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355 Bel-Asher 823 Forest Avenue, Asherton Designed by noted San Antonio architect Alfred Giles and built in 1910, this imposing structure was the home of Asher Richardson and his wife, Mary ... 11849 Burleson Cemetery US 277, E side 4.7 mi. NW of Carrizo Springs; 0.3 mi. NW of CR 101/Williams Road Among the earliest settlers in the area later named Dimmit County, the Burleson family settled near Carrizo Springs between 1865 and 1870. James ...

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13124 Catarina Hotel Catarina, 19290 South US Hwy. 83 Catarina grew around headquarters of the Sinton-Taft Ranch, later called Taft-Catarina Ranch. Kansas businessmen C.H. Kearny, J.E. Jarrett and H.V. ...

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6978 Dimmit County not located Created February 1, 1858; organized November 2, 1880 Named in honor of Philip Dimmitt, a pioneer trader and captain in the Texas Army who died in ... 12348 Dimmit County Courthouse 103 N. 5th St. Named for one of the framers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Dimmit County was created from four other counties in 1858. The county was ...

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1501 Espantosa Lake FM 1433 at Dam at south end of lake, marker damaged missing star & wreath 12.2020 Most famous camping ground on Presidio Road. Earliest route between Texas and Coahuila. Many legends center about the lake. Here in 1876 Texas Rangers ...

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1603 First Baptist Church 706 Houston St. First church built by Texas Baptists west of Nueces River. Organized May 27, 1878. Building constructed 1888-1891 on land donated by Levi and Matilda ...

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6979 Valenzuela Ranch Headquarters private property - not located Begun in the 1870s by Thomas Kearney (1810 - 1896) and James A. Carr (d. 1894), this became one of the area's largest ranches, comprising 84,600 ...