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Hidalgo County, Texas
Historical Markers in Alamo, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Alamo, in Hidalgo County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Tales of Tragedy. The markers on this list were placed between 1985 and 2002.
Start with these Alamo stories
- 1940 Train-Truck Collisionplaced 2002
On March 14, 1940, at this crossing of Tower Road and the Missouri Pacific rail line occurred an automobile accident resulting in the most fatalities…
- Camp Ebenezerplaced 1986
From 1902 to 1909 Peter Ebenezer Blalock and George L. Hawkins bought 32,000 acres of land here.
- Saint Joseph Catholic Churchplaced 1985
Land at this site originally was deeded for church use by the Alamo Land and Sugar Company.
- Santa Ana Land Grantplaced 1993
The 15-square-mile Santa Ana land grant was awarded by Mexico to Benigno Leal in 1834. Leal established his Rancho de Adentro (Inside Ranch)…
- Thomas Walter Jonesplaced 1994
(c. 1827 - 1853) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War in 1848 and designated the main channel of the Rio Grande as the boundary…
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