On East Juarez Avenue at North Birch Street, on the right when traveling east on East Juarez Avenue.
Constructed in 1927-28 to serve Mexican-American children in the Pharr-San Juan school district, this school replaced an earlier facility at this site. The new school was named in honor of educator Helen W. Buell (1861-1949), principal of the . . . — — Map (db m165870) HM
On South Cage Boulevard at Business U.S. 83, on the right when traveling south on South Cage Boulevard.
For many centuries, nomadic Coahuiltecans lived in the Lower Rio Grande area. In the 1500s, Spanish explorers came through the region, and the Spanish government began to colonize both sides of the river by the late 1700s. At the close of the . . . — — Map (db m165872) HM
On Military Highway (U.S. 281) at South Veterans Blvd, on the left when traveling west on Military Highway.
In 1857, Nathaniel Jackson came from Alabama and established a ranch in this area. A former slave owner, Jackson, who was white, came with his wife Matilda Hicks, who was black, their children and his freed slaves. On his 5,500-acre ranch, Jackson . . . — — Map (db m223689) HM
On West Ridge Road at Canna Street, on the right when traveling west on West Ridge Road.
This church was established by seven charter members in 1913. The Rev. A.J. Seale served as first pastor. Early worship services were held in a school building until 1916 when a sanctuary was built on land set aside by the Pharr Townsite Company. A . . . — — Map (db m224522) HM
On East Cherokee Avenue at South Athol Street, on the right when traveling east on East Cherokee Avenue.
Erected in 1911 as a one-story structure, this building housed the first school in Pharr. John Bales, the contractor, built a number of the town's early structures. Classes were held here until 1915, when enrollment had grown from nine students to . . . — — Map (db m166085) HM
This cemetery, named for Mexico's patron Saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe, was established in 1913 as a public burial ground for residents of the Pharr community. The Pharr townsite was laid out in 1909, and though ranch graveyards existed south of . . . — — Map (db m165871) HM
On South Cage Boulevard, 0.1 miles south of Business U.S. 83, on the right when traveling south.
Located on lands originally known in the 1600's as the Seno Mejicana, the City of Pharr was founded 1909, during a period of great social and economic transition in the Rio Grande Valley.
Amidst the explosive growth caused by the . . . — — Map (db m166044) HM
On Military Highway (U.S. 281) at South Veterans Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on Military Highway.
This fellowship was founded in 1874 by the Rev. Alexander H. Sutherland (1848-1911), an early Methodist Missionary, on Juan Manuel de La Vina's El Capote Ranch. In 1883 the congregation began meeting near this site on the Jackson Ranch when owner . . . — — Map (db m223690) HM
On West Newcombe Avenue (Park) at Bluebonnet Street, on the right when traveling west on West Newcombe Avenue (Park).
This Mission style building was the first meeting place in the Kiwanis International Organization owned by a local club. It was built in 1928, 13 years after the formation of the first Kiwanis Club in Detroit, Michigan, and one year after the . . . — — Map (db m166086) HM
On East Warren Street, 0.1 miles west of North Athol Street, on the right when traveling west.
This church, organized in 1913, is the second oldest in the city and the first to minister to Pharr's Spanish-speaking Protestants. After a group approached the Anglo Methodist Church with a desire for their own place of worship in 1912, a small . . . — — Map (db m225188) HM
On South Cage Boulevard, 0.2 miles south of Military Highway (U.S. 281), on the right when traveling south.
Wisconsin native John Closner established the first steampowered irrigation system in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 1895. Closner successfully grew sugar cane and entered a sample for judging at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. The award-winning . . . — — Map (db m223731) HM
On South Cage Boulevard at Business U.S. 83, on the left when traveling south on South Cage Boulevard.
This structure was completed in 1911 by the Pharr Townsite Co., operated by John C. Kelly (1862-1937), a co-founder of Pharr. It housed the first bank, the post office, a confectionary, a drugstore, and the first irrigation and canal company. The . . . — — Map (db m165873) HM
On West Cherokee Avenue, 0.1 miles west of South Cage Boulevard (U.S. 281), on the right when traveling west.
In July 1916, the same year voters incorporated the City of Pharr, a large fire laid waste to an entire downtown city block. As a result of the blaze, the community lost Pharr Lumber Co., Pharr Mercantile Co., Folsum Hardware Co., National Theatre . . . — — Map (db m166084) HM
On North Cage Boulevard at East Bell Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Cage Boulevard.
On Feb. 6, 1971, a small group gathered outside the Pharr police department to protest incidents of discrimination and brutality. The crowd grew to hundreds and the day turned violent as tensions with law enforcement escalated. During the chaos that . . . — — Map (db m180589) HM