Duval County, Texas
Benavides is home to 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Begun in 1894, the La Mota de Olmos Cemetery sits on land originally part of the Rancho La Mota de Olmos (The Cluster of Elms). The ranch, settled by the Bazan family, was founded by Francisco Bazan Villarreal, a native…
View on map ↗Francisco Vaello Puig opened the Merchants Exchange Bank in Benavides in 1908. With the success of the Texas Mexican Railroad and the discovery of oil reservoirs, Benavides became a thriving small railroad town with a…
View on map ↗In continuous use since 1903, this cemetery is the final resting place of Rancho San José founder José Antonio Lopéz (1830-1903), known as Antonio, along with generations of his descendants and their families. Antonio…
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