Zavala County, Texas
Crystal City has 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Zavala County. The marker list includes records dating to 1936. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.
What you will find in Crystal City
Plan with RoadHistorical
Find Crystal City markers in map context, then scan nearby Texas cities before you drive.
Turn Crystal City marker clusters into a route with city stops, saved places, and Discovery Mode.
Use RoadHistorical on iPhone or Android to find nearby Crystal City markers, listen, and save stops.
In 1832 land grant of Mexico to John Charles Beales. Lake Espantosa was campsite on road from Mexico to San Antonio. County created from Uvalde and Maverick, 1858. During the Civil War, especially in 1863-1864, was…
View on map ↗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…
View on map ↗When the U.S. entered the war in 1941, an immediate fear was the possibility of enemy agents in the country and the Western Hemisphere. As one response, thousands of Japanese-Americans were moved away from the West…
View on map ↗RoadHistorical maps 16,000+ Texas historical markers and alerts you as you pass them. Free to download on iPhone and Android.
Nearby historical-marker cities
Keep exploring