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Originally called "Plaza De la Constitucion" by Martin De Leon, the founder of Victoria, this square was included as part of an early 1830s survey of Victoria by Jose M. Carbajal, son-in-law of De Leon. Carbajal's survey expanded on the founder's …
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When Don Martin De Leon platted the original townsite of Guadalupe Victoria in 1824, he designated public squares, including on that would later be shared by city and county governments for many years. Victoria County build its first courthouse, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQV_guadalupe-river_Victoria-TX.html
Discovered in this vicinity on April 14, 1689 by Alonso de Leon. Named in honor of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" patron saint of Mexico. Here at a ford, used since Indian days, Empresario Martin de Leon founded the town of Victoria in 1824.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10QR_camp-henry-e-mccullough_Victoria-TX.html
At the suggestion of Confederate Col. Henry McCullough, an area near this site north of Victoria, known as Nuner's Mott, was selected for the establishment of a military training camp in 1861. Troops from Bell, Bexar, Calhoun, DeWitt, Gonzales, Gu…
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Transportation, military and supply center in the Civil War. On one branch of the cotton road, which moved crop to Mexico for exchange on foreign markets for vital guns, ammunition, medicines and other goods. The 1861 vote favored secession 313 to…
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