This Historic District Was Once a Major Port Along the Rio Grande
This Historic District Was Once a Major Port Along the Rio Grande
This Historic District Was Once a Major Port Along the Rio Grande ... Image courtesy of Nuestro Stories. Located mere miles from the Mexican ...
Rio Grande City Downtown Historic District | Texas Time Travel
The Silverio de la Péna Drugstore and Post Office at Main and Lopez streets is one of the best examples of this international mix.A block from the drugstore ...
Roma Historic District - UTRGV
Situated at the farthest inland point for steamboat navigation on the Rio Grande, the city of Roma became a major center in the movement of cotton from the ...
History & Culture - Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River (U.S. National ...
Visiting the Mexican village of Boquillas through the park's Boquillas Crossing Port of Entry is an option for visitors possessing a valid ...
The Rio Grande drainage basin (watershed) has an area of 182,200 square miles (472,000 km2); however, the endorheic basins that are adjacent to and within the ...
Rio Grande City, Texas - | Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Rio Grande City (population 24500), the county seat of Starr County and one of the oldest settlements in South Texas, is an international port of entry on ...
Roma Historic District - Texas Time Travel
SMALL RIVER TOWN, BIG RIVER HISTORY Over two centuries of Texas borderland ... Rio Grande River. Until recently and despite its two-hundred and fifty ...
The downtown district of Rio... - Texas Historical Commission
The downtown district of Rio Grande City began in 1846 when Kentuckian Henry Clay Davis married Hilaria de la Garza, daughter of the owner ...
Park Archives: Rio Grande National Wild & Scenic River - NPS History
In the early part of the 20th century, hardy homesteaders constructed dwellings and an elaborate network of irrigation ditches for farming near ...
ROMA HISTORIC DISTRICT Other Name/Site Number - NPGallery
Roma's establishment as a town relates to the history of the town of Mier, directly across the Rio Grande in Mexico. In 1746, this area was formally organized ...
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MULTIPLE ...
... once dominant Carrizo remained along the banks of the Rio ... This survey area contained the largest concentration of historic properties in Rio Grande City.
La Junta de los Rios - Texas Beyond History
The Rio Grande and Rio Conchos meet at the sister cities of Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua within the Presidio Bolson, a drainage basin framed by ...
History |Rio Grande Valley | RGV | Spotlight - Winter Texan
The Spanish established missions throughout Southern and Eastern Texas but they were met with failure due to harsh conditions and unfriendly natives. The Valley ...
Port Isabel, TX - Texas State Historical Association
All the ships in the harbor were destroyed or captured during a Union attack on May 30, 1863. The first railway in the area was the Rio Grande ...
At the turn of the 20th Century, Commodore Louis Cobolini had a vision of establishing a deepwater seaport to serve the residents of South Texas.
Located near the mouth of the Rio Grande, Bagdad played a vital role as a port city for Mexico and the Confederates during the Civil War.
Early History of the Port of Corpus Christi | Nueces County, TX
AFTER THE MEXICAN WAR (1846-1848), CORPUS CHRISTI BECAME A DEPARTURE POINT FOR THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH (1849) AND A MAIN STOP ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO ...
The T Rio G - Port Isabel Lighthouse
At this time, the Wireless Station, one of the largest radio stations used for the military, was set up east of the lighthouse on. 22 acres. The Lighthouse dur.
The land between the U.S.-Mexico border wall and the Texans who ...
The Rio Grande Valley has been the busiest corridor for illegal crossings for much of the past decade. Securing the border with a wall is a ...
The spot Pineda discovered is now home to the largest City on the Texas Coast and is the sixth largest port in the nation. Key industries include ...