by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | Victoria
Tamara Diaz | Special to the Advocate. |. Jul 7, 2023 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. We are here because the river...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | The De Leons
By JR Ortega jrortega@vicad.com Reporter. Mar 27, 2012 1798 – Fernando de Leon 1800 – Candelaria de Leon 1802 – Silvestre de Leon 1804 – Guadalupe de Leon 1806 – Felix de Leon 1808 – Agapito de Leon 1810 – Maria Jesusa de...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | The De Leons
By Taylor Tompkins ttompkins@vicad.com Reporter. Sep 25, 2015 Updated Mar 12, 2018 A portrait of Victoria founder Martin De Leon and a sword he owned took a trip Thursday from Victoria to their temporary home in Austin. The De Leon family, Victoria Regional History...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | The De Leons
Tamara Diaz | tdiaz@vicad.com. Jun 8, 2022 Updated Jul 14, 2023 Victoria never should have been named Victoria. “It’s a history he-said, she-said,” archivist Brittany Rodriquez, of the Victoria Regional History Center, said, while trying to find the source of...
by Andy Barnes | Oct 5, 2023 | The De Leons
Kyle R. Cotton | Kcotton@vicad.com. Apr 27, 2023 For Victoria County resident Blanche de Leon, 69, her parents, Wence and Tillie Kruse de Leon, dreamed of making a true representation of Patricia de la Garza, the founding matriarch of Victoria, a reality. Although...
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