Historical Markers in Jim Wells County, Texas
Alice
Alice Cemetery
Alonso S. Perales
Archelaus Bynum Dodson
First Presbyterian Church of Alice
First United Methodist Church (Alice)
Fort Casa Blanca, C.S.A.
Jim Wells County
Jim Wells County Courthouse
Las Calaveras Cemetery
Los PreseƱos
McGill Brothers Building
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Premont
San Diego Cemetery
Vicinity of Texas Rangers' Battle of May 29, 1850
Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.