by Andy Barnes | Jan 24, 2024 | Victoria
Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles we call “Marking History” looking at the stories behind the hundreds of historic markers scattered about the Crossroads. Along with their four sons, Martin and Patricia De Leon had six daughters. With the...
by Andy Barnes | Jan 24, 2024 | Victoria
Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles we call “Marking History” looking at the stories behind the hundreds of historic markers scattered about the Crossroads. The Street of Ten Friends, La Calle de los Diez Amigos, now Main Street, was...
by Andy Barnes | Jan 24, 2024 | The De Leons
Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles we call “Marking History” looking at the stories behind the hundreds of historic markers scattered about the Crossroads. Ten years after he founded Victoria, on July 18, 1834, Martin De Leon died of...
by Andy Barnes | Jan 24, 2024 | The De Leons
Texas joined the union of the United States 70 years after the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Victorians were Spaniards, Mexicans and Texians before they became Americans with the rest of Texas in 1846. Just 15...
by Andy Barnes | Jan 24, 2024 | The De Leons
Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of articles we call “Marking History” looking at the stories behind the hundreds of historic markers scattered about the Crossroads. Texas wasn’t always so big. As a matter of fact, things in Texas were slight at one...
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