• Brownsville,  

  Cameron County

Rancho Viejo

• Here Jose Salvador de la Garza built his ranch El Espiritu Santo in 1771; First European settlement in Cameron County

• Address

• Directions

  From Brownsville take US 77 4.8 miles north (2.7 miles NW of FM 802 on US 77) - on west frontage road.

• Marker #

  4181

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)

• Code:

  ranches/ranching; Spanish immigrants/immigration

• Latitude

  -97.51994488

• Longitude

  FALSE