Dolores Townsite
N 29° 20.151 W 100° 32.120
14R E 350935 N 3246174
The historic marker for the Delores townsite, one of several vanished communities in this part of Texas
Waymark Code: WMPMX8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2015
Views: 6
This marker is located in a state highway department rest area on the north side of the US 90 about 9 miles west of Brackettville.
Marker Number: 1243
Marker Text:
(About 8 miles south)
Only settlement founded in John Charles Beales' ill-fated Rio Grande colony of 1834-1836.
Beales (1804-1878) -- empresario of 70,000,000 acres in present Southern and Western Texas and New Mexico -- was Texas' largest known land king. In 1833 he and a partner brought 59 settlers here to colonize a town to be named for Beales' Mexican wife.
Indian raids and drouth soon took their toll, but the death blow came in 1836. As the group fled the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution, Comanches killed all but 7 of one party. This ended the town's existence. (1970)
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