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669 C.S.A. Camp Nueces Picnic area, NW side of US 83, 10 mi. N of La Pryor, 0.6 mi. N of the Nueces River, and 1.2 mi. SW of the Uvalde-Zavala county line Founded April 1862 near this site, to guard vital traffic as it crossed the Nueces on the San Antonio-Eagle Pass Road. A post of the Confederacy's ... 13720 Crystal City Family Internment Camp, World War II northeast corner of N. 7th Ave. (FM 1433) and Popeye Lane When the U.S. entered the war in 1941, an immediate fear was the possibility of enemy agents in the country and the Western Hemisphere. As one response, ...

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15127 Kincaid Ranch and Hotel FM 140, at NW corner intersection with RR 187. Marker reported missing Jun. 2022. William Davis Kincaid, founder of the Kincaid Ranch, learned the cattle business as a young man in West Texas. In 1905 Kincaid brought his family ...

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4791 Site of First Zavala County Courthouse one block south of Highway 57 on Main Street Batesville Plaza Zavala County was created in 1858 from Maverick and Uvalde counties. Named for Lorenzo de Zavala, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, the county ...

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462 The Bosque-Larios Expedition Picnic area, NW side of US 83, 10 mi. N of La Pryor, 0.6 mi. N of the Nueces River, and 1.2 mi. SW of the Uvalde-Zavala county line (April 30 - June 12, 1675) In the 16th century, northern Mexico was torn by strife as the Indian inhabitants resisted Spanish efforts to enslave ...

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5943 Zavala County from Crystal City, take Highway 83, about 1.9 miles north In 1832 land grant of Mexico to John Charles Beales. Lake Espantosa was campsite on road from Mexico to San Antonio. County created from Uvalde and ... 5944 Zavala County US 83 south to US 65 east (left) until you see Zavala County Courthouse highway sign, make a left (markers on right) Explored as early as 1691 by the expedition of Domingo Teran de Los Rios, Spanish governor of Texas. The historic San Antonio Road crossed this region ...