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117 Alice Federal Building and Post Office, marker is at NW corner of E. 2nd and N. Adams streets In the 1880s, when the lines of the Corpus Christi, San Diego, & Rio Grande and the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railroads intersected, a new townsite ... 13543 Alice Cemetery Alice Cemetery, at entrance on Martin Luther King Blvd., W side between Gloria St. and Bus. 281 (Falfurrias Hwy.) This burial ground has served Alice-area residents for more than 100 years, and the story of its genesis and ongoing use involves many individuals ... 17587 Alonso S. Perales Collins Cemetery, near S. Flournoy Rd. entrance, SW corner S. Flournoy Rd. and Sain Dr. Alonso Perales, born on Oct. 17, 1898 in Alice, was orphaned at a young age, losing his father, Nicolas Perales, at age six and his mother, Susana ... 6288 Archelaus Bynum Dodson Collins Cemetery, near S. Flournoy Rd. entrance, SW corner S. Flournoy Rd. and Sain Dr. (December 31, 1807-March 10, 1898) Texas patriot famed as man who introduced the Lone Star flag during the Texas Revolution. Born in North Carolina, ...

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11955 First Presbyterian Church of Alice 77 N. Adams Street On November 6, 1898, twenty-one ears after the founding of Alice, fifteen people met with an evangelist, the Rev. A.H.P. McCurdy of the Western Presbytery ... 15695 First United Methodist Church (Alice) 111 N. Adams Street 1972 Fort Casa Blanca, C.S.A. SH 359, NW side, just NE of CR 364 intersection (About 2 1/2 mi. NW) First building erected in area that is now Jim Wells County early as 1855. During the Civil War was on Confederate supply line ...

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2757 Jim Wells County Triangle between Bus. 281, Ida St. and San Diego Hwy. Access from roadside pulloff immediately after TX 44-TX 359 Corpus Christi-San Diego exit on southbound Bus. 281 after railroad overpass. Formed from Nueces County, created March 11, 1911, organized May 6, 1911. Named for Judge James B. Wells, an able lawyer. Born near Aransas Pass, ... 2758 Jim Wells County Courthouse Jim Wells County Courthouse grounds, south side facing E. 2nd St. Governor Oscar B. Colquitt signed legislation creating Jim Wells County on March 11, 1911. Taken from territory formerly a part of Nueces County, ...

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12966 Las Calaveras Cemetery FM 2508, N side, 2 mi. E of US 281 José María Valadez, born in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, purchased land in this area in 1864, moving here with his wife, Josefa Garcia Hinojosa. ... 18734 Los Preseños The historical site is located approximately two miles east of Alice, Texas at the intersection of Texas Highway 44 and San Fernando Creek in Jim Wells County. In 1831, Marcelino Lopez of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, applied for and was awarded a land grant by the Mexican State of Tamaulipas. The settlement ...

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3294 McGill Brothers Building South Texas Museum, S. Wright St., E side between E. Main and San Diego streets Mississippi native J. W. McGill and his wife Lydia (Abell) reared two sons, James Claude (1873-1935) and H. Frank (1883-1952). The McGill brothers ... 3353 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Premont NE corner SW 1st and Bernice streets Development of Premont began in 1904; the post office opened on January 13, 1909. Visiting ministers occasionally held church services in a surveyors' ...

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14823 San Diego Cemetery San Diego 24171 St. John of the Cross Catholic Church marker pending marker pending

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5270 Vicinity of Texas Rangers' Battle of May 29, 1850 From Alice, take Highway 281 north about 14.4 miles, near intersection with CR 230. Marker removed by TXDOT during work to highway. Marker reported missing Dec. 1999. A gallant fight in era after Mexican War, while the Federals and Texans were ridding Nueces to Rio Grande area of marauders. Texas Rangers under ...