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Floresville - Handbook of Texas
(Floresville)
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Handbook of Texas
(Olmos Park)
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Handbook of Texas - Olmos
(Olmos Park)
return to handbook view OLMOS, TEXAS (Maverick County). Olmos was on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad two miles east of U.S. Highway 277 and six miles northeast of Eagle Pass in west central ...
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Handbook of Texas - Yoakum
(Yoakum)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Elsa
(Elsa)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Frio County
(Frio County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Goliad County
(Goliad County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Grey Forest
(Grey Forest)
format this article to print GREY FOREST, TEXAS. Grey Forest is a suburban community on a Scenic Loop one mile east of State Highway 16 and eighteen miles northwest of central San Antonio in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Hidalgo County
(Hidalgo County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Hollywood Park
(Hollywood Park)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Jim Hogg County
(Jim Hogg County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Jim Wells County
(Jim Wells County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Karnes County
(Karnes County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - La Blanca
(La Blanca)
return to handbook view LA BLANCA, TEXAS. La Blanca is off State Highway 107 and Farm Road 493, sixteen miles northeast of McAllen in south central Hidalgo County. The town was named for La Blanca ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - La Salle County
(La Salle County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Laredo
(Laredo)
format this article to print LAREDO, TEXAS. Laredo is on the Rio Grande in southwestern Webb County in South Texas, about 150 miles southwest of San Antonio and 135 miles west of Corpus Christi. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Live Oak County
(Live Oak County)
format this article to print LIVE OAK COUNTY. Live Oak County (P-16), in South Texas, is bordered by McMullen, Atascosa, Karnes, Bee, San Patricio, Jim Wells, and Duval counties. George West, the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Maverick County
(Maverick County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - McMullen County
(McMullen County)
format this article to print MCMULLEN COUNTY. McMullen County (P-15) is in southern Texas surrounded by Atascosa, Live Oak, Duval, and La Salle counties. Tilden, the coun ty's largest town and the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nordheim
(Nordheim)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Normanna
(Normanna)
format this article to print NORMANNA, TEXAS. Normanna is near Medio Creek nine miles north of Beeville in Bee County. A Mexican land grant of eleven leagues, granted to JosÉ MarÍa Uranga in 1831, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Oakville
(Oakville)
return to handbook view OAKVILLE, TEXAS (Milam County). Oakville was between Cameron and Rockdale in west central Milam County. It had a one-teacher school with forty-two students in 1903. The ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Oilton
(Oilton)
return to handbook view OILTON, TEXAS. Oilton is on State Highway 359 thirty-two miles east of Laredo in southeastern Webb County. It was called Torrecillas or "little towers, " for two ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Starr County
(Starr County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Sutherland Springs
(Sutherland Springs)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Tuleta
(Tuleta)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Webb County
(Webb County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Weesatche
(Weesatche)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Weslaco
(Weslaco)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Westhoff
(Westhoff)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Whitsett
(Whitsett)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Wilson County
(Wilson County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Windcrest
(Windcrest)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Yorktown
(Yorktown)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Zapata
(Zapata)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Zapata County
(Zapata County)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Zavala County
(Zavala County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Atascosa County
(Atascosa County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Brooks County
(Brooks County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : De Witt County
(De Witt County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Dimmit County
(Dimmit County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Duval County
(Duval County)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Adkins
(Adkins)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alamo
(Alamo)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alamo Heights
(Alamo Heights)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alice
(Alice)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alton
(Alton)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Artesia Wells
(Artesia Wells)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Asherton
(Asherton)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Atascosa
(Atascosa)
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