Historical Marker

Rancho Viejo

Historical marker location:
Brownsville, Texas
( From Brownsville take US 77 4.8 miles north (2.7 miles NW of FM 802 on US 77) - on west frontage road.)
Marker installed: 1936

Here Jose Salvador de la Garza built his ranch El Espiritu Santo in 1771; First European settlement in Cameron County.