Cameron County
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Marker Text: Created February 21, 1848; From Nueces County; Organized August 7, 1848; Named in honor of Ewen Cameron, 1811-1843; Captain in the Mier Expedition; Shot at Queretaro; County Seat, Santa Rita 1848-1849; Brownsville, since the earliest battles of the Mexican War, and the last battle of the Civil War were fought in this county (1936)
Marker No: 639
Pink Granite 1936 County Centennial Marker
Geographic: 25.949860,-97.506157
Location:Brownsville Tourist Center, corner of FM 802 and U.S. Highway 77, Brownsville.
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