“I tell them we have baby with beards in Palo Seco,” he said. Fraser remembers a very different Palo Seco. He also remembers when trains passed through Palo Seco and the surrounding lands produced an abundance of fruit. A sporting legacyGaston Philip, who has lived in Palo Seco for almost 20 years, also believes the velodrome should be restored. Palo Seco once had a trade school where young people could learn skills including woodworking and mechanics.