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6284 1766 Exploration of Diego Ortiz Parrilla from Riviera, take US 77 about 4 miles north to roadside park First expedition to give detailed descriptions of Texas' offshore islands and to refer to Corpus Christi Bay by its present name. The exploration ...

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5588 Approximate Route of U.S. Army March to the Rio Grande, 1846 from Riviera take US 77 about 4 miles north to Roadside Park Battle road of General Zachary Taylor and largest U.S. Army fielded in first half of the 19th century. After annexation of former Republic of Texas ...

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664 Camp Kingsville, U.S.A. roadside park, SH 141, west side of Kingsville (1915 - 1917) Established in September 1915 by Lt. Joseph Dorst Patch, acting under orders of the United States Army during the troubles on the Mexican ... 677 Camp San Fernando from Kingsville, take US 77 (business route) 3 miles north. Marker is on east side of road, between San Fernando Creek and Nueces County line. Marker damaged 2.10.14. Military post on San Fernando Creek, near this site. Guarded the lifeline of the Confederacy, the cotton road, export-import route that ran from ... 15961 Chamberlain Cemetery Chamberlain Cemetery, inside E entrance (just W of Armstrong St.), near flagpole In order to better market and transport cattle from area ranches at the turn of the twentieth century, Henrietta King, owner of the King Ranch, and ... 1584 Civil War Raid from Camp Boveda Intersection of US 77 and FM 771, Riviera On December 23, 1863, Capt. Jas. Speed of Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana's Brownsville-based Federal army force raided unguarded King Ranch. Objectives ...

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6283 Dawson Richard Murchison Chamberlain Cemetery. Grave is in Section D, Lot 27, space 3, on east side of cemetery. Map dot approximate. (Feb. 11, 1887-Dec. 20, 1938) Born in Bastrop County. A state game warden 1930-1938; stationed in Kingsville. He was killed on duty in Jim Wells ...

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1485 Englishmen in South Texas, 1568 Courthouse Square Kleberg at 11th Streets, Kingsville Fifty-two years before the celebrated landing of English settlers at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, three Englishmen traveled this ...

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13038 First Baptist Church of Kingsville 312 W King St In July 1904, the railroad reached the new town of Kingsville. The next month, twelve local residents, led by Bro. R. L. Pearce as pastor, organized ... 16781 First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1900 South Brahma Boulevard ON OCT. 11, 1911, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF KINGSVILLE WAS ORGANIZED, MANY OF ITS CHARTER MEMBERS BEING EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN’S NEW RAILROAD. ... 13304 First Presbyterian Church of Kingsville 302 W Kleberg Ave Tradition holds that Presbyterians in Kingsville first held services under mesquite trees before formally organizing on January 8, 1905. That day, ... 2111 First Producing Gas Well in Kleberg County from Kingsville take US 77 south about 3 miles to marker, on east side of road (south of junction with US business Route 77) Natural gas was first encountered in 1912 by Frank House while drilling for water on the Oscar Rosse farm. Other efforts to obtain fresh water resulted ... 17830 First United Methodist Church of Kingsville 120 N. 4th Street FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF KINGSVILLE The first Methodist worship service in Kingsville was on March 4, 1904. The Reverend C. S. Mills, a pastor ...

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2440 Henrietta M. King High School Kleberg and Third Avenue, Kingsville Completed in 1909, this school building originally housed all grades of the Kingsville school system. The site and funds for construction were donated ... 763 Historic Cattle Dipping Vat from Kingsville, take US 77 (business route) 3 miles north. Marker reported damaged Feb. 2014. Marker reported missing Aug. 2017. In 1894 this vat-- believed to be the first in the world-- was built to stop the spread of tick fever, which was destroying thousands of U.S. beef ...

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2640 Indian Burial Ground (Dietz Archeological Site) intersection of US 77 and FM 771, Riviera Centuries old, this burial ground was once used by the primitive Karankawa Indians. A little-known group, this coastal tribe cared for Spanish explorer ...

