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Santa Rita

Brownsville, Cameron County

Marker Text

Here was Santa Rita; First Anglo-American settlement on lower Rio Grande and county seat of Cameron County; 1848 1849

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Brownsville, take Highway 281 (Military Road) west 1 mile then go south about 100 yards (at Old Military Rd).
Marker # 4586
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code settlements; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 25.950766, -97.558595

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