Here has existed since the first Spanish chronicler traversed the region, a great salt lake which supplied all northern Mexico with salt. — — Map (db m269725) HM
Formed out of the San Juan Carricitos Spanish land grant, the townsite of Lasara was developed in 1926 by W. A. Harding and Lamar Gill. The names of their wives, Laura Harding and Sara Gill, were combined to form the name of the town. During 1926, a . . . — — Map (db m269724) HM
Before the arrival of the railroad, this area was a part of the King Ranch known as "Como se Llama". Lyford was developed in 1907 by executives of the Rock Island Railroad and named for attorney William H. Lyford of Illinois. Settlers came by . . . — — Map (db m295399) HM
Born in a log house on Congress Avenue, Austin, son of Republic of Texas lawyer and newspaperman N. C. Raymond and wife Lucinda (Riggs), E. B. Raymond came on horseback to South Texas in 1870. After herding cattle uptrail to Kansas, he was hired . . . — — Map (db m269642) HM
This congregation traces its history to 1907, when services were held in a two-story home on 7th Street shared with other denominations. The First Baptist Church was officially organized in 1914. The members built a wooden structure on this site, . . . — — Map (db m269643) HM
Attorney and banker Charles Henry Pease (1873- 1933)
came to the Rio Grande Valley from Michigan in 1907.
With the help of local businessmen he organized the
Raymondville State Bank, which opened on March 5, 1907.
The first directors of the . . . — — Map (db m164536) HM
In 1554 three Spanish ships heavily laden with $10 million dollars in silver and gold and 410 passengers ran aground in a stormy sea on Padre Island east of Willacy County.
Karankawa cannibals murdered many of the survivors. In that same year, . . . — — Map (db m118043) HM
Formed from Cameron and Hidalgo counties
Created March 11, 1911
Organized August 12, 1911
Recreated April 20, 1921
Reorganized August 3, 1921
Named in honor of
John G. Willacy
November 10, 1859 • September 19, 1913
Member of the . . . — — Map (db m118039) HM
Several years after Willacy County formed in 1911, a courthouse was built by San Antonio Architect Henry T. Phelps in Sarita. Despite the elegant new courthouse, Sarita remained a remote, inaccessible location to many Willacy County residents. . . . — — Map (db m117516) HM
In honor of those men and women who so nobly served our country
we dedicate this memorial.
We bow our heads at this moment and offer a silent prayer that they did not serve in vain.In memory of those that gave their all
World War I . . . — — Map (db m164538) WM
Originally part of the San Juan de Carricitos land grant, this townsite later was part of South Texas' famed King Ranch. Sebastian was known as Stillman Town Tract until 1906, when it was renamed to honor an officer of the Rock Island Railroad. In . . . — — Map (db m295401) HM
