Rancho Viejo
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 25° 59.104 W 097° 31.256
14R E 648050 N 2874867
This Texas Historical Marker is on the southbound Frontage Road of US Hwy 77, 550 feet south of Sybil Drive in Brownsville, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK1KR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
Views: 5

Marker Title: Rancho Viejo
Address:
City: Brownsville
County: Cameron
Subject Codes: ranches/ranching; Spanish immigrants/immigration
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Designations: na
Marker Location: From Brownsville take US 77 4.8 miles north (2.7 miles NW of FM 802 on US 77) - on west frontage road.
Marker Size: 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Marker Number: 4181

Marker Text:
Here Jóse Salvador de la Garza built his ranch El Espíritu Santo in 1771 First European settlement in Cameron County Erected by the State of Texas 1936


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