Cameron County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 176
Have - 88 Need- 88
Cameron County is named for Capt. Ewen Cameron, who was a member of the Mier expedition. The county seat is Brownsville.
We visited South Padre as part of our honeymoon in 2006, that was really the very start of our very big hobby. We weren't as organized back then and when we visited Brownsville we were not prepared for the one way streets and the heat, and thus we only captured a fraction of the markers in this county. The photos are not what I would like them to be either, so a repeat visit is in order I would really love a second chance to explore this vibrant border town.
It would be overwhelming at this point to try and talk about the markers in terms of what are missing we have simply not had enough time to look. A couple of old houses have definately been razed, these are the Armstrong House, Santos Lozano Building and Trevino House, these once had historical markers and for the sake of completeness have been included on this site. Cameron County Historical Commission has also been very active and have been busily dedicating new markers.
We visited South Padre as part of our honeymoon in 2006, that was really the very start of our very big hobby. We weren't as organized back then and when we visited Brownsville we were not prepared for the one way streets and the heat, and thus we only captured a fraction of the markers in this county. The photos are not what I would like them to be either, so a repeat visit is in order I would really love a second chance to explore this vibrant border town.
It would be overwhelming at this point to try and talk about the markers in terms of what are missing we have simply not had enough time to look. A couple of old houses have definately been razed, these are the Armstrong House, Santos Lozano Building and Trevino House, these once had historical markers and for the sake of completeness have been included on this site. Cameron County Historical Commission has also been very active and have been busily dedicating new markers.
12th December 2022- We took a few days after the worse of COVID had passed and my managers were in place, and visited South Padre which we had not visited since 2006. I love the beach down here and even through it is much busier than in 2006 it is still possible to find a quiet spot on the beach to relax. We revisited the Sea Ranch Restaurant which we fell in love with in 2006 and it didn't fail to disappoint on this occasion.
As far as the markers go it is a complicated county. There are houses that are gone, there are areas that I'm not sure are safe to explore at the moment and the Cameron County Historical Commission is very active in recognizing the history that exists here. I would love to spend some time exploring Brownville and now we live in Portland, Texas its a lot more doable. It been many years since we have been to Brownsville and even through it was very hot when we were there I remember it being vibrant, similar to what I imagine Mexico to be.
As far as the markers go it is a complicated county. There are houses that are gone, there are areas that I'm not sure are safe to explore at the moment and the Cameron County Historical Commission is very active in recognizing the history that exists here. I would love to spend some time exploring Brownville and now we live in Portland, Texas its a lot more doable. It been many years since we have been to Brownsville and even through it was very hot when we were there I remember it being vibrant, similar to what I imagine Mexico to be.
27th November, 2024 - I love how bright and vibrant this part of Texas is. On this trip, we visited prior to moving back to Austin, to spend some time at the beach and relax. It was not strictly a marker trip but we did do a little driving, unfortunately there was no time to tackle Brownsville which I would dearly love to do.
Steve likes to drive but he doesn't much like traffic. I like to stay in the middle of a city and get out and
walk and explore, both tacks will be needed to complete the Cameron County set.
Cameron County Historical Commission have been very busy and there are a lot of new markers, many of which are not up yet. For some waiting years between when they were approved to now. This happens for a couple of reasons the first is that the foundry that the Texas Historical Commission had used since the beginning of the historical marker program closed down and a new foundry had to be found which delayed the making of markers for about two years. Sometimes it is an issue money the large 27 x 42 subject markers cost over 2000 dollars and this money has to be raised if it is not really available. Other reasons include looking for the right time for the dedication or the right location for the marker and of course not everyone always agrees so the marker waits a consensus.
We did not locate the marker for Rancho de Santa Maria it was certainly not across from Our Lady of Visitation Church which is where it was noted to be located in the atlas. The Dunlap House in La Feria was unfortunately razed and not too too long ago 🥺. As to the many other markers we have to look before I comment, it is simply a county that requires you search prior to considering it missing.
Steve likes to drive but he doesn't much like traffic. I like to stay in the middle of a city and get out and
walk and explore, both tacks will be needed to complete the Cameron County set.
Cameron County Historical Commission have been very busy and there are a lot of new markers, many of which are not up yet. For some waiting years between when they were approved to now. This happens for a couple of reasons the first is that the foundry that the Texas Historical Commission had used since the beginning of the historical marker program closed down and a new foundry had to be found which delayed the making of markers for about two years. Sometimes it is an issue money the large 27 x 42 subject markers cost over 2000 dollars and this money has to be raised if it is not really available. Other reasons include looking for the right time for the dedication or the right location for the marker and of course not everyone always agrees so the marker waits a consensus.
