Alice Wilson Hope Park, Brownsville, Texas
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv
N 25° 53.963 W 097° 29.969
14R E 650306 N 2865400
Adjacent to the International Bridge, this small park gives good views of the Rio Grande and holds a marker for the beginning of the Chisholm Trail, the 1000-mile cattle drive terminating in Abilene, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM2M9A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
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If you’re headed across the border or to downtown Brownsville, there are three or four free parking spaces atop the bluff, hidden from the street by landscaping and virtually unknown. The park might not be around for much longer - it’s slated to be swallowed by the building of the border wall.
Name: Alice Wilson Hope Park

Street Location: 1300 East Levee Street

Local Municipality: City of Brownsville

State/Province, etc.: Texas

Country: USA

Web Site: [Web Link]

Memorial/Commemoration: Yes.

Picnic Facilities: No.

Recreational Facilities:
None.

Monuments/Statues: Yes.

Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Yes.

Fountains: No.

Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: On the Rio Grande.

Date Established: Not listed

Special Events: Not listed

Traditional Geocaches: Not listed
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