Jim Hogg County, Texas
Hebbronville has 10 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Jim Hogg 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.
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Formed from Brooks and Duval counties; created March 31, 1913; organized August 11, 1913. Named in honor of James Stephen Hogg, 1851-1906, first native Texan to serve as Governor; father of the Railroad Commission.…
View on map ↗Don Bonifacio Garza traveled extensively in the late 1800s along the historic oxcart road from San Diego to Peña station (1 mi. E), then to Rio Grande City, Roma, and Mier. He traded and sold American and Mexican goods…
View on map ↗The original part of this hotel was built by C. F. Luque in 1915 for the owner, Viggo Kohler, to accommodate businessmen and area travelers. Soon after it opened, Hotel Viggo served as a fortress when area ranchers…
View on map ↗Sixto E. Garcia opened the New York Store in 1909 at Pine and Tilley streets, moving to this location in 1924. The general store later offered a variety of goods and a tailoring and cleaning wing. Garcia's daughter…
View on map ↗THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF HEBBRONVILLE WAS ESTABLISHED AT A MEETING BETWEEN REV. C.W. PERKINS AND SIX TOWNSPEOPLE AT MRS. RALPH McCAMPBELL’S RANCH ON DECEMBER 12, 1912. FOR 15 YEARS, SERVICES WERE HELD IN…
View on map ↗Located in southeastern Jim Hogg County, the Agua Nueva Cemetery was established in the mid-19th century by the Ramírez family. Until the 1880s, members of the Ramírez family lived in Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, but for…
View on map ↗Drive Highway 16 south about 30 miles to FM 649 and turn left, travel about 5 miles to entrance of East Ranch, travel east about 4 miles on private paved road, turn right at caliche road and travel south about 4 miles…
View on map ↗To address the lack of educational opportunities available in south Texas, such as the absence of public schools in many rural areas and the cultural barriers found in existing schools, Mexican communities banded…
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