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|   10th & Jonquil, McAllen, Texas
in Starbucks Stores Easy Starbucks to stop at while biking or walking between caches in McAllen. posted by:  JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/23/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Bicycle World of the Valley Fitness Systems - McAllen, Texas
in Bicycle Shops There are only three bike shops in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Brownsville, Harlingen and McAllen - all outlets of Bicycle World. So if you need your bike fixed, this is where you are headed. Only downside is that they are all closed Sundays. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/24/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Hidalgo County
in Texas Historical Markers Hidalgo County was created from Starr and Cameron counties in 1842. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/9/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6 km | El Sal del Rey, C.S.A. in Texas Historical Markers The salt deposit north of Edinburg was used during the Civil War. The very-hard-to-read marker details the development of Texas' mineral rights. The rights were owned by the state before 1866. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/9/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.1 km |  Plaza Hidalgo, Edinburg, Texas
in Municipal Parks and Plazas This small park in downtown Edinburg features a bust of Father Miguel Hidalgo and a fountain that needs to be fixed. It was dedicated during America’s bicentennial. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 12/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.1 km | Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in Texas Historical Markers This marker commemorates Hidalgo County's namesake, the Father of Mexican Independence. Unlike later Mexican Revolutionaries, such as Porfirio Diaz, he was never actually in the Rio Grande Valley. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/9/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.3 km | Everitt Building in Texas Historical Markers This historic building was built in 1910 by Edinburg's founder, John Closner. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/9/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.3 km |  Museum of South Texas History, Edinburg, Texas
in History Museums Lighting, sound and special effects immerse you in different periods of Texas, and South Texas, history.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/2/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.4 km |  Willie B's B-B-Q, Edinburg, Texas
in Classic BBQ and Sandwich Joints All the meats here, from the brisket to the chicken, have a delicate pecan flavor from the smoking process. Add in good potato salad and awesome pecan pie, and you’ve got a place worth eating at.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/24/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.8 km |  Miller, Sam and Marjorie, House - McAllen, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places There aren’t many Tudors in the Rio Grande Valley, and there isn’t much history in McAllen. That produces this listing - a 1937 Tudor home designed by architects Harry Biggers and Jack Langley built for Sam Miller. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.8 km | Sam and Marjorie Miller House in Texas Historical Markers This Tudor home was built in 1937, designed by Robert Vogler. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.8 km |  TIC - McAllen, Texas
in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers If you follow the ‘Visitor’s Center’ signs in McAllen, you’ll end-up here, at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce. There is a plethora of touristy brochures, but the Chamber’s primary purpose is to help and promote small businesses. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/21/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.9 km | Archer Park in Texas Historical Markers Archer Park, near the center of McAllen, was donated to the city in 1917 by the mayor. For thirteen years, McAllen's library was located underneath the park's bandstand. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.9 km | Archer Park, McAllen, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas Between the Casas de las Palmas Hotel and the Visitor’s Center lies Archer Park, with its fountain and unusual gazebo. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 12/4/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.9 km | Casa de Palmas - McAllen, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The plans for this Spanish Revival hotel, designed by architect M.L. Waller in 1918, were seen as intrinsic to the development of McAllen. The hotel has been both expanded and restored, and is now part of Marriott’s Renaissance Hotels chain. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.9 km | Casa de Palmas in Texas Historical Markers This hotel was built in 1918, burnt in 1973, and was then rebuilt. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.9 km | Site of Casa de Palmas in Texas Historical Markers This marker has a brief history of McAllen. The Casa de las Palmas hotel was built in 1918, after an influx of soldiers sent to protect the border. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW7.2 km |  Downtown McAllen - McAllen, Texas
in Murals At the north edge of downtown McAllen is this mural of different streetscapes on the rear of several buildings, looking all 3-D.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/25/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW7.4 km | Cine el Rey - McAllen, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This 1947 theater, designed by W.E. Crawford, is typical of small-town theaters built throughout Texas, but with a twist. It was built as McAllen’s ‘Mexican Theater’ - the films were shown in Spanish for the city's burgeoning Mexican community. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW8.9 km |  Vietnam War Memorial, Veterans Memorial Park, McAllen, TX, USA
in Vietnam War Memorials Vietnam War memorial with a dedication to the 3,415 Texans who lost their lives in the war as well as a section dedicated to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate). There are several other memorials located in this park. posted by: HANSENNI location: Texas date listed: 1/18/2010 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW9 km | McAllen Nature Center, McAllen, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas The Nature Center was developed as part of the World Birding Center and now seems to be abandoned. The signs say it’s open, but the gate is always closed and locked. Inside are peaceful trails and a cactus garden. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 12/4/2007 last visited: never |
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| Camp Ebenezer in Texas Historical Markers Pioneers in the Alamo, TX area. posted by:  8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/28/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW9.3 km | Quinta Mazatlan, Home of Jason Matthews in Texas Historical Markers The adobe bricks used to build this Spanish Revival home in the 1930s were made on-site. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW9.3 km |  Quinta Mazatlan - McAllen, Texas
in Official Local Tourism Attractions Centered around a 1937 estate built on the highest hill in McAllen is the World Birding Center’s Quinta Mazatlan. Lush gardens, landscaped specifically to attract birds, surround a beautiful Spanish Revival home. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/25/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE10.1 km | Willies Bar-B-Q, Alamo, TX in Classic BBQ and Sandwich Joints THE place for good smoked Bar-B-Q. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 3/11/2007 last visited: 4/2/2009 |
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