We did not locate the marker for Rancho de Santa Maria it was certainly not across from Our Lady of Visitation Church which is where it was noted to be located in the atlas. The Dunlap House in La Feria was unfortunately razed and not too too long ago 🥺. As to the many other markers we have to look before I comment, it is simply a county that requires you search prior to considering it missing.
1912 Cameron County Jail
1915 Cameron County Violence
1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building
A. C. Purvis House
African American Troops at Fort Brown
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Alonso Complex
Alta Vista Apartments
Armstrong House
Arroyo Colorado Lift Bridge
Augustine Celaya House
Bagdad-Matamoros, C. S. A.
Baldemar "Freddy Fender" Garza Huerta
Barreda House
Battle of Palmito Hill
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Battle of Palo Alto
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Bobby Joe Morrow
Brazos Santiago, C. S. A.
Brazos Santiago Pass and Brazos Island Military Deport
Brownsville City Cemetery
Brownsville, C. S. A.
Brownsville-Matamoros Bridge
Brownsville-Matamoros Ferries and River Boardwalk
Brown- Wagner House
Brulay House
Cameron County
Cameron County
Cameron County Courthouse of 1883 - 1914
Cameron County Memorial
Camp Belknap
Campo Santo Viejo
Casimiro Tamayo Building
Cavazos House
Charles Champion
Chisholm Trail
Church of the Advent
Cisneros House
Cisneros House
Convent of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
Cueto Building (La Nueva Libertad)
Dean Gladys Porter Home
Dunlap House
El Globo Nuevo
El Rancho Granjeno (Vasquez) Cemetery
Esparza Cemetery
Esperanza Plantation Bridge
Estefana Goseascochea Cemetery
Federal Court Site
Fernandez-Champion-Garcia-Warburton House
Fernandez-Laiseca Building
First Baptist Church of La Feria
First Methodist Church of San Benito
First Presbyterian Church of Brownsville
First Presbyterian Church of San Benito
First United Methodist Church of Harlingen
Fort Brown
Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86
Fort Brown Cavalry Barracks
Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse
Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse
Fort Brown Reservation
Fort Brown, Texas
Frank Ellis Ferres
Frank Rabb
Getsemani Presbyterian Church
Gomez Cemetery
Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
Hanson House
Harlingen
Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base
Harlingen Cemetery
Harlingen Hospital
Hebrew Cemetery
Hebrew Cemetery
Hicks-Gregg House
Hicks-Lawrence House
Hinojosa House
Home of Charles Stillman, 1810 - 1875
Home of Chas. Stillman
Home of Col. Sam Robertson
Howard E. and Mary Butt House
Hynes Town House
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
James Henry Dishman
Jefferson Davis - President C. S. A.
J.T. Putegnat & Brother Building
Joe Callandret School
J. T. Canales
Juan H. Fernandez Store
Judith Calderoni-Yturria and Richard Champion House
Kowalski-Dennett Home
Kraigher House
La Feria Cemetery
La Maderiena
Landrum House
Las Rucias
Launching Site of First U. S. Army Warplane
L. E. Snavely House
Lily (Spivey) and William A. Rasco House
Lon C. Hill Home
Longoria Cemetery
Manautou House
Matanza of 1915
McDavitt Building
McNair House
M. E. and Estela Garcia House
Medical Laboratory
Miguel Fernandez Hide Yard Building
Morgue Building
Neale House
Near Route of Alonso de Leon Expeditions
Old Grammar School
Old Point Isabel Lighthouse
Original Sam Houston School
Original Site of St. Joseph College
Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church
Padre J. Nicholas Balli
Palmetto Pilings
Pan American Airways Blind Flying School
Pitt House
Planters State Bank
Point Isabel, C. S. A.
Porter Cottage
Porter House
Port Hospital Annex
Port Isabel Cemetery
Port Isabel (Old Point Isabel)
Port of Brownsville
Port of Matamoros
Post Hospital
Post Hospital
Public Market and Town Hall
Queen Isabel Inn
Rabb Plantation
Rancho de Santa Maria
Rancho Viejo
Rockwell House
Rogers Massacre
The Rosalio Longoria House
Russell-Cocke House
Sabas Cavazos Cemetery
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
San Benito
San Benito Bank and Trust Company
San Benito Post Office
San Roman Building
Santa Rita
Santos Lozano Building
Site of First Bank in La Feria
Site of Fort Polk
Site of Incarnate Word Convent
Solis Cemetery
Solomon Ashheim Store and Residence
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot
Spiderweb Railroad
Stagecoach to the Rio Grande, C. S. A.
