view gallery NW1 km | Sabal Palm Sanctuary - Brownsville, Texas in Official Local Tourism Attractions This park preserves one of the few remaining tracts of native Sabal Palm Forest. It’s great for birding - you'll probably see a Green Jay - and hiking too. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 03/20/2008 last visited: 03/07/2018 |
view gallery N6.8 km | Rio Grande Valley Wing of the Commemorative Air Force - Brownsville, Texas in Official Local Tourism Attractions This museum, with 11 or so restored aircraft, appeals mainly to hobbyists - others might be a little bored. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 03/20/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery W9.5 km | Museo Casamata, Matamoros, Mexico in History Museums Within the walls of the Casamata, a refuge during the many turbulent times in Matamoros, unfolds the history of both Matamoros and the state of Tamaulipas, intricately wound with the United States. posted by: JimmyEv location: Tamaulipas, Mexico date approved: 03/08/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery NW9.7 km | Fort Brown, Texas in Texas Historical Markers This Texas Historical Marker is 130 feet west of the Clubhouse of the Fort Brown Memorial Golf Course on 300 River Levee Road in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 01/08/2014 last visited: 01/12/2014 |
view gallery W9.7 km | Plaza Mutualista, Matamoros, Mexico in Municipal Parks and Plazas This shady plaza, in the center of the street, contains a large surrealistic sculpture of hands turning into a dove. There’s also a dry fountain. posted by: JimmyEv location: Mexico date approved: 02/08/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery NW9.8 km | Fort Brown Cavalry Barracks in Texas Historical Markers This Texas Historical Marker is on the northwest side of the Cavalry Barracks on Gorgas Drive at Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 01/11/2014 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW9.8 km | Cavalry Building - Brownsville TX in Signs of History This Sign of History is at the southwest corner of the Cavalry Building on Gorgas Drive at Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 01/13/2014 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse in Texas Historical Markers Built a year before the closing of the fort, this building served as a commissary. When the fort was re-activated due to Mexican border disturbances, the building served as the guardhouse and jail. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/13/2007 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Neale Home - Brownsville TX in Signs of History This Sign of History is in front of the Neale House on Neale Drive just north of Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 01/26/2014 last visited: 12/20/2013 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86 in Texas Historical Markers This Texas Historical Marker for Fort Brown Buildings 85 and 86 AKA Morgue and linen storage is on the west end of the "Old Morgue" in Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 01/12/2014 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Neale House - Brownsville TX in Relocated Structures This Relocated Structure is the Neale House which is now on Neale Drive just north of Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 04/09/2014 last visited: 01/18/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Neale House circa 1850 - Brownsville TX in Signs of History This is another Sign of History that is in front of the Neale House on Neale Drive just north of Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 04/08/2014 last visited: 12/20/2013 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Neale House in Texas Historical Markers This Texas Historical Marker is on the Neale House on Neale Drive just north of Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas. posted by: PeterNoG location: Texas date approved: 01/10/2014 last visited: 01/12/2014 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | AB0002 B 49 RP 44 IBWC -- Brownsville TX in U.S. Benchmarks A cool joint US International Boundary Commission/MX Comision des Internacional Limites benchmark plate on the campus of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/18/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Post Hospital Annex in Texas Historical Markers The Annex housed personnel working in the Post Hospital. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/13/2007 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | FIRST -- Investigations into the scourge of Yellow Fever -- Fort Brown, Brownsville TX in First of its Kind The first US Army investigations into Yellow fever started here at the Fort Brown Post Hospital in 1882, when Army Assistant Surgeon 1Lt William Gorgas was struck by, then recovered from, Yellow Fever. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/14/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | MG William C. Gorgas, USA, Surgeon General of the US -- Brownsville TX in Specific Veteran Memorials A bronze plaque on the front of the Main Building (the former Fort Brown Post Hospital) at Texas Southmost University in Brownsville TX honors USArmy officer William Gorgas, who tamed the mosquito posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/18/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | MG William C. Gorgas, USA, Surgeon General of the US -- Brownsville TX in Citizen Memorials A bronze plaque on the front of the Main Building (the former Fort Brown Post Hospital) at Texas Southmost University in Brownsville TX posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/17/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | Post Hospital in Texas Historical Markers The Post Hospital was built shortly after the end of the Civil War. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/13/2007 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | 124th Cavalry Regiment, TXARNG and USArmy -- Brownsville TX in Specific Veteran Memorials The 124th Cavalry Regiment, of the Texas Army National Guard and US Army was organized in 1929 and deactivated in 1944. During WWII, the 124th fought bravely in the China-Burma Theater, keeping open a vital Allied supply line in Burma. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/18/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | LAST -- Mounted Cavalry Regiment in the USArmy, Brownsville TX in Last of its Kind The 124th Cavalry Regiment, US Army, which was stationed at Fort Brown in Brownsville before being sent to China during WWII is the last mounted cavalry regiment in the Army. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/18/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | LAST -- Cavalry unit at Fort Brown, Brownsville TX in Last of its Kind The 124th Cavalry Regiment, US Army, which was stationed at Fort Brown in Brownsville is the last cavalry regiment stationed at Fort Brown. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 08/18/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery NW10.1 km | La Gran Puerta de Mexico, Matamoros, Mexico in Abstract Public Sculptures This huge red 'M,' designed by Sebastian, represents Matamoros, the 'Great Gate of Mexico.' posted by: JimmyEv location: Mexico date approved: 11/08/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery NW10.3 km | Fort Brown Reservation in Texas Historical Markers Fort Brown was built in 1846 to defend Texas during the Mexican War (and to provoke the war with Mexico). The fort changed hands a few times during the Civil War, falling under Confederate control by the end of the war. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/12/2007 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
view gallery NW10.3 km | Launching Site of First U.S. Army Airplane in Texas Historical Markers The first U.S. Army Airplane to be shot at by enemy fire took off from Fort Brown in 1915. The enemy fire came from Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, across the Rio Grande. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/15/2007 last visited: 07/17/2015 |
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