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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 ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...