St. Benedict's Church
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
The Gem
The Manautou Building
The Old Weaver Cemetery
The Spot Where "American Blood was Shed on American Soil"
Thornton Skirmish
Tijerina House
Town of La Feria
Trevino House
Yturria Bank
Water District Building
Webb-Martinez House
Ullman-Stern-Krausse Grocery Warehouse / Alamo Iron Works
United States Colored Troops
Vuitton's-St. Joseph's Pharmacy Building
Zepeda Cemetery
1915 Cameron County Violence
1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building
A. C. Purvis House
African American Troops at Fort Brown
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Alonso Complex
Alta Vista Apartments
Armstrong House
Arroyo Colorado Lift Bridge
Augustine Celaya House
Bagdad-Matamoros, C. S. A.
Baldemar "Freddy Fender" Garza Huerta
Barreda House
Battle of Palmito Hill
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Battle of Palo Alto
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Bobby Joe Morrow
Brazos Santiago, C. S. A.
Brazos Santiago Pass and Brazos Island Military Deport
Brownsville City Cemetery
Brownsville, C. S. A.
Brownsville-Matamoros Bridge
Brownsville-Matamoros Ferries and River Boardwalk
Brown- Wagner House
Brulay House
Cameron County
Cameron County
Cameron County Courthouse of 1883 - 1914
Cameron County Memorial
Camp Belknap
Campo Santo Viejo
Casimiro Tamayo Building
Cavazos House
Charles Champion
Chisholm Trail
Church of the Advent
Cisneros House
Cisneros House
Convent of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
Cueto Building (La Nueva Libertad)
Dean Gladys Porter Home
Dunlap House
El Globo Nuevo
El Rancho Granjeno (Vasquez) Cemetery
Esparza Cemetery
Esperanza Plantation Bridge
Estefana Goseascochea Cemetery
Federal Court Site
Fernandez-Champion-Garcia-Warburton House
Fernandez-Laiseca Building
First Baptist Church of La Feria
First Methodist Church of San Benito
First Presbyterian Church of Brownsville
First Presbyterian Church of San Benito
First United Methodist Church of Harlingen
Fort Brown
Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86
Fort Brown Cavalry Barracks
Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse
Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse
Fort Brown Reservation
Fort Brown, Texas
Frank Ellis Ferres
Frank Rabb
Getsemani Presbyterian Church
Gomez Cemetery
Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
Hanson House
Harlingen
Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base
Harlingen Cemetery
Harlingen Hospital
Hebrew Cemetery
Hebrew Cemetery
Hicks-Gregg House
Hicks-Lawrence House
Hinojosa House
Home of Charles Stillman, 1810 - 1875
Home of Chas. Stillman
Home of Col. Sam Robertson
Howard E. and Mary Butt House
Hynes Town House
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
James Henry Dishman
Jefferson Davis - President C. S. A.
J.T. Putegnat & Brother Building
Joe Callandret School
J. T. Canales
Juan H. Fernandez Store
Judith Calderoni-Yturria and Richard Champion House
Kowalski-Dennett Home
Kraigher House
La Feria Cemetery
La Maderiena
Landrum House
Las Rucias
Launching Site of First U. S. Army Warplane
L. E. Snavely House
Lily (Spivey) and William A. Rasco House
Lon C. Hill Home
Longoria Cemetery
Manautou House
Matanza of 1915
McDavitt Building
McNair House
M. E. and Estela Garcia House
Medical Laboratory
Miguel Fernandez Hide Yard Building
Morgue Building
Neale House
Near Route of Alonso de Leon Expeditions
Old Grammar School
Old Point Isabel Lighthouse
Original Sam Houston School
Original Site of St. Joseph College
Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church
Padre J. Nicholas Balli
Palmetto Pilings
Pan American Airways Blind Flying School
Pitt House
Planters State Bank
Point Isabel, C. S. A.
Porter Cottage
Porter House
Port Hospital Annex
Port Isabel Cemetery
Port Isabel (Old Point Isabel)
Port of Brownsville
Port of Matamoros
Post Hospital
Post Hospital
Public Market and Town Hall
Queen Isabel Inn
Rabb Plantation
Rancho de Santa Maria
Rancho Viejo
Rockwell House
Rogers Massacre
The Rosalio Longoria House
Russell-Cocke House
Sabas Cavazos Cemetery
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
San Benito
San Benito Bank and Trust Company
San Benito Post Office
San Roman Building
Santa Rita
Santos Lozano Building
Site of First Bank in La Feria
Site of Fort Polk
Site of Incarnate Word Convent
Solis Cemetery
Solomon Ashheim Store and Residence
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot
Spiderweb Railroad
Stagecoach to the Rio Grande, C. S. A.
St. Benedict's Church
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
The Gem
The Manautou Building
The Old Weaver Cemetery
The Spot Where "American Blood was Shed on American Soil"
Thornton Skirmish
Tijerina House
Town of La Feria
Trevino House
Yturria Bank
Water District Building
Webb-Martinez House
Ullman-Stern-Krausse Grocery Warehouse / Alamo Iron Works
United States Colored Troops
Vuitton's-St. Joseph's Pharmacy Building
Zepeda Cemetery