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It is located 5 mi (8.0 km) north of present-day Bayside, on Copano Point. The port, which holds the distinction as the first in South Texas, [1] was founded in the early 18th century by the Spanish, and named for the Copane Indians who resided in the area. Initially, it was used as a port by smugglers and pirates, until 1785, when it was ...
Ernesto Angel Ignacio Buenrostro y Buenrostro (31 July 1899 – 28 February 1966) [1] [2] was an architect of various Art Deco style residential buildings in the Hipódromo neighborhood of the Condesa area of Mexico City. His works include: Edificio San Martín (Avenida México 167; built 1931; renovated 1998-9) [3] [4]
1 West Texas: 227 Travis: 215 2 Capital: 228 Trinity: 4 0 Southeast: 229 Tyler: 3 0 Southeast: 230 Upshur: 2 0 Upper East: 231 Upton 0 0 West Texas: 232 Uvalde: 11 1 South Texas: 233 Val Verde: 11 1 South Texas: 234 Van Zandt: 2 0 Upper East: 235 Victoria: 117 0 Alamo: 236 Walker: 6 1 Gulf Coast: 237 Waller: 7 0 Gulf Coast: 238 Ward 0 0 West ...
Las Yescas is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 221 in 2000. It is located within the Rio Grande Valley and the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area .
Village Name County Population Total Area Land Water Elevation Bailey's Prairie, Texas [1]: Brazoria County, Texas: 727 (2010 Census) 7.7 sq mi (19.9 km2) 7.5 sq mi (19.3 km2)
El Camino Real de los Tejas routes in Spanish Texas. Alonso de León, Spanish governor of Coahuila, established the corridor for what became El Camino Real de Tierra Afuera in multiple expeditions to East Texas between 1686 and 1690 to find and destroy a French fort near Lavaca Bay, [2] established by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on what de León considered to be Spanish lands.
San Antonio de Béxar, Spanish Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain: Died: January 13, 1871 (aged 75) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Nationality: Spanish (1795–1821) Mexican (1821–1836) Texan (1836–1846) American (1846–1861) Confederate (1861–1865) American (1865–1871) Spouse: Margarita de la Garza: Profession: Statesman, revolutionary and ...
Authors and works include: [1] Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca — Relación (1542) Alonso de Benavides — Memorials (1630–34) Isidro de Espinosa - Chronicle (1746) Anthony Ganilh — Ambrosio de Letinez (1838) The first English book which was solely about Texas was Texas (1833) by Mary Austin Holley, cousin of Stephen F. Austin.