Points of Interest in and Around Brownsville

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1930

Points of interest in and around Brownsville

Brownsville Chamber of Commerce

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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections and Archives at ScholarWorks @ UTRGV. It has been accepted for inclusion in John H. Shary Collection by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ UTRGV. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Facts About Brownsville ': ·y: Valley Facts Established 1850. $127,000,000 assessed valuation of four Valley counties. Population, 1930 census, 22,050. $310,000,000 estimated real value. Points of Increase in paat ten years, 87 per cent. $7,000,000 gain for year in assessed valuations. Largest city in, and metropolis of rich Lower Rio Grande Valley. 176,097 populat,ion of four Valley counties. Bank resources approximately $12,000,000. Finan 550,000 acres urttler irrigation in 1930. interest cial and wholesale jobbing center of Lower Rio Grande New irrigatiqp' projects include approximately 280,000 Valley and Northern Mexico. Five banks. acres. . .. Has nine paved highways radiating out of city in every direction. 570.000 acres re1ched by the present canal system. in and around Will have paved highway connections soon with Over 2,800 miles of' canals in the Valley systems. .. principal points in Mexico. Over. 100,Q~O ,acres planted to citrus. Is most important international airport in Unit~d 6,001,101 ,citrus trees in orchards, including 4,210,650 States. grapefruit trees, 1,"40,122 oranges, and 359,329 other Has 25-foot $6,000,000 deep water port financed, citrus. work to start soon. Browns1ille Approximately 4,000,000 trees will be bearing in 1932. Has forty miles of paved streets. Municipally owned power and light and water plant, 25,000 cars estimated produetion in three years. serving city and residential suburbs. More than $4,000,000 invested in plants. Four railway systems, three to points north, and onr , 40,000 cars estimated vegetable and fruil production in into Mexico. 1930-31 SeHOD. AU important fraternal orders are represented. $3,120,000 flood control project to protect entire Valley City tax rate, ft.50 per ~100 valuation. . recently completed, fmanced by the stale. Natural gas. Direct benefit to Valley as result flood control esti Modern hotels and tourist parks. : mated at S50,000,000. Fifteen churches. Over 550 miles surfaced highways completed in Valley, Hishly developed school system, with enrollment of . mostly concrete. 4614. Other roads financed will bring total to 800 miles. Gulf breeze makes days and nights cool in summer. j Pa~ed highways extend through all four Valley coun Mild winter climate, average temperature for year tirs, feeder rond1 to practically all farms. Paverl being 73. .roads connect with beaches. Property valuaUon, for taxation, of $16,162,351. Valley hi~hway program represents investment of Highest record for health of any army post city in $18,000,000. the United States. Over 120 miles paved streets in Valley cities. All towns Criminal records show minimum of crime or any have pavement. kind. Robberies, hoodlumism unknown. - $4,000,000 expended on Valley schools past three years A progressive, co-operative spirit among all citizens. $1,Q00,000 spent on Valley churches past three years. An active, progressive Chamber of Commerce. $10,!oO0.OOO spent for city paving, municipal building, City manager form of government, with most effi and improvements by•Valley cities past three years cient handling of all city affairli. First class hotels. renresenting investmrnts rangin,z Large, rapidly developing agricultural area sur from $75.000 to $600,000, in all major towns. rounding Brownsville. Valley has best