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Don Martin De Leon

Victoria, Victoria County

Marker Text

Founder of Victoria. Empresario of colonial grant from Mexico in 1824. Spanish cavalier, Indian fighter. First cattle baron of Texas. Born in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1765. Died in Victoria in 1833. RIP 1936

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Evergreen Cemetery, W. Red River & N. Vine Sts. (De Leon Pathway, Lot 1, Section 1)
Marker # 6542
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; colonization
Latitude, Longitude 28.810708, -97.007961

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