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Edward Burleson Raymond
427 S. 7th St. Raymondville
Founder of Raymondville. Born in a log house on Congress Avenue, Austin, son of Republic of Texas lawyer and newspaperman N. C. Raymond and wife ...
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First Baptist Church of Lyford
Corner of S. Gulf Ave. and E. 2nd St. Marker reported missing Nov. 2017.
Lyford's Baptists began meeting for worship services about 1909, when the Rev. S. F. Marsh started traveling from Harlingen once a month to preach. ...
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First Baptist Church of Raymondville
301 W. 5th St., Raymondville
This congregation traces its history to 1907, when services were held in a two-story home on 7th Street shared with other denominations. The First ...
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Great Salt Lake
From Raymondville, take SH 186 West about 7 mi.
Here has existed since the first Spanish chronicler traversed the region, A great salt lake which supplied all northern Mexico with salt. (1936)
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Lasara
Lasara School, E. Sixth St., Lasara
Formed out of the San Juan Carricitos Spanish land grant, the townsite of Lasara was developed in 1926 by W. A. Harding and Lamar Gill. The names ...
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Lyford
in front of police station just east of North Park Ave
Before the arrival of the railroad, this area was a part of the King Ranch known as "Como se LLama". Lyford was developed in 1907 by executives of ...
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Old Alice Road
1 mi. N. of Santa Monica on FM 1420; 3 mi. E of La Jarita
Once used by Indian tribes, then widened by Mexican oxcarts and Spanish expeditions, this trail has been called the Old Alice Road since its establishment ...
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Port Mansfield
At south end of Water Street at waterfront, Port Mansfield.
INSCRIPTION: Port Mansfield
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Raymondville State Bank
Raymondville
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San Juan De Carricitos Land Grant
From Raymondville, take SH 186 E. about 12 mi.
The largest land grant in South Texas, the San Juan de Carrictios lands were awarded to Don Jose Narciso Cavazos in 1792 by the King of Spain. Comprising ...
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San Perlita "Pearl of the Valley"
Hollywood Park, NE corner FM 2209 and Sunset Blvd.
Part of the Carricitos land grant issued in 1790 by the King of Spain to Jose Narcisso Cavozos, this agricultural community and the surrounding farmland ...
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Sebastian
At US 77 Bus. & FM 506, next to Post Office, Sebastian
Originally part of the San Juan de Carricitos land grant, this townsite later was part of South Texas' famed King Ranch. Sebastian was known as Stillman ...
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Willacy County
Corner of 3rd and Hidalgo Streets, Raymondville.
Formed from Cameron and Hidalgo counties; created March 11, 1911, recreated April 2, 1921; organized August 12, 1911, reorganized August 13, 1921. ...
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Willacy County Courthouse
Willacy County Courthouse grounds, southeast corner
Several years after Willacy County formed in 1911, a courthouse was built by San Antonio Architect Henry T. Phelps in Sarita. Despite the elegant ...