schools in South, consolidat<'d schoob Headquarters for new oil developments in Mexico giving Tural pupils advantage of urban centers and west of Valley to be located at Brownsville. Busses operated free of cost to pupils. Two years affiliated University work available al Five well-equipped hospitals, at Brownsville, Harlingen Brownsville Junior College. Mercedes, McAllen and Edinburg, rank among best Center of a virtual paradise of hunting, fishing and II in state. other sports. Two railroads, Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacifir Brownsville is becoming recognized as one of thr have approximately 410 miles line in four Valle~ leading summer and winter resorts of the Southwest. counties. Fort Brown has the best health record of any army No farm in irrigated section more than five miles from post in the United States. railroad loading point. Brownsville has several beautiful, winding resacas Thirty-five new towns and loading points established Compliments (former beds of the Rio Grande) which fit into its park in Valley past three years as result of railroad ex and beautification scheme. Other beautiful resacas are tensions. at Olmito, Barreda and El Jardin. Five golf courses, Brownsville, Harlingen, Mercedes Chamber of Commerce Near Brownsville are three famous battlefields McAllen, Edinburg. Palo Alto (Mexican War), Resaca de la Palma (Mexican War), and Palmito Hi11 (Civil War). For details about Average maximum temperature 82.6 degrees. BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS these and location call at Chamber of Commerce Tour Average.minimum temperature 64.4 degrees. ist Department. Aver8ge annual rainfall 28.16 inches. TOURIST'S MAP ~BROWNSVILLE SHOWING LOCATION OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES OF INTEREST

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30 Missouri Pacific Depot ~f'~R.;,;O;,;.N.;..T,...O;.;NJ-i...-- .L--...... J.... - ...... :.... '- ... -tlil'i..r: ... -'-_ -..i ...1- "---->Mt'-...-... -A.-- ...... 1- -.,...-.... 1...'!+' -.... ·"!t' -.,.. -"-~ -:-... --~~~-~ ,6,,,..~ ---~ -~ --~ --~ -~ -'!!' -.,.._ ...':!! - ....-~ 31 Southern Pacific Depot J: :c :c 0 0 I- a I- 0 0 J: J: J: l: J: :c J: 32 ... 33 lnt~rnational Bridges I- I- I- a:: z U') > -en z ~ I- I- I- I- .,_ I- I- CD It') -q- (.") ~ :..J - CII (.") "Cf . I() Cl ~ CD en 0 34 Ship Channel ~ ~ ~ ~ " 35 Md i, in the market quare. ar aid to hav._. een fired. C lled de m house Extendin prcsl'nt jetties at Brazos SanU1110 Paas. NO. 18--- ALM L AF HAT FACTO Y bee u e more> Iha 300 executions are reported to Widening poss to 800 feet with a depth of 25 feet. made from na haHI ta l'n pin th re. Old cathedral, on main plaza. Dredging a channel to Brownsville approximate):, Where 11isitor1 can watch hat, being or city, tive palm leavu. reo t!d ht ar '40!!. Old cemetery, southwest 17 mill's long, 100 feet wide nt bottom and 25 feet Second Streets. oldest on the b rder. Plaza de Denito Ju rl'z, in ceQ deep, end a turnin ha in 1000 feet by 1000 feet. Locatfon--Jl'fferson nnd many other interestin~ slghfs, DIAZ HOME ter or city There re of this project will open mnrkets to NO. 19-PORFIRIO includin the c·ty mar ·l'l and quaint shops. Durinl! The development Hou,e from which Mexico', famous iron man launched consider Brownsville, the Lower Rio Grande Vall~y, and M~x the pn t vc ear lat moro has installed reached, at the same hme resultm1 his auccessful revol11tion in 1872. able tr t paving, a ;voter ·orks, ae ·erase ystem, ico not heretofore Location- 131S Washin on Street Porfirio Diaz, later main hil'lh 11ys in transportation facilities nnd reduction of freight 11.nd mo em telephone S)stem. T ;vo to this section. to become dictator of fev.fco for years, launched his ar being n tru<"t d from fatamoros to Victoria, rates of untold advantage camp ign from this old h me where he lind for capital <'f the- I t , d to lonterrey, latamoros NO. 35-MERCY HOSPITAL 1ome tim..