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14125 King Ranch Kingsville 2950 King Ranch, C.S.A. SH 141, west side of Kingsville, near King Ranch entrance on private property. Marker reported missing Jan. 2011. Map dot approximate. A major South Texas way-station on cotton road, lifeline of southern states in the Civil War. Had water, food, mules, oxen and bunks for drivers ... 12003 King Star Baptist Church W. Fordyce and Second St. Early religious activities for African Americans in this area, many of whom arrived as employees of railroad companies, were conducted at a mission ... 2954 Kingsville Cotton Mill 900 block north 6th Street, on east side of road at school, Kingsville Promotional efforts by William D. McNeill (1860-1925) of North Carolina resulted in construction of the Kingsville Cotton Mill on this site in 1921. ... 2955 Kingsville Railroad Depot Kleberg Avenue and railroad track (7th Street), Kingsville Styled by standard plans of the builder, the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad Company; erected in 1904 of locally made adobe brick, this ... 2962 Kleberg County roadside park, SH 141, west side of Kingsville Formed from Nueces County, created February 27, 1913. Organized June 27, 1913. Named in honor of Robert Justus Kleberg, 1803-1888, a pioneer German ...

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17808 Los Kinenos marker pending marker pending

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3355 Mexican Activities at Santa Gertrudis in the 1830's roadside park, SH 141, west side of Kingsville As a favored camp, important in Mexico's relations with early Texas. Visited June 1832 by Matamoros citizens on their way to compliment Irish settlers ...

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2473 Near Site of Hide and Tallow Plant ( King Ranch, 1866-69) from Kingsville take SH 141 about 5.5 miles west, marker is on south side of road Business founded by Capt. Richard King to advance economic recovery after the Civil War had ended in 1865. The King Ranch beef herds were "money ...

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17274 Presbyterian Pan American School FM 772, 3/8 mile west of Business 77 MEXICAN-AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATIONS BEGAN TO APPEAR IN TEXAS IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. WITH THE POPULATION INCREASE IN ...

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13900 Riviera Cemetery 0.3 mi. N of SH 285 This cemetery has served the residents of Riviera since early in the community's history. Riviera was established by Theodore F. Koch, an immigrant ... 4282 Riviera United Methodist Church SW corner Cypress and 8th streets On March 27, 1910, three years after Riviera was established, the Rev. C.W. Perkins organized this congregation with 31 charter members. Originally ... 4297 Robert J. Kleberg Public Library Third and Yoakum streets (southeast corner), Kingsville Begun by the Woman's Club in 1909, Kingsville's Public Library was moved to this building in 1927. B. E. Giesecke and A. W. Harris of Austin designed ...

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4583 Santa Gertrudis, Headquarters of the King Ranch on private property--King Ranch off SH 141 at west edge of Kingsville On this site, part of the De La Garza Santa Gertrudis land grant purchased by Captain Richard King in 1853, has stood each of the King Ranch headquarters. ... 12944 St. Paul Lutheran Church 521 E. Doddridge Ave. Kingsville's St. Paul Lutheran Church grew from early missionary efforts of the Rev. Frederick H. Eickhoff, an Indiana pastor working for the Lutheran ...

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5206 Taylor Camp Site, 1846 S. 6th St. (Bus. 77), west side near intersection with Jay Vee Ave. In 1846 Zachary Taylor's army marched from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande. On March 10,11, 12, 13, the four regiments in succession camped at this ... 17612 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Manning Hall As the state sought to expand its normal college system to train teachers, local Kingsville citizens, such as J.N. Bigbee, Maria Toner, Charles Flato, ... 2949 The King Ranch Visitors center, King Ranch, SH 141, west side, Kingsville Richard King (1824-1885), a Rio Grande steamboat captain, bought two Spanish land grants on Santa Gertrudis Creek and founded the legendary King ...

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15278 U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station - Kingsville Naval Air Station Kingsville Prior to U.S. involvement in World War II, the Naval Expansion Act of 1940 funded the growth of a two-ocean navy and authorized the expansion of ... 3134 Uriah Lott Kleberg Avenue at railroad tracks (7th Street) Kingsville (January 30, 1842 - March 29, 1915) Merchant, banker, builder of railroad to the Rio Grande. Born in Albany, N.Y. Came to South Texas in 1868. Chartered ...