On Ida Street at Falfurrias Highway (Business U.S. 281), on the left when traveling west on Ida Street.
Formed from Nueces County,
Created March 11, 1911,
Organized May 6, 1911,
Named for Judge James B. Wells,
an able lawyer,
Born near Aransas Pass, Texas,
July 12, 1854,
Died at Brownsville
December 21, 1923
Alice, the . . . — — Map (db m193562) HM
On South Wright Street north of San Diego Street, on the right when traveling north.
Mississippi native J. W. McGill and his wife Lydia (Abell) reared two sons, James Claude (1873-1935) and H. Frank (1883-1952). The McGill brothers attended school in Flatonia, Fayette County, Texas.
In 1904 Claude McGill established small . . . — — Map (db m180626) HM
On East 2nd Street at North Adams Street, on the right when traveling west on East 2nd Street.
In the 1880s, when the lines of the Corpus Christi, San Diego, & Rio Grande and the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railroads intersected, a new townsite was platted at the junction in what was then Nueces County. First called Bandana and then Kleberg, . . . — — Map (db m193564) HM
On South St. Mary’s Street (Business U.S. 281) at East Miller Street, on the left when traveling south on South St. Mary’s Street.
Created in 1911, Brooks County was named for State Legislator James A. Brooks (1855-1944), who served as the first county judge. Edward C. Lasater, founder of Falfurrias, deeded this courthouse site to the Commissioners Court. County offices . . . — — Map (db m166346) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