- before tht" utlock on !fatnmoros started thr irn 11taln n i ·c Chambl'r of Commerce nd flotary At intersection of Jl'fferson Street end Highway No. 4, re•olution. He- planned the rt"volution in this house. Club. T i city i'! cl tined to b come the lar1cst on site donated by the Stillman family of New York NO. 20- TILL MAN HOME Mexican borf'r>r c tv. City. Built July, 1923, bv Sisters of Mercy. Wht e the famo111 Stillman fortune. in New York, NO. 27 SANT CRUZ, MEXICO NO. se-RIO GRANDE DEPOT was started. This settl m rt re around the rl'rry landfns (no Between Van Buren and Harrison-Eleventh and Loe tion 1?05 ~ 'n hrngton Street Jame Stillman •as ban cloned l and ;va th terml'lal of the Ferrocarrfi Twelfth Streets. The Rio Grande Railroad Company orn in this h se H" gnindfather, Fr nci , c me to Urbano l\ atamoros y anta Cruz, now abandoned was organized in HJ70 bf Simon Celaya, pioneer this scct·on m 1835. built by I r nd co rmendu1z. One of th ancient' Brownsville capitalist. This narrow gauge railroad, N0.21-T YLO' HEADQUARTE S mule-d a n c rs ma be seen in the Cha ber oi built from Brownsville to Port Isobel, was completea Where G eral Ta, lor planned hf. successful cam Comm re P rk n Bro ·ns•ille. in 1872. The road i now standard gauge. The first pa{r,n agai111t Mexican armies on border. NO. 28- MEXICAN NAT10NAL LINES D!: OT narrow gauge, ;vood-burning engine, bought from the Loe tion-Northe st corner of ~ashington and Thir The r ilroad systf'"I onn ctin Matamoros, fexfce, Baldwin Locomotive Works, is now placed in Cham te nth Sh'l'l"t . Gtneral Zachary T ylor, •hose cam ith lonte ey, • kxico. First s v nly-five miles to ber of Commerce Park. pai_gn in 1 46 rested from Mexican control the terri San M"gu d la Cuev ~ constructed in 11181. NO. 37-TYPICAL CITRUS GROVE tory etween the u cc Riv r and the Rio Grande, C0mpletr> o fonterrey in 1904. The Lo 1ver Rio Grande Valley is the greate t potential for a time m de headq rtcrs in Brownsville, nd ME ON COUNTY COU T HOUSB citrus country in the world. Orchards are scattered be ~2 -C ,tab) s made of heo.vy bric, walls he-re horses Between Elev 1th and T :-.·elfth, Indison and Monroe through the Brownsville section. Typical citrus srovea longing to lum a 1d offkr-rs of his at ff were quar tre t (and Count Jml, corner o( Van .Buren and and other tropical culture may be seen on Acacia ter d ar..- till ~tandinq. Twelfth Strce ) , ;,,·ere built hi 1912 at a cost of 200,- Island, enst of Brownsville. Turn right on Boca Chica NO. 22 ...JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL OULDEft 000. The E ;,, en D. Cameron t blet in court house lob road fter passing through pillars, at second raveled Loe Ii m Eli•nbelh trl'et nnd P Im Boulevard. Bronze by, in memory of the man for "'hom county wu road which crosses resaca to Acacia Island. These tablet. mounted on to 1e, marking southern terminus named, n S otch pioneer nd soldier of early d ys. groves are irrigated with underground system. Re of Jl'f!erson Da 'i:o; Highway, reeled hr the Unit cl NO. 30--MISSOURI PACIFIC DEPOT turning to Boca Chica road over the same bridge • DRt htcrs of th Confederacy. Streets. The St. Louis, Browna typical overhead irrigation system may be seen b:, On levee and T clfth to Browns- NO. 23 WASHINGTON PARK vill and e i o Railroad, acquired by the Missouri turning to fir t road to left on way back Again returning to Located hc>t e n Adams and lnd1,on Street and ex Pacific In 1!l25, built a line to Brownsville la U04. ille, crossing over a small bridge. In the center i Pu senger depot built in 1928. Boca Chien road, a beautiful orchard development tend from Seven h to Eighth