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1394 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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1649 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. ... 1668 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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2264 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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3042 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 ... 3150 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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12297 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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4079 Port Mansfield At south end of Water Street at waterfront, Port Mansfield. INSCRIPTION: Port Mansfield

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14666 Raymondville State Bank Raymondville

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4542 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 ... 4552 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 ... 4626 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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5814 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. ... 18553 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 ...