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Sonora is located at (30.568166, –100.644163). [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.1 km 2), all land. The area lies in west Texas, bordering the Texas Hill Country on the east.
Mercantile Garden, located at the foot of the hill containing the Sutton County Courthouse The Sutton County Library in Sonora Veterans & Pioneer Ranch Women Museum in Sonora. Sutton County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,372. [1] Its county seat is Sonora. [2]
The Río Sonora culture is located in central Sonora from the border area to modern Sinaloa. A beginning date for this culture has not been determined but it probably disappeared by the early 1300s. The Casas Grandes tradition in Sonora was an extension of that based in the modern state of Chihuahua, and these people exerted their influence ...
The Sutton County Courthouse, on Public Square in Sonora, Texas, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1] It was designed in Second Empire style by architect Oscar Ruffini. [2] It is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Two girls at the Texas Centennial Exhibition at Fair Park in Dallas in 1936. Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Mexico in 2036, but there is plenty to commemorate in 2024.
The strongest and most destructive earthquake in state history was the 1931 Valentine earthquake, [3]: 20 which had an estimated magnitude of m b 5.6–6.4. [4]: 1171 The second strongest earthquake in Texas history also occurred in West Texas, registering as a magnitude 5.7 tremor near Alpine in 1995. [1]
This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas history. [ 18 ] Between 1528 and 1535, four survivors of the Narváez expedition , including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico , spent six and a half years in Texas as slaves and traders among various native groups.
55 years after Stonewall, LGBTQ+ rights have come a long way in Texas. But the community still faces barriers in bathrooms, sports, other spaces. June is Pride Month: A timeline of LGBTQ+ history ...