Streets. to right at Fourteenth Street n elaborate electric fountain which nightly displays NO. 31-SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT may be seen by turning and continuing about one-half mile, with right turn it myri d form nd colors, ever changing. The park Located on , fadi on nnd Seventh Streets. l\oad )A,qilt flower beds in on Fruitvale Boulevard. This road returns 11.round a hn beautiful In •rs ond ·ell-kept to Browns, ill in 1027. Pa sen er depot built 1'9:.18. Other typical citrus srove1 thf' ) c>ar. NO. 82-GATEWAY BRIDGE loop to Fourteenth Street. bloom hroughout may be seen along Highway ~•o. , between Browaa- NO. 24-RINGOLD PARK An automobile brid e t end of Fourteenth Street, Club. in the Street, cro s s Rio Gr nde to Mexico; was ille and the Country Comprising more than thirty acrt" , i~ located near Levee BUILDING, POSTOPFICE bend of the beautiful City Re~acn. To reach thii'I, drive built by Gate> ny Bridge Comp ny t cost of 400,000, No: 38-FEDERAL right at Ringold opened July 4th, 1928. llisloric brick ,tructure, 1O0n to be replaced. out Palm Boulevord north and turn Tenth Streets. Built forty Str,,et, before the , tes or Lo Ebano.s, following NO. 33-MISSOURI PACIFIC BRIDGE Location-EJizabeth and ton paved road intersecting Levee 5treet at yenrs ago. This structure ls of interest as the oldest winding road. Pl ){lround equipment has been in l'urn 1vc section of the given to the children of Chamber of Commerce Building, continue to bridge. nd the only federal building in this st lied; n w din pool, by a U50,000 new fed Brownsville b •·the Jo :-n:I · otar:ir Club; terraced lawni., Built bv the St. Louis, BrownsviUe & Mexico Railroad state. It is soo.n to b. e replaced are beJn developed in the and tbe 1exu;nn • ational Lines (both railroad and er,al buildinS, plans. fQr 'Y-'htch_ .have.beC!D approved, flower bed and walks with work expected to 1tart in tU1. . . _ . ' naturnl setting. nhicular) in 1910. -·- Icr'I i,ply base In bis a pefcn agat st nlco, •• 1110, LO BANOS ADCJITION Pm cene of many aldrmisbes b twe n lhe Coofoderale Location-At the north en of Palm D ulnard. l,SDI • and Feder I for es durln1 the Civil N r. l:lort lsnhel within the city Umits or Bro nnille, la where muJ 0 SVl was u cd by the wealthy Spaniards as a alth resort of Brownnille'1 most beautiful home ■ are localed, on a rar back as 1768, nd was then known !o Fronton. the opposite side of the City Resaca from Ringold NO. I-TOURIST CLUB The rlrsl public chool was opened in 1 72. Port i a Park. Los Eb nos la a show place of modern dlJ' Location-Chamber or Commerce Bulldin1, Lene and bel is connect d ·ith Oro nnille by th Rio Grande de •elopment. TweJftb. In order that tourists may be able to toke Hail ny, built in 1870, probably the oldei:l ro d ta NO. 9-COUNT Y CLU ■ fullest advantage of all that Brownsville has to c,ffer, Texas. LocntioD-Three miles north of Bro nnllle, •• BtaJt. the Tourist Club ha!I been established as a part or the NO. 4- OCA CHICA BEACH way No .f. The BrownsvJJie Golf and Country Chi.I» Chamber of Commerce, for the entertainment and The best "'1lllin1 lu: ch on the Gal/ of eztco. Sari has a commodious club house, a sport 18-hole 1olf comfort of vbitors. Mrs. Ralph A. Warden is h'lstes . fishing. course, 1 imming ool, tcmnls courl, and other She Ji, ready to assist visitors in any way possible. Localion-Twenly-rtv miles e t of Browasvme. Pa d racJlities for the sportsmnn. Golt courae open to ~laJ Under her direction the department offers reading highway. The only mainland Gulr of Mexico beacm l tors. Green fees, 1. and ame rootn, with facilities for dominoes, chec - Soutb n xns fs found at Boca Chica. Drive out Four• NO. 10-FISH HATCHERY er.ii, and other •imilar games; outdoor games such as tec11th Slrt'el, turn rigbl on Boca Chica Road {lb tc.