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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «zavala county» AND «texas»

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By Cosmos Mariner, May 31, 2014
Zavala County Marker (wide view; courthouse in background; 1928 cornerstone in foreground)
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1 ► Texas, Zavala County, Crystal City — 5944 — Zavala County —
On East Uvalde Street east of North 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Explored as early as 1691 by the expedition of Domingo Teran de Los Rios, Spanish governor of Texas. The historic San Antonio Road crossed this region from southwest to northeast and was used by most of the Spanish explorers and travelers of the . . . — — Map (db m111374) HM

2 ► Texas, Harris County, La Porte — 10639 — De Zavala Plaza —
On Park Road 1836 0.1 miles north of Independence Parkway, on the left when traveling north.
Name honors Lorenzo de Zavala, Vice President of Republic of Texas (Ad Interim, March 17-Oct. 17 1836). Born in Yucatan and educated in the Seminary of Ildefonso, De Zavala was an ardent Liberal who was jailed 1814-1817 for political . . . — — Map (db m119970) HM

3 ► Texas, Zavala County, La Pryor — 669 — Camp Nueces C.S.A. —
On U.S. 83 9.7 miles north of U.S. 57, on the left when traveling north.
Founded April 1862 near this site, to guard vital traffic as it crossed the Nueces on the San Antonio-Eagle Pass Road. A post of the Confederacy's frontier regiment, under Col. James M. Norris. Its duty was to see that cotton got through to . . . — — Map (db m111421) HM

4 ► Texas, Edwards County, Barksdale — 662 — Camp Fawcett —
On Ranch to Market Road 335 0.5 miles north of State Highway 55, on the right when traveling north.
Opened 1928. Named for E.K. Fawcett, President, Southwest Texas Council, Boy Scouts of America. That area - Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties - merged in 1943 with the Concho Valley Council. Main Hall . . . — — Map (db m161476) HM

5 ► Texas, Nueces County, Corpus Christi — 22411 — James Downing —
Near Ramirez Street at Padre Street.
Born in Devonshire, England, on December 4, 1842, to William and Hannah Downing, James Downing immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, in about 1850 with his family. On March 6, 1862, James enlisted for three years in the First Massachusetts Heavy . . . — — Map (db m201979) HM
 
 
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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Nov. 12, 2026