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HISTORICAL MARKERS GUIDE: VICTORIA COUNTY

Guadalupe River
South U. S. 59 at River
Grey Granite

Discovered in this vicinity on April 14, 1689 by Alonso De Leon. Named in honor of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" patron saint of Mexico. Here at a ford, used since Indian days, empresario Martin De Leon founded the town of Victoria in 1824.