- Beauti/ul pond, where ftih are arawn I«> ,toclt Vallq horseshoe pikhin , croquet, etc., being available on 11d p11ved highway, not street), and follow pne1•e11I lake,. the beeutiful ,:?rounds or the Ch11mber of Commerce. to coast. Guod fishin Is found on th beach. 'fhe surf Location-Six miles north of Brownsville, near Ht bway The Ho:.tess ·ill be glad to assist tourists in arrang balhing is xcl'llent; in(f trips to the be11ches, to Matamoros, there are two modern bat No. 4. Turn left nt 6ign marked "Fish Hatchery" Ju1t Mexico, and o ouses. The beaches ■ I Boca Chica are (Jestfn d l• rter cros ins "Nigger" Bridge. The State of Texas other points of interrst in nd around Brownsville. becoml' famous w:1terin places, due to their asy bas built one of its most modern fish hatcheries on She invites yot r esence and your questions. accessibility. Considerable development is now belnQ a 30-acre tract located near Olmito, the site havin1 NO. 2-P'ORT BROWN planned. Remains of old rnilroad trestle built by G 1'· been donated by the de,·elopers. Gnme fish are rown One of the hi,toric army po,t, of the United State,, eral Ta. lor during the l\I xican War, also trestle built here to stock the inland waters of all South Tes.u. famed for many battlu fought around ft. by G.. neral b ri Ian during the Ci il War, ar Wl Visitor~ ekome. Location-South end of Elizabeth Street. Fort Brown b -.is!ble near u~ca Chica. NO. 11-"NIGGER" BRIDGE a United St tes military reserntion of 320 acrea, and NO. IS-BROWNSVILLE MUNICTPAL AIR,-Ol'tT Where Grneral Taylor itattoned ht, negro trool!•· . fa the oldest military post on the Rio Grande. It was I.argest inti:rnatio11al tiir!)ort In United Stele,. Floe Location-Six miles norih of Brownsville on HJ&nwa7 fin1t known s Fort Taylor, established March 28, cir lines radiatino in all directions. No. 4. 1846, by troo'>s under command of General Z chary Location -Four miles east or Brownsville. The Browns NO. 12-RIVERSIOE AOCrTION Taylor, and was later renamed Fort Brown for Major -ville unkipal Airport co-.ers a tract of 4~8 acres. To Location- Nest on West Eighth from Elh:abeth, croas J cob Brown, fot11.lly wounded in its defense against reach airport, driv out Fourte nth Street, turn riCht railroad. This development shows a typical Valley a Mexic n attack. General U. S. Grant and Gener1d at Boe Chica Hond (second pned highway, ot home plan of placing the borne in a site of one acre, Robert E. Lee, then lieutenants, were well known in treet). The airport ·ill be seen on the ri~ht, about a planted in citrus fruit, which is a produclin back• army nd chllfan social circles here, although sta ii and a halC after making this turn. The field is round tor the Spanish type home. tioned al Fort Ringold. Durin(J the Mexican War. operated by the Pan-America,n Airw ys, Inc. What it 11146, Fort Brown e'tperienced many bombardments, believed to· be the world's lar est 'con airport sign, NO. 13-CITY CEMETERY and throughout the ye rs has been the scene of me.ny 140 by reel, Is located at airport. Airman, express lntere,ting for tt, varied t11pe1 of marble ,epolch,u border skirmishes. An old cannon south of the head and pas en~er planes leave sand arrl-vc d ily, connect of a prevfou, dau. qu Hers building near the river marks the breut in all Important points in 1\lcxico, Central and South Location-North on Elizabeth to Fifth Street, then le worke thrown up during the Mexican War. America, and the United Stales. The United Statea right. 11nd lexk n Go\'ernmcnts maintain customs, lmn:il NO. 14-CHURCH OP' IMMACULATE CONCE.