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Jim Wells County, Texas
Historical Markers in Alice, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 10 Texas historical markers in Alice, in Jim Wells County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Revolution, Oil Boom, Ghost Towns, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2017. 1 is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Start with these Alice stories
- Vicinity of Texas Rangers' Battle of May 29, 1850placed 1969
A gallant fight in era after Mexican War, while the Federals and Texans were ridding Nueces to Rio Grande area of marauders.
- Archelaus Bynum Dodsonplaced 1969
(December 31, 1807-March 10, 1898) Texas patriot famed as man who introduced the Lone Star flag during the Texas Revolution.
- Jim Wells County Courthouseplaced 1992
Governor Oscar B. Colquitt signed legislation creating Jim Wells County on March 11, 1911. Taken from territory formerly a part of Nueces County, the…
- Los Preseñosplaced 2017
In 1831, Marcelino Lopez of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, applied for and was awarded a land grant by the Mexican State of Tamaulipas.
- McGill Brothers Buildingplaced 1994
Mississippi native J. W. McGill and his wife Lydia (Abell) reared two sons, James Claude (1873-1935) and H. Frank (1883-1952).
- Aliceplaced 1988
In the 1880s, when the lines of the Corpus Christi, San Diego, & Rio Grande and the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railroads intersected, a new townsite…
All 10 historical markers in Alice
Historical markers near Alice
- San Diego7 stories · 13 mi
- Banquete9 stories · 18 mi
- Kingsville28 stories · 22 mi
- San Patricio11 stories · 22 mi
- Bishop5 stories · 24 mi
- Robstown8 stories · 24 mi
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