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Historical Markers in Alamo
Edinburg is the county seat for Hidalgo County
Alamo is in Hidalgo County
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1 ► Texas, Hidalgo County, Alamo — 12628 — 1940 Train-Truck Collision —  |
| On North Tower Road north of Business U.S. 83, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| On March 14, 1940, at this crossing of Tower Road and the Missouri Pacific rail line occurred an automobile accident resulting in the most fatalities on a Texas highway in the 20th century. An oncoming train collided with a truck carrying more than . . . — — Map (db m180567) HM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Hidalgo County, Alamo — 660 — Camp Ebenezer — |
| On Business U.S. 83 at South Cesar Chavez Road, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 83Business . | |||
| From 1902 to 1909 Peter Ebenezer Blalock and George L. Hawkins bought 32,000 acres of land here. By 1908 they had built shipping pens at this site and named the railroad depot Ebenezer. Their ranching plans ended in 1909 when the tract was sold to . . . — — Map (db m224539) HM | |||
| 3 ► Texas, Hidalgo County, Alamo — 4455 — Saint Joseph Catholic Church — |
| On East Bowie Avenue at South 7th Place, on the right when traveling east on East Bowie Avenue. | |||
| Land at this site originally was deeded for church use by the Alamo Land and Sugar Company. Construction of the Gothic Revival church building was completed in 1924, the year Alamo was incorporated. Development of St. Joseph Parish was guided by . . . — — Map (db m224545) HM | |||
| 4 ► Texas, Hidalgo County, Alamo — 4570 — Santa Ana Land Grant — |
| Near Green Jay Road 0.1 miles south of Military Highway (U.S. 281). | |||
| The 15-square-mile Santa Ana Land Grant was awarded by Mexico to Benigno Leal in 1834. Leal established his Rancho de Adentro (inside ranch) headquarters and cemetery at this site. Leal's original grant was eventually combined with adjacent lands to . . . — — Map (db m223685) HM | |||
| 5 ► Texas, Hidalgo County, Alamo, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge — 5474 — Thomas Walter Jones — (c. 1827 - 1853) — |
| Near Owl Trail at Wildlife Drive. | |||
| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War in 1848 and designated the main channel of the Rio Grande as the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico. Major William Emory led the border survey (1849-53). Young Washington D.C. surveyor Thomas . . . — — Map (db m266565) HM | |||