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Photographer's
Note:
"This historical marker is located on US 90 about 7 miles west
of Brackettville
in a rest stop. The actual Dolores townsite was located about 8
miles south of the highway." - Barclay
Gibson
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Dolores
Townsite historical marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2011 |
Historical Marker:
Dolores Townsite
(About
8 miles south)
Only settlement founded in John Charles Beales' ill-fated Rio Grande
colony of 1834-1836.
Beales (1804-1878) -- empresario of 70,000,000 acres in present Southern
and Western Texas and New Mexico -- was Texas' largest known land
king. In 1833 he and a partner brought 59 settlers here to colonize
a town to be named for Beales' Mexican wife.
Indian raids and drouth soon took their toll, but the death blow came
in 1836. As the group fled the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution,
Comanches killed all but 7 of one party. This ended the town's existence.
(1970) |
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