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El Lobanillo

Geneva, Sabine County

Marker Text

In this vicinity was historic Spanish rancho called El Lobanillo. Pueblo of Gil Ybarbo (1729-1809), where his ill mother and other refugees remained when Spain evacuated colonists from Western Louisiana and East Texas in 1773. Granted 1794 to Juan Ignacio Pifermo, and inherited in early 1800s by John Maximillian (1778?-1866), this is now known as oldest continuously occupied site in East Texas. (1972)

Marker Details

Address SH 21
Location Description pullout on west side of SH 21, 0.1 mi. SE of Lee Arnold Road
Marker # 11033
Dedicated 1972
Size, Type 24" x 18" affixed to gray granite
Code ranches/ranching
Latitude, Longitude 31.475911, -93.917334

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