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Rancho Viejo

Brownsville, Cameron County

Marker Text

Here Jose Salvador de la Garza built his ranch El Espiritu Santo in 1771; First European settlement in Cameron County

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Brownsville take US 77 4.8 miles north (2.7 miles NW of FM 802 on US 77) - on west frontage road.
Marker # 4181
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code ranches/ranching; Spanish immigrants/immigration
Latitude, Longitude 25.98619, -97.519945

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