On East Tyler Avenue (Highway 206) at South Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on East Tyler Avenue.
Platted 1904; incorporated 1910. Named for town in Holland, by founder Lon C. Hill, Sr. (1862-1935), promoter of railroad and early business enterprises. Here were organized the first irrigation district and first navigation district in Rio Grande . . . — — Map (db m221124) HM
On East Harrison Avenue at South 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Harrison Avenue.
On February 19, 1910, 31 charter members founded Harlingen's Methodist Episcopal Church, South, sharing a frame sanctuary with several other denominations. The Rev. R.L. Pyle often walked between his charges in Harlingen and San Benito; the Rev. . . . — — Map (db m221120) HM
On Boxwood Street at Raintree Street, on the right when traveling south on Boxwood Street.
With the depressed economy of the 1930s, Harlingen leaders sought to attract federal funds to the area. In May 1941, in preparation for what would become World War II, the U.S. War Department accepted the city's offer of 960 acres for a military . . . — — Map (db m269561) HM
The Harlingen Cemetery came into legal existence in 1912. In that year, Lon C. Hill (1862-1935), founder of the city of Harlingen and president of the Harlingen Land and Water Company, sold 7.6 acres of land at this site for one dollar to trustees . . . — — Map (db m221150) HM
On South F Street at W Garfield Ave on South F Street.
Recent History
The west section of the Harlingen City Cemetery was first surveyed in 1962 by the Tip-O-Texas Genealogical Society.
On May 17, 2008, members of the newly formed Hispanic Genealogy Group agreed to photograph and transcribe . . . — — Map (db m301432) HM WM
On West Harrison Avenue (State Highway 206) at South West Street, on the right when traveling west on West Harrison Avenue.
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In 1902 developer Lon C. Hill purchased 17 square miles of school lands from Cameron County. He paid $13,837.50. The semi-arid land was part of the Concepcion de Carricitos Spanish Land Grant to the brothers . . . — — Map (db m119474) HM
On East Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1929 entrepreneur Howard E. Butt moved the headquarters of his developing grocery business to Harlingen. The following year, Howard and his wife, Mary, bought this house from its builders, John and Ruth Townsend, a few months after its . . . — — Map (db m269562) HM
On Camelia south of Iwo Jima Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Captured by elements of the 6th Marines,
2nd Marine Division
during Operation Desert Strom 1991.
Presented to MMA by
LtGen William M. Keys, USMC
CG, FMF LANT
Board of Advisiors, MMA — — Map (db m95647) HM
On West Jackson Avenue at South A Street, on the left when traveling west on West Jackson Avenue.
Lozano Plaza was once the site of one of Harlingen's most significant buildings. In 1906 Santos Lozano came to the city and purchased the second commercial lot on Jackson Street. On it he erected a small frame structure to house his general store. . . . — — Map (db m221114) HM
On East Jackson Avenue at North 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Jackson Avenue.
The Harlingen School District opened a new public school at this site in April 1912 in one of the city's first permanent school buildings. Originally known as the main school, it served elementary through high school grade students. Graduating . . . — — Map (db m221117) HM
On West Jackson Avenue at South Commerce Street, on the left when traveling west on West Jackson Avenue.
Prior to construction of the Planters State Bank building, a barber shop owned by Harlingen pioneer Mack Crenshaw was located at this site. In 1917, the land was deeded to the Planters State Bank. The owners of the bank leased the upper floors of . . . — — Map (db m221110) HM
