garza's Crossing shifted closer to the rail line.In January 1906, the first steel bridge over the Medina River at Von Ormy was built by the International–Great Northern Railroad.Texas Ranger and judge W. G. M. Samuel, who lived in Von Ormy in his later years, was often quoted in local newspapers as stating that the last major Indian battle in Bexar County occurred in Von Ormy.