-TION Visitors are welcome, and the following program ls car Olde,t, one of mo t tntere,tlng churehe, on norlh ried <>Ut weekly: grntion and he Ith officers at field, al o posloflic~a. Complete U. S. Weather Burenu. Pan-American oper bank of Lower Rio Grande. E,tabli,hed bu tlu Obllde Sunday, S :00 p. m., polo. Fa/lier,. Tuesday nd Friday, 4:45 p. m., formal guard mount. ates rndio, keepin~ in touch with fields In Me:dco1 Central and South America, and ·ith radio-equippeo Location-Twelfth nd Jefferson Streets. The corner• Tuesday and Thursday, 7 :00 p. m., band concert. atone was laid in 1858; the-blessing nnd openinfl ID On Frid y fternoons ara.de or revit>w may be sub tri-motor planes. Companies operating here are Mexican viatlon Company braneh or the Pan 1859. lt ts • specimen of purest Gothic architecture. stituted for formnl ,tuard mount. one of the finest of its type in Horse shows, field meets. athletic samea and special Americ,m Air •sys system; Corporacion Aeronautics the United States. It it - de Transportes, a Mexican company; Southern Air fashioned of brick, hand-made. The church WH de ceremonies held frequently. signed Fort Brown i. one of the most beautiful and pictur Transport and Texas Air Tr:rnsport. Appr«ixlmalel)' by Father Peter eralum, who was a famoua esque Army Posts in the United States. 170 emr,loyees connected •ith airport, payroli So00.- French architect before joining the fathers. 000 annu Uy. Visitors are always welcome. NO. 1 !5-CENTRAL SCHOOL PLANT NO. 3-POR'f !SABEL Location-Elizabeth Street and Palm Boule ard. Tb• F•r wonderful tarpon and other fishing, boating, fnter NO. 9-PALM GROVE Brownnille Independent School District has crealed e,tino hblorical spot. A Spanfih health resort In 1168. Only nafur l J)alm Jangl In the Untied Slata. ff.eu one of the most compact and modern educational LocaUon-Twenty-six miles norlhe st of BrownnJlle, fi{u d1ht. plants to be found in the entire South. The central en paved road. Port Jsabel, Joe ted on Laguna Madre, Location-Sb: mHes aoutfle st cf Brownsville. Drhe plant, consbtins of the Junior College, Senior :Kith c,pposite Brazos de Santiago Pass, is connected with out Fourteenth Street, turn right at P nd blgbwar School, Jlll'1ior High School, and Grammer Sehool, Brownsville by a hard aurface road, a distance of (tuot streel) Jusl f>efore crosstn1 railroad track at city fronts on Palm Boulevard and extends three blocks 1tbout 2tl miles. Drive ont Se-venth Street, take ro d Umlts; folio Ing pnin almost 1o ro-.e. SI n on from Elizabeth Street to Jefferson Street. The tract of le din~ north ct cemetery to town of Loa Fresnos, bl h ay directs fe ft. A Jungle as -wild as ny ta land on which the buildings are located extends o-.er tnrn right nt Los Fresnos. Port lsabel fa a popular darkest Africa, Jacking in wfld animals, altlwuah 16.3 acres, and the plant includes Tucker Field, a seaside resort and many Improvements are being small In ere , exbts in the Rabb :Palm Gre e. modern sports arena with srandstand and bleacbera. instRlled. Bonts are evnilnble for fishing and silver NO. 7-SNAKEVILLE The Brownsville Junior College is an affiliated achoo). tarpon bound in the waters. The Port Isabel Yacht Larnest International snake and w(ld animal 1mlfnee, allowing its graduates to enter any college or uni-.er Club is de-.eloping wuter sports. Boats make regular in the Unft~d Slates. Open to visitor, al all lime,. sity as a Junior student. trips between Port Isabel and Padre Island, ·where Location-Alice Road, near Pnlm Boulevard. W. A. NO. HI-ACADEMY OF TH!: INCARNATK WORD there is located a modern casino and bath house. Port (Sn ke) Rin is inlernntionally known as a dealer in Brown,ville', ftr,t 1chool. Jaabel. known Point Iscbel before 1930, is rich in wild animnls and nnkes. His place ia a litUe -.illa,e Location-St. Charles and Seventh Streets. Was first historical intere t, havinl( been General Z chary Tay- devoted entirely fo hh enterprise. · opened March 7, 18~3. in what is now known u the -l-• -•-