Historical Markers in San Benito, Texas

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• Baldemar "Freddy Fender" Garza Huertaplaced 2013

  Known as Freddy Fender or El Bebop Kid (the Mexican Elvis Presley), Baldemar Garza Huerta achieved great success as a Tejano, rock and country singer…

• First Presbyterian Church of San Benitoplaced 1986

  This church was organized in 1910, three years after the founding of San Benito. The first building, a frame structure completed in 1911, served the…

• Joe Callandret Schoolplaced 2020

  In 1909, the San Benito Independent School District formed and, in 1921, established the San Benito Colored School at Commerce and Doherty streets by…

• Matanza of 1915placed 2014

  In the late 19th and early 20th century, racial tensions near the United States - Mexico border and the lower Rio Grande Valley erupted into…

• Bobby Joe Morrowplaced 2022

  Born in nearby Rangerville to Bob Floyd (1907-1983) and Mattie Lucille (1908-1996) Morrow, Bobby Joe Morrow (1935-2020) grew up in a simple clapboard…

• Stonewall Jackson Hotelplaced 2022

  In the mid-1920s, the city of San Benito, which had been founded just 18 years earlier, was experiencing rapid growth.

San Benito on the Texas history calendar

• June 4: Baldemar "Freddy Fender" Garza Huerta

All 6 historical markers in San Benito

• Baldemar "Freddy Fender" Garza Huerta2013
• Bobby Joe Morrow2022
• First Presbyterian Church of San Benito1986
• Joe Callandret School2020
• Matanza of 19152014
• Stonewall Jackson Hotel2022

Historical markers near San Benito

• Brownsville31 stories · 18 mi
• Port Isabel6 stories · 26 mi
• Donna5 stories · 27 mi
• Pharr7 stories · 35 mi
• Edinburg5 stories · 35 mi
• McAllen15 stories · 38 mi

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