Victoria County

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Marker Text: ​In this county the first European settlement in Texas, Fort St. Louis, was built by the French explorer La Salle in 1685. Between 1722 and 1726 a Spanish presidio and the Mission of Espiritu Santo were established. Settled by colonists under Martin De Leon in 1824 who named his capital later the county seat, Victoria. From it the county, created March 17, 1836, took its name. (1936)

Marker No: 5649

1936 Centennial Pink Granite County Marker

Geographic: 28.799706, -97.007309

Location: 101 North Bridge